Yes, I know. What I did was called a quip, and I thought the fine people of Hacker News had a sense of humor.
Surely you'll admit that this is far less accessible, in terms of enjoyment, than a lot of other music.
Of course it's less accessible. In terms of enjoyment though, I actively seek out non-accessible music, because some of it seems to tickle a particular funny-bone and I don't find that in accessible music.
The music I put on to really enjoy on a visceral level is stuff that I can't even play ten seconds of in public settings without people yelling at me.
I dunno, people seem to find even this stuff inaccessible, but it's some of my favorite music ever:
While googling I found a kickstarted documentary about him from 2013.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/morgan
I think I'll watch it right now. :)
Mats Öberg, the keyboardist, is also an excellent jazz pianist and seems to play on loads of new Swedish jazz records. Here's him with his own jazz trio. He also has two very beautiful solo piano albums (they're on Spotify and iTunes).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tOykrVfIgc
While I'm geeking out... that Mats/Morgan song "Hollmervalsen" is named for Lars Hollmer ("Hollmer waltz"), a composer who played accordion and keyboard and was an important part of the Swedish progressive music scene in the 60s/60s. That scene split into a more political part and a more freaky part, and we're talking about the freaky part.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Hollmer
His band Samla Mammas Manna ("Gather Mother's Manna") made some truly remarkable music. They took influences from Swedish folk music and combined it with Zappa-ish jazz rock. With the song "Musmjölkningsmaskinen" ("The Mouse Milking Machine") from 1974 you can understand they were an influence on Mats & Morgan.
The rhythm changes are just awesome too. When I first listened to it they were pretty disorienting but after a few listens I could tap my feet to it and it's so satisfying.
Here's another polyrhythmic song that's confusing at first but then really satisfying. It's by Avishai Cohen Trio, I couldn't find the original but this cover is pretty good.
https://soundcloud.com/jasper-mellema/trio-pinzin-kinzin-avi...
One cool thing about the internet is the 'long tail' effect that you don't hear much about anymore that allows for all those microgenres like this to thrive.
