I have tinnitus, and this doesn mask it atall.

@@dpalaoro Music that sounds like tinitus Never was meant to delight us.

@@normanhenry6257 Good point, somethings I listen to, does mask it. I still use headphones, but listen at low levels.

No.

it sounds like a whale

With that said, interestingly, I'm not sure if Stockhausen should be mentioned in this regard. When it comes to art, it's not even "apples to oranges"; it's more like "apples to potatoes." Yes, both lived through war, an experience that may have impacted their music. However, while many of Xenakis's works are very dramatic and have clearly defined structures (beginning, culmination, end), Stockhausen's music is mostly about bright and unusual "moment-forms," representative of good old total serialism with complete lack of sense of narration, structure and completeness. Unlike Xenakis's works, I didn't feel a sense of "war" or dramatism in Stockhausen's music, except perhaps in the original recording of "Prozession" from 1967, where there is some sense of aggression, fear and panic.

@@any_usernameI'm thinking of Hymnen, clearly autobiographical. And the 'fiery furnace' of Gesang der Junglinge.

@@briancornish2076 Good references.