Dismantling and Reconstructing
Last week, I was finalizing the compositions comprising the forthcoming solo album, Codex V. This is the fifth album in the Codex solo album series, and will be released by Greydisc in January 2027. Of the six compositions on the album, three that were assigned to it just didn't fit the overall compositional concept. However, those three pieces did fit another album project that I began in 2022, but shelved. The Codex series is predominantly based on two-voice compositions. Additionally, some of the pieces contain short compositional sections of three voices. This makes for some rather dark, deep, and complex compositions. The three pieces I removed were all single-voice compositions. Furthermore, the Codex compositions are difficult, and texturally thick, harmonically dense, and melodically angular. The single-voice pieces are far more lyrical, texturally lighter, and sparse in comparison. ...
