Messiaen
I've just been listening to a little clip of David Moult playing Messiaen (while presumably studying Japanese, but there it is...). It's some very weird music - I can't decide whether I like it or not, because every time I decide in favor there'll be a bit of music that runs its little musical hands cold and sharp and generally icky down my spine. Really, to me, it's about as repulsive as someone touching my dry skin with their wet hands. Not On. But then there'll be something eerie and powerful, and it actually seems to need the wet hands music to have the eerieness and power. It wouldn't work without the bits that are somewhat unpleasant to listen to. And even those bits have a sort of repellant attraction, like Lolita, but in sound, and having nothing whatsoever to do with child molestation. I don't think, anyway. It sounded more evil genius to me.