The group originally consisted of rapper/singer Peter Thelenius (Petrus), keyboardist Cesar Zamini, and accordion and vocalist Zetma Prenbo.

Peter Thelenius and Cesar Zamini began the group in 1992, searched for a singer through the employment office and found Zetma.

In 1998, Basic Element returned with a new album (with the original Eurodance sound) with Marie Fredriksson as the new singer, but from 1999 the two members went on a hiatus..

Later in 2007, Marie Fredriksson left the group and was replaced by Andrea Myrander as the singer and Jonas Wesslander as the producer and rapper.

In 2014 Andrea Myrander rejoined the band for around one year, and they released a new single, "Someone Out there", featuring UK rapper Taz; this was performed for the first time during a "We love the 90s" live show in Helsinki, Finland.