Welcome to Memento Materia, an alternative label releasing all kinds of electronic music.

Our mother label focus on electro- and future-pop while our sublabel Prototyp focus on industrial, EBM and more harsh electro.

Backlash

Backlash was formed 1998 in Lidköping, Sweden by Oskar Lygner, Niklas Lundquist and Erik Torstensson [who soon left the band to pursue another career]. The bands first release "EP 1" was in fact nothing more than the bands first demo and was thought to be of such quality that Telegram Records released it in the fall of 1999.

In the fall of 2000, Malin Andersson joined the team adding some fresh new vocals to the bands sound. The album "Impetus" was released on Memento Materia in 2001 and was nominated as best newcomer and album of 2001 at the Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards [SAMA].

The single "Blind" was released in april 2002 and also featured a Backlash version of the Front 242 hit "Operating Tracks". In the late autumn of 2002 Malin left the group as the sound moved on in another direction. She was replaced by Erik who re-joined the group as lead vocalist.

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In the Christmas Holidays 2002 the band tried some vocals on their new material and found what they had been looking for. The first track from this session to be recorded and released was "Lodestar" and it marked the direction of the new album "Heliotrope", released in 2004.

Backlash is a band presenting electronic pop songs with a special touch. Advanced programming together with strong melodies makes their music both challenging and interesting.