Episodes 40 – 52

With a total length of approx. 7 hours, divided over 8 CD’s, The Black Codex is a huge musical project, consisting of 52 episodes. Based on a fantasy story, unfolding throughout these episodes, it features lots of different musical styles and guest musicians. A massive conceptual piece, written in 2014.

“The initial idea for The Black Codex was to have an online music series, with weekly episodes. Each week I would write and record a new song and send it to an mailing list of subscribers. Which I did. The project took off on January 1st, 2014 and ended on December 31, 2014. A huge undertaking, and a great challenge for me.
The Black Codex was based on a story I came up with, about a man in a wooden flying device, embarking on a mission to make a map of the world. The world in this case being a renaissance-like fantasy world, with lots of heroes and villains. Having this story as a red thread helped me immensely to come up with new music every week, and would often push me into unknown territory, as a composer.” – Christiaan Bruin

Press

“..an in-cre-di-ble great musical talent.” -iopages.nl
“a big work by an interesting musician of our time” -babyblaue-seiten.de”
“The Black Codex is a true masterpiece that only deserves the highest possible rating of five stars.“ – backgroundmagazine.nl
“Christiaan Bruin has delivered a unique achievement.” – progwereld.org