The Swedish group Cinnamon -- not to be confused with the Canadian band of the same name -- was formed in 1994 by songwriters
Jiri Novak (guitar, keyboards) and
Frida Diesen (vocals, synthesizers, guitar). The duo soon added bassist Samuel Laxberg and drummer Christian Ekwall. Their debut EP, Vox, was released in 1995; the full-length Summer Meditation soon followed. The 1997 album
The Courier was accompanied by a European and American tour. The EP Many Moods of Cinnamon was released in June 1999; the full-length
Vertigo followed in October of that year and was issued in the U.S. early in 2000. ~ Gina Boldman