"JAMES
UNGER"
Here is a great album that is solid from start to finish and has
really
caught my ear...
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"MELODIC.NET"
If Asia, John Wetton, Cannata and Blind Alley are acts that you´re
into then I suggest you read this review carefully.
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"PROGPOWER"
Why do people listen to music? I guess in most cases, to enjoy
themselves? (Can’t think of any other reason, actually).
With the debut album Different Ways, by the Swedish trio Xinema,
you have a good CD to do that.
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"PROGNAUT"
Swedish band, Xinema (pronounced Cinema) is firmly rooted in the
pop/ prog camp leaning towards the AOR sounds of Asia, Saga, GTR
& 80's Yes.
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"SEA OF TRANQUILITY"
Light on prog and heavy on formula, fans of Asia and 80s-to-early
90s
Saga are going to love this. Xinema is the first non-home grown
act to
be signed to the Canadian prog/jazz/avant label.
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"PROGRESSIVE WORLD "
Could it be that the reason why Xinema is a trio is because these
Swedish guys are signed to a Canadian label, Canada being the
home of Rush?
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"CALADAN"
I have a problem, really…. How to judge an album that I have
known for years. Or, in other words ….I know the musical
contents of the CD. Deja vu ? I have asked myself...
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"AURAL INNOVATIONS"
Xinema is a three piece consisting of Mikael Askemur (lead vocals/bass/keyboards/guitars),
Sven Larsson (guitars/vocals),
and Jonas Thurén (drums/vocals). They do short melodic
songs
with strong prog leanings...
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"MHRT"
Since March -99 the three piece band Xinema from Sweden have been
very active writing songs and have spent a lot of time recording
songs for their debutalbum Different Ways...
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"LEVEL 11"
To all fans of Saga, Rush, Trevor Rabin, Camel and Cannata,
I just say this record's for you! It has all ingredients you're
looking for...
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"JERRY LUCKY"
It’s always a treat to discover a new band. And in progressive
rock
there are so many new bands it’s hard to keep up...
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"MARTIN JONES"
Unicorn out of Canada are the label that bought us that the excellent
album from Hamadryad last year, so I was looking forward to this
cd...
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"SPULIT"
Progressive's powerful return over the last years brought us not
only the return of many bands that were thought to be extinguished
but also, and above all else, has brought us a plenty of fresh
new bands...
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"ROCK REPORT"
Question: Name a Swedish band that has signed a deal with a Canadian
record label? Answer: Xinema...
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"ZEITGEIST"
This is decidely old school, residing firmly in the realms of
heavy progressive symphonic rock. There are some achingly awesome
moments, usually helped along by that marvel, the Hammond organ...
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"PROGVISIONS"
...a quality album with good compositions and musicianship. A
first glance perhaps not too original, but after repeated playing
its strength shows more and more...
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"CLAIRE PEREZ E." Claire Perez E.'s Blog/ AOR Dreamzones/
Antithetik
Many reviews have been published about the talented Swedish band
Xinema. The album was warmly welcomed, therefore I wondered what
else I could possibly add...
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"YTSEJAM.COM"
A collection of intelligent progressive pop songs that recall
Genesis, Saga and Toy Matinee...
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"TALES OF WONDER"
Canadian label Unicorn introduces us Xinema, the first european
band to record under their colours. This 3-piece from Sweden was
born in 1999 from Madrigal ashes. It's not necessary to cross
canadian borders to describe their music because they play a commercial
and sophisticated rock...
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"PROG4YOU"
Xinema is another interesting addition to the growing number of
Prog bands coming across the sea from Sweden. Xinema is getting
billed in some circles as a "power trio"...
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"WWW.PROG-ROCK INFO"
I am always happy when I discover a new Melodic Rock - or Prog-Band
that fill me with enthusiasm. And this happend when I heard Xinema...
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"PROGRESSION MAGAZINE"
Think about the last time you heard Toy Matinee, the progressive
pop-rock pairing of Kevin Gilbert and Patrick Leonard. Or Wax,
the melodic songwriting duo of Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman.
Nobody makes an album-oriented rock like that any more, right?
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"FEEDBACK MAGAZINE"
If you enjoy prog that has stacks of space within it, and from
a band that aren’t afraid to play a ballad when they have
to, then this is an
album to investigate further...
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"MOOD SWINGS"
Xinema have a created an appealing album which will be of interest
to fans of both prog and melodic rock...
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"OPEN EARS"
Xinema’s tag line is “Not just another melodic/progressive
rock band.” In fact, the Swedish trio’s debut album
on Unicorn Records recalls many earlier bands, including Saga,
Asia, Kayak and Toto, fusing their influences into a pleasant,
sometimes exciting package...
