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"
Colony 5" is a Swedish
futurepop/
synthpop/
ebm band founded in March 1999.
P-O Svensson started the band as a hobby with
Magnus Löfdahl.
Johan Nilsson joined in March of 2001 and, in April, they came second at the "
Quest for Fame" contest. They soon began recording their first EP, "
Colony 5" (
which was released at the beginning of 2002), but in August Magnus left the band.
Following the release of their first album, "
Lifeline",
Magnus Kalnins joined the band, soon after which they released their second single "
Follow Your Heart" which contained three new songs not on the album.
2003 saw the single "
Black" and their second album "
Structures" released. Over the summer, C5 played at several large festivals and were nominated as "Best Newcomers" at the "
Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards" (
they came second). Sadly, Johan decided to leave the band in November.
Their output slowed during 2004/5 whilst they toured eastern Europe. A collection of singles called "
Colonisation" was released in 2004 and Colony 5 again got nominated for a SAMA award, this time losing out to "
Statemachine".
A new album, "
Fixed", appeared in spring 2005. They were again nominated for SAMA awards, this time as "
Best Band" and "
Best Song" (
for the single "Plastic World"). The latter of which they won.
December 2007 saw the release of the single "
Knives", their first new material for some 18 months. The album "
Buried Again" followed in February 2008. It was released by
Memento Materia in Scandinavia,
Infacted in Germany and
Artoffact in the USA.
Their website is at:
www.colony5.com
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