black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home)
Vložit
- čas přidán 28. 04. 2021
- KEXP.ORG presents black midi performing live exclusively for KEXP. Session recorded at Soup Studios, London, on April 6, 2021.
Songs:
John L
Dethroned
Sugar/Tzu
Hogwash and Balderdash
Slow
Collaborators:
black midi as themselves
Trombone - joe Bristow
Trumpet - Elias Jordan Atkinson
Sax - Lewis Evans
Sax - Kaidi Akinnibi
Keys - Seth Evans
Crew credits:
Director: Marisa Gesualdi
DP: Rob Godfrey
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Max Goulding
Recording Engineer: Giles Barrett
bmblackmidi.com
kexp.org - Hudba
![Oh No. I Can't Handle This Kind Of Music! [Black Midi]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cKCPsiZGxiY/mqdefault.jpg)
John L - 0:00
Dethroned - 5:13
Sugar/Tzu - 11:07
Hogwash and balderdash-14:51
Slow - 18:24
holy shit i cannot wait for this album
@@sitcomenjoyer7950 Also can't wait for their 3rd album - ahem, lookin at you Sugar/Tzu, you beautiful Mahavishnu-esque bastard
@@mattdrummond3552 3rd album??
@@soccerdam15 yeah boii, apparently Sugar/Tzu (the track that starts at 11:07) was made even more recent than cavalcade, meaning it'll be on the third
@@sitcomenjoyer7950 かぬ
I was today years old when I found out the guy named “TheGreep” that I was following for months on lastfm is actually the lead guitarist of black midi
jesse pinkman is really killing it on trombone
Yo mista white, I just got a gig with black midi
He's been following more creative pursuits after el camino :)
Yo mista white, I really am a blowfish
I think I know how he's able to play so fast.
FALLACIES
The fact that Greep can belt and do absolutely insane shit with his guitar at the same time over sometimes polyrhythms never ceases to amaze me.
and he looks so nonchalant while doing so it's crazy
GG is a generational talent. Watching his musicianship live at a packed Somerset House, eveyone in the palm of his hand. Unbelievable.
I played in a band with Geordie's mum, doing pubs in Walthamstow! We rehearsed a few times at her house. Geordie was about 13 at the time. He was phenomenally talented even then.
That's sick. What kind of music just his Mum make?!
awesome
TBE
that's so sick
Yoo I'm from Walthamstow! That's dope
everyone yelling over each other after john L is my favorite thing
Organized chaos! Thank You 🙏 oooo soooo good 😊
i reckon on the album it’s probably the into to dethroned
update: got the album early, and nope, it isn't
Myeah they told me bout that back in kansas
Well I don't know anything about that big city talk down here in the south we do things a litttllle bit different
Roach Dogg omg I’m ur biggest fan, let’s blaze n chug Faygo
I think it's safe to say that Morgan Simpson is one of the most impressive drummers i've ever seen play. His creativity on a lot of parts is otherwordly.
And he makes it look so easy too, that’s the sign of an incredibly talented drummer
If you like this, check out “Lingus” by Snarky Puppy live we like it here version
@@DietersYT i've seen it a lot of times already! Larnell Lewis is another absolute beast of a drummer(and the rest of the band of course hahh)
He won some kind of award YEARS AGO, for being the best young drummer in the world. Dude plays with such unorthodox patterns and unique style, very, very amazing indeed
Him and Jimmy Chamberlin are my favorites for sure
The sax player with the flannel is the sax player from Black Country, New Road. Pretty cool crossover.
lewis and geordie have been mates for a while, both bands really gained there footing at the windmill pub gigs that they did and got to know eachothe through that...
Black Midi, New Road
I hear some Zappa, and I hear some King Crimson, but most importantly I hear black midi-these guys are one of the most innovative and original bands that I've heard in the last decade. Every comparison to other bands is natural, but no one can ignore black midi's ferocious creativity.
in some songs dude i fell like i was hearing Indiscipline, this is so fucking good
Unique and talented. Amen👾☮️
Agree, but also add The Mars Volta, Maudlin of the Well, and generally anything John Zorn touched
@ Ivan Gil Yes, and plenty of Primus.
@@santiagogalvis7007 Fuck yes RE indiscipline! Adrian Belew's madman spoken word lyrics were definitely an influence here.
Massive props to the sound engineers on this one. Captured their sound so perfectly.
Here to say this too! Any band with this many members is no easy task, but having keys, muted toms, horns, etc like Black Midi does presents a decent/unique challenge for any engineer. They absolutely nailed it, and it sounds brilliant through good headphones.
@@christopherskinner9140 It really is flawless. It's better than many studio recordings.
Really? I''m just on the first song, but I was thinking it was pretty bad compared to KEXP's usual standards. Drums are way too muted, can *barely* hear the piano at all, vocals buried at times, no articulate separation from the instruments - it's just kind of one smeared blur of sound when they're all blasting.
@@darwinsaye do you have good headphones?
They did a really good job, but I couldn't hear the trombone at all. (This makes me sad as a trombone player)
cam’s tone with that rickenbacker is fucking phenomenal
Yasss
he's an underrated part of the band, imo
Love how many roach doggs there are here
@@El-Burrito pleasantly surprised at the extent of the crossover between oneyplays and black midi fans
I miss his eastwood hi flyer bass he had that shit was so sick sounding
"Dad why is my sisters name Adele?"
"Because your mother loves Adele's music"
"Thanks dad"
"No problem black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home)"
dad has great taste
Buttchops
Tottenham is 10 minutes by car from Walthamstow
😂
Great subtle sexism here
Greep’s voice combined with his appearance never ceases to cognitive dissonancify me
“That ain’t no country boy talk, they ain’t tell me that back in Kansas, I mean I ain’t know about none of that shit boy, I just know bout uhhh rustlin cows” Geordie is a treasure and must be protected at all costs
you speak many truths
seems like adlib by reaction, i love it
Ayyyy Ayyyy Ayyyy Ayyyy Ayyyy Ayyyy
@@daroachