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I’m Cornelis – composer, violinist, and synth convert.

I create music inspired by myths, legends, and otherworldly tales.

Stay for a spell.

Featured Releases

The Travails of Traxoxl

There is an adventure afoot… Thraxoxl, the Lizardfolk Paladin is about to embark on a dangerous quest into a haunted underground place that lies deep in the forest outside of Fenthenbrook, and this album is his soundtrack.
Released September 2, 2024

Observation Arcade

“You engage your landing thrusters and prepare to be guided into the landing grid by the automated systems. From the cockpit of your freighter you see the planet revealing itself to you. Monolithic industrial complexes rise dominatingly from the surface of the planet to greet your gaze. Your first stop will be a local observation arcade…”
Released March 29, 2023

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Simple Melody on Fresh Gut

Simple Melody on Fresh Gut

I was playing in some new gut strings with simple melodies and I thought - why not capture some of it? I'm trying a slightly thicker gauge string and I'm liking it so far. Please enjoy this little melody by Mozart 🙂 https://youtu.be/qqxLkFgahfA

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An Improvisation on the Reface DX

An Improvisation on the Reface DX

A machine made for fantasy synth? I've recently welcomed this little synth into my studio - the Yamaha Reface DX. I'm a HUGE lover of FM synthesis and so it just makes me smile every time I play on this thing. I'll be customizing the presets in the coming weeks a bit...

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Observation Arcade – Space Synth

Observation Arcade – Space Synth

A Re-release of an older album Originally released in March 2023, you might be asking “why write a newsletter about it now?”. As it happens, the album art for this work has recently received a facelift, hence my wanting to draw some attention to it 🙂 To provide some...

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Little Dance for Baroque Violin

Little Dance for Baroque Violin

Over the past few years I've composed and arranged quite a volume of pieces for beginner / intermediate string players and I haven't shared much of that at all on my social channels, so I thought maybe it's time. https://youtu.be/qteQt9UzZ3M The Score Feel free to...

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Nascense for Baroque Violin Trio

Nascense for Baroque Violin Trio

I arranged Nascence from the Journey soundtrack for an amateur string ensemble many moons ago, and I thought it might be nice to do a version for violin trio (with harp accompaniment). This recording was done on my baroque violin with raw gut strings. Cheers to Austin...

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Music for the adventure of Thraxoxl

Music for the adventure of Thraxoxl

Greetings all! There is an adventure afoot… Thraxoxl, the Lizardfolk Paladin is about to embark on a dangerous quest and this album is his soundtrack. I’d like to invite you to my Bandcamp page to have a listen 🙂 . If you prefer Spotify then you’ll find that link...

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Fantasy Ambient Music for Violin & Tagelharpa

Fantasy Ambient Music for Violin & Tagelharpa

A simple duet for violin and tagelharpa - it’s another track from my current album project which is rapidly approaching its conclusion. I don’t know about you, but I like how the strident quality of the violin compliments the lamenting voice of the tagelharpa 🙂 ,...

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A Mouse of a Tale

A Mouse of a Tale

Greetings! The time has come to release a new musical adventure into the wild. Next week (December 8) it goes live on Bandcamp and most streaming platforms. Hence my dropping by to let you know that you can now pre-order it on Bandcamp (I've never done a pre-order...

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New Chapters in ongoing musical projects

New Chapters in ongoing musical projects

Chapter 4 of Ambulare Ambulare is a side project that I’ve been working on every now and then since 2019. Those of you who have been around for a while will know that I sometimes just randomly drop a new installment of the Ambulare series… Well… here is another :)...

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