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"STRUTTER MAGAZINE"
The album has been out for a while now, but here’s finally
our review and I can right away inform you that this is a very
impressive record...
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"PROGNOSIS"
From the ashes of the little known Swedish progressive
rock band
Madrigal, the bandmates returned to the studio this time as Xinema.
They work around good song writing, melody, and atmosphere as
the predominant ingredients for their sound...
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"PROGRESSOR" Uzbekistan Progressive Rock Pages
Although all three of the members of Xinema aren`t novices on
the
Progressive Rock scene, Different Ways is the debut album by the
band. According to the CD press kit, Xinema`s music represents
a blend
of melodic AOR and Progressive. Let?s see what it is really about...
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"PROGRESSIA.NET"
Originating in Sweden, the Xinema trio evolves/moves in progressive
melody, that one could qualify AOR, and who strongly points out
Rush,
Kansas, Journey or Louse. Once plunged in Different Ways, one
lets
oneself guide environment in environment...
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"LE FANTASTIQUE.NET"
In the Eighties, a group of the name of Madrigal foamed the clubs
and
scenes of Sweden, proposing a music strongly inspired of Rush,
Yes or
Genesis. Madrigal composed an important stock of music which were
never published...
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"THE HAIRLESS HEART HERALD"
Xinema hails from Sweden and consists of Mikael Askemur (lead
vocal, bass, keyboards, guitars), Sven Larsson (lead guitar and
backing vocal) and Jonas Thurén (drums, lead and backing
vocal). Though Xinema has only been in existence for three years...
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"ROCK TIME" (KOID'9) & PROG2NI
First album for this trio which arrives to us from Sweden (theircountry
of origin) via Canada (its label Unicorn Records). Xinema has
existed in its current form since March 1999 but our 3 musicians
also share an era spent together, between 1985and 1990, in a combo
by the name of Madrigal...
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"DPRP"
What did strike me almost immediately about this release from
Xinema was the overall presentation, taking account that this
release came as a debut album, but bore all the hallmarks of a
band with several albums behind them...
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"RAGAZZI"
Xinema is a Melodic rock band from Sweden, which rose from the
ashes of Madrigal, a preceeding band, that had a rather struggling
existence in Sweden between 1985 and 1990. The Songs of Xinema
carries some progressive elements, even if it clearly reaches
far into the roots of melodic rock as well...
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"BACKGROUND MAGAZINE"
...well here I have it now in my disc player. I must admit I hardly
can get it out of my music equipment. It is damn good indeed...
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"MUSIC IN BELGIUM"
Xinema is a group of Swedish origin founded in 1999. Its members
had already played together, between 1985 and 1990, in a group
named Madrigal...
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"ON THE ROCKS"
Recommended:
“Over The Sea”: A slightly progressive track with several
tempo and melody changes, but a lovely chorus. The interplay of
spherical keyboards and emotional guitars is exemplary on this
song...
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"FLASH MAGAZINE & AOR WEBSITE"
From Sweden the countless excellent band Xinema comes for a very
interesting AOR/prog crossover rich of melodies, intriguing instrumental
weavings, approachable but not banal writing structures coming
from
the minds of Mikael Askemur (vc, bs, keyb, gt, programming),
Sven Larsson (gt) and Jonas Thuren (dr, vc)...
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"METAL ONLY"
With its three man lineup, the band Xinema is a new band on the
swedish hard rock scene. A new band, but with experienced musicians.
Mikael Askemur, Sven Larsson and Jonas Thurén already jammed
together in the band Madrigal in the 80's, but the band was disbanded
in the early 90's...
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"MEDAZZAROCK"
"Yet
another progressive album".
This was the first thing that came to my mind when Ralph had asked
me to review "Different Ways". Lo and behold, Xinema
turned out to be a really positive surprise...
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"AOR
EUROPE"
"Different
Ways" is the title of Unicorn Records latest CD release and
it's also their first act to be signed outside of Canada.
Yep, and it's a Swedish band of course...
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"HEART OF THE ROCK"
Also hailing from Sweden are Xinema, whose brand of crossover
AOR/prog should (I hope) be appealing to many of you out there.A
three-piece band, Xinema have both the songs and musical chops
to make it...
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"PEITERSEN.COM"
The Swedes must have some kind of genetic ability for music. In
this case Xinema has made a very complex album -
combining musical ability with strong production and good melodies...
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"AXIOM OF CHOICE"
In The Scent Of The Night provides us with a rocky opener, with
riffy guitars and vocals not unlike Peter Cetera's (in timbre,
that is), refering strongly to Canadian prog rockers such as Saga...
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