The art of navigating by the extremes

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   It might just be me, but from the latest albums I have heard in progressive music, there seems to be a tendency in the bands to ''discover'' the extremes.

By ''extremes'' I mean a musical approach that either shows rather simple, typical tunes and even simplistic at times, often combined with nice melodies or at the other edge, highly ''sophisticated'', technical music that reaches a level of complexity that might be hard to follow for a prog fan.

As far as I like both approaches at times, I would hardly regard albums that follow the one or the other direction as masterpieces, and tend to prefer the ''balanced'' albums that include both simple and technical elements.

I intentionally do not provide examples as I do not wish to concentrate on specific albums or artists.

So, do you see such a tendency in prog lately? what proportion of your preferred albums follows these ''extremes'' and are you a fan of this approach - do you find masterpieces in these categories? Please feel free to include aspects not covered in these questions...

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	It might just be me, but from the latest albums I have heard in progressive music, there seems to be a tendency in the bands to ''discover'' the extremes. By ''extremes'' I mean a musical approach that either shows rather simple, typical tunes and even simplistic at times, often combined with nice melodies or at the other edge, highly ''sophisticated'', technical music that reaches a level of complexity that might be hard to follow for a prog fan. As far as I like both approaches at times, I would hardly regard albums that follow the one or the other direction as masterpieces, and tend to prefer the ''balanced'' albums that include both simple and technical elements. I intentionally do not provide examples as I do not wish to concentrate on specific albums or artists. So, do you see such a tendency in prog lately? what proportion of your preferred albums follows these ''extremes'' and are you a fan of this approach - do you find masterpieces in these categories? Please feel free to include aspects not covered in these questions...