Too complex and/or ambitious for their own good?

This sound like being hooked to the smell of my own farts, but I sometimes wonder whether they are too good to be more popular. Or maybe I'm just an egomaniac idiot. Or both.

For example: 

The Void by Beardfish, a gut-wrenching album about the lost of two babies which includes all kind of genres, from death metal, sparingly, to Zappa's What's new in Baltimore unique jazzy style, everything under the perpetual influence of Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet. Commonly considered the worst album in a not that popular, for what they deserve, in my opinion, discography with extraordinary classics like Destined Solitaire (a very similar case, in my opinion) and the better known Sleeping in Traffic Pt. 2. Note is just the most underrated masterpiece of modern prog that I can think of. The structure, the production, the lyrics... Everything is superb in my ears.

Ben Levin in general, but specially Freak Machine. An avant-prog, hipster release that it is manic, orchestral, moody, quirky, lascivious; like a John Zorn project from someone who is in love with Radiohead, Freud and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Dostoievski. The description of the album says it all:

The album follows a caricature of a sexually frustrated young man who has fired a pistol into his brain. The entire album takes place from the time the bullet enters his skull to the time it exits. The work is by turns crude and elegant, stooping to the man's level and then following him back out as he explores the madonna/whore paradox and the suffocating pettiness of the life he has built and imposed on others.

Tigran Hamasyan, in general. An Armenian jazz pianist able to play the impossible mix of Gentle Giant and Meshsuggah. His music is so exotic, so unique, so organic and alive... I just don't understand the indifference towards it.

What do you think about this music? Too ambitious for its own good? Simply not that special? Do you know of anything similar? Do you believe that this that I'm describing can be better applied to other artists?

Thank you for reading. 

Italian band Area Palea. Many people I know find them obnoxious.

I know, man. I have discovered half of what I listen through your reviews. I can only say: thank you for everything. 

It is also my favorite, I'm talking about its reception.

moshkito wrote: Hi, I really never liked their "design" to never appreciate the more modern and recent artists, writers and musicians, because they were not established by the circles of the know it all and never listen to nothing!

I wholeheartedly agree with this. A lot of people I know believe that nothing of value was ever done after the year 2000, and that the 70's were the undisputable pinnacle of culture. We all love Pink Floyd, classic King Crimson, Gentle Giant (and even them are regularly overlooked) and Gabriel-era Genesis, don't get me wrong, but they are not the only good music in the world. 

I believe that part of my motivation to make people listen the likes of Beardfish, Tigran Hamasyan, Ben Levin or even (God forgives me) the despised Jacob Collier emerges from my sentiment of witnessing an injustice in the disdain towards anything new that I observe in a lot of people. 

A lot of great music is being done today and very few people care. For example:

I f**king love complex, ambitious, intricate, insane music. We need to take care of those musicians. 

Don't get me wrong, I love and respect this community, but we are very few. Outside of PA and maybe RYM, it is impossible for me to talk about this kind of music with anyone here in Spain. 

Grumpyprogfan wrote: Here is a song I consider complex, that I dig. Mike Mangini on drums. Mike Keneally doesn't get much discussion here.

I really dig this. Completely my cup of tea.

For anyone interested, i made a list on Rate Your Music years ago called

CRAZY COMPLEX PROG

I tried to include the most demanding head spinning complex prog that i could find

Rightfully a lot more avant-prog could be included but i didn't want it to be too redundant

Steve Howe once said that he was criticized on "Relayer" for playing too fast....he said that made him want to play even faster!!