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Studio Album, released in 1999, Mexico.

Tot op heden enige album van deze Mexicaanse symphonic progband.
CD1 is meer gebaseerd op de Engelse [ELP/Genesis] en Italiaanse seventies progscene terwijl CD2 [instrumentaal] eerder klassiek georienteerd is.
Misschien niet het meest originele album maar zonder meer erg fraai met veel mooi toetsen en gitaarwerk met latin invloeden.

CÓDICE began as a solo project of guitarist and keyboardist Marco Corona's in Los Angeles in the early 1990s (Corona has also appeared in the bands ENTROPA and NECRONAUTAS). Corona later moved to Monterrey, Mexico and recruited a band of classically-trained musicians in 1995. The band were granted funding from the Monterrey Council for the Arts in 1998 to produce their first and to-date only released album, the largely instrumental Alba Y Ocaso. 
The band combines original works with a wide range of Latin-inspired cover tunes from Genesis, Focus, King Crimson, Magma, and ELP in their live performances. Their music is rich in spacey keyboard sequences and complex, repetitive guitar riffs, as well as symphonic instrumentation including flute, oboe, and string bass. 



Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1:
1. Alba Y Ocaso (4:27)
2. El Eco De Tu Voz (6:39)
3. Paseo (0:53)
4. Danza De Equinoccio (2:31)
5. Espejismo (6:47)
6. Un Ensayo Menor (1:40)
7. Página Del Pasado (6:57)
8. El Relato Del Bardo (2:45)
9. Vorágine (10:42)
10. Corriente Abajo (5:16)
11. Requiem (7:23)

CD 2:
1. Origins - Under The Wheel - Mechanical Lan dscape I (9:52)
2. Mechanical Landscape II (4:28)
3. Seasons (4:01)
4. Labrynths - A Log Of Dreams (10:41)
5. Into The Machine (2:58)
6. Atrium (3:20)
7. A New Millennium - Spirits In Motion I - Eva -Spirits In Motion II - Psalm 150 - The Perpetual March Of Time - Epilogue (18:13)
8. On The Threshold Of Peace (4:35)

Total Time: 106:55


Line-up / Musicians

- David Martinez / drums and percussion
- Luis Maldonado / vocals
- Mario Mendoza / keyboards
- Arturo Garcia / bass
- Marco Corona / guitars and keyboards, bass on #2
- Marisa Calderón / vocals (2,9)
- Marcela Alvear / oboe (2:8.3)
- Miguel Lawrence / flute on (8)
- Javier Ferretyz / guitar on 5 and 7
- Ricardo Martinez / ambience (2:4.2)