caption current_members website years_active label image_size article_title past_members background genre origin name
present band members . july 2011 p -- o svensson , magnus kalnins http://www.colony5.com 1999 -- present infacted sweden -rrb- recordings -lrb- germany -rrb- and memento materia -lrb- 230 colony 5
 magnus löfdahl , johan nilsson group_or_band futurepop , synthpop , ebm sweden colony 5
colony 5

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 .
the music style has changed with group membership and their sound became more consistent .
they have toured through europe -- denmark , russia , germany , belgium , holland , switzerland , poland , norway , estonia as well as the united states , and mexico -lsb- http://www.colony5.com/index.php?page=gigs] .
the band 's name is a reference to a location mentioned in the second episode , charlie x. following a performance at the quest for fame contest -lrb- they came second -rrb- -lsb- http://www.synth.nu/artist3_visa.php?artid=26] , they began recording their first ep , `` colony 5 '' , and their first full cd , `` lifeline '' .
they released their second single , `` follow your heart '' , then in 2003 , the single `` black , '' and the album `` structures '' , which was featured on nbc giga .
their output slowed in 2004 and 2005 , as they toured eastern europe .
they released a collection of singles called `` colonisation '' and a new album in 2005 , `` fixed '' .
the band came in second at the `` quest for fame '' competition and was nominated as `` best newcomer '' at the scandinavian alternative music awards 2005 -lsb- http://web.archive.org/web/20051024114853/www.sama.mu/lineup2005.asp?act=c5] .
and again for best band and best song -lrb- plastic world -rrb- at scandinavian alternative music awards 2006 which they won .
on 14 december 2007 colony 5 released the first single from their , then upcoming full length album , `` buried again '' .
the `` knives '' mcd showed off a harder sound as a first taste of what the album would sound like .
`` buried again '' was released in february 2008 on memento materia for scandinavia , infacted for germany and artoffact in the usa .
in 2011 , colony 5 was reportedly working on a new album , aiming for a 2012 release .
as of may 2015 , no new material has been scheduled for release .
