schtockhausen..... sehr schwer...some of the riffs are cool, if a bit stilted, but he mighta benefitted from listening to Shiny Beast if not bird parker and debussy......

Stockhausen, rather like Beefheart I guess, has suffered from the attentions of well-meaning academics who make his music sound far more difficult than it really is. If you listen to the man himself talk about his music, it all becomes clear. If you listen to the music itself, even better! I remember him coming to the UK in the late '80s for a performance of "Sternklang" in Birmingham. It was an outdoor event that went on all evening, and it was wonderful. He's one of the very few guys of the past half century who really does merit the term "genius", so this is a must see gig for me.