Greetings

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 Ensorcelled Crow

Dear listeners, I bring you a new album – fantasy music of the orchestral and synth variety. This short album is inspired by the tale of a crow which became accidentally enchanted when a confused wizard, having brewed one too many a potion, left his magical reagents unattended beside a window and lo – the crow helped itself to several snacks.

Suddenly the crow could divine all the futures and in the ensuing years he cawed of his visions to an ever-growing cult of followers…

Released June 22, 2025

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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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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The Window of Cycles

The Window of Cycles

Hello all! Continuing the musical trend of mine from the past few months, I’ve decided to dedicate much more time this year to writing and publishing chamber music. There was a period of time a few years ago when I wrote a lot of chamber music for strings -...

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