black midi
Guided by an unrelenting spirit of adventure, freewheeling avant-rock experimentalists Black Midi have helped to raise the bar and revitalise guitar music for a Gen Z audience. Squashing post-punk, free jazz, math-rock and a melange of other styles into their strange and heady brew, the London band was formed in 2017 by BRIT School students Geordie Greep (vocals, guitar), Cameron Picton (vocals, bass guitar, synths), Morgan Simpson (drums) and Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin (vocals, guitar), with the latter later leaving the group in 2021 due to mental health issues. They launched the band with a gig in Brixton in 2017 and after generating a buzz around their live shows, released first single, "bmbmbm," in 2018 on Dan Carey's reputable Speedy Wunderground label. Signing to Rough Trade Records in 2019, they dropped two singles in March and April 2019, "Crows Perch" and "Talking Heads" respectively, with their critically lauded debut album, Schlagenheim, arriving in 2019. Drawing from a wide array of influences, including post-punk heroes The Fall and jazz maestro Miles Davis, the LP sealed their fate as genre-defying trailblazers capable of cacophonous, improv-rich noise as well as reflective rock. Schlagenheim was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2019 and was followed in 2021 by their second studio effort, Cavalcade, for which they took more of a structured approach to the creation process, relying less on improvisation. Absent from the recording sessions, guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin was replaced by touring members Kaidi Akinnibi and Seth Evans, who would also appear on Black Midi's third, Marta Salogni-produced album, Hellfire, which was released in 2022 and reached number 22 on the UK Albums Chart; their highest-charting album to date.
©Copyright Music Story April Clare Welsh 2022
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Hellfire
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 15 lug 2022
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Schlagenheim
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 21 giu 2019
Pitchfork: Best New Music24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Cavalcade
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 26 mag 2021
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Cavalcovers
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 22 mar 2022
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Slow (Loud)
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 28 apr 2021
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John L / Despair
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 23 mar 2021
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Schlagenheim
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 21 giu 2019
Pitchfork: Best New Music16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Welcome to Hell
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 9 mag 2022
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Talking Heads
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 30 apr 2019
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Sugar/Tzu
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 12 lug 2022
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Hellfire
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 15 lug 2022
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Eat Men Eat
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 15 giu 2022
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Sweater
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 5 feb 2020
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Crow's Perch
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 26 mar 2019
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bmbmbm (Dos Monos Remix)
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 24 dic 2019
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7-eleven
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 8 nov 2019
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Cruising
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 4 ago 2021
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Cavalcade
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 26 mag 2021
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Chondromalacia Patella
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 19 mag 2021
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Cavalcovers
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 22 mar 2022
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Welcome to Hell
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Rough Trade il 9 mag 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo