From here, Ferneyhough became closely associated with the so-called New Complexity school of composition (indeed, he is often referred to as the "Father of New Complexity"), characterized by its extension of the modernist tendency towards formalization (particularly as in integral serialism).
Po šio festivalio Fernihau tapo itin susietas su vadinamąja „Naujojo sudėtingumo“ mokykla (dažnai vadinamas šios mokyklos „tėvu“), kuri įvardinama kaip modernizmo tendencijų pratęsėja ir einanti link formalizmo (ypač integralaus serializmo).