Edmund Welles Rocks!
Some strange stuff in that world. Very interesting, but not necessarily for the masses me thinks.
When you get right down to it,
clarinet is not for the masses either ;-)
I have three daughters, who all play instruments. #1 - flute/picc/guitar; #2 - alto/soprano saxes/cello; #3 - clarinet/bass clarinet/bari sax (yeah, maybe they inherited something from their father...). My favorite game in the car is "what's that instrument?" on the stereo. In my car, of course, that could be anything from Chapman Stick to theorbo, soprillo to contraforte. They grew up with this stuff, hearing, seeing, and sometimes playing, a variety of off-the-beaten-track instruments. Its still a challenge for them.
If its a challenge for them, what about for your average listener? I'd bet that most people can tell a clarinet from a saxophone, but they're not really aware of the fact that there are quite a few different sizes of sax (maybe they know about alto and tenor, and possibly soprano, but bass sax is terra incognito to them. Contrabass sax? Sopranino? Tubax? Fugedaboutit!). Most people can't distinguish between an oboe and a bassoon (much less a sarrusophone).
So perhaps this is music specifically for musicians -- but that's probably who is reading these posts, no? I think there are enough musicians around that such stuff has a definite niche
Go back and listen to
The Butcher of Andalusia. There's some good stuff in there. I think these guys definitely have talent.
Enjoy,
Grant