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Códice
12+ albums
Progressive rockmexicanrock mexicanofemale vocalistssymphonic progressive
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Musicians: David Martinez - drums and percussion Luis Maldonado - vocals Mario Mendoza - keyboards Arturo Garcia - bass Marco Corona - guitars and keyboards; bass on #2 Contributors: 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) GEPR Review: Códice is a Mexican band. To my knowledge, Alba y Ocaso (Dawn and Dusk) is their only release. But what a release! This is '70's styled prog with many references to the bands of that day. Alba y Ocaso is a 2-CD set with the first CD being a set of cuts featuring a mix of male and female vocalists and great '70's keyboards (actually, an E-mu Vintage Keys). Códice reminds me in parts of various Italian bands (particularly Le Orme) plus Pink Floyd, Genesis, Red-era King Crimson and even Rubycon-era Tangerine Dream in one place. But they most frequently recall Emerson, Lake and Palmer, complete with a B3 riff positively stolen from Tarkus' Stones of Years and lead synthesizer patches ripped right from Emerson's personal library. But even so, one might rightly say that they've borrowed from so many '70's bands that they don't really sound like any of them any more. In addition to these prog rock influences, there are also numerous classical style compositions, including several classical (nylon-string) guitar solos and a nice Bach-like pipe organ fugue. This is great stuff! If you like energetic, '70's-sounding keybo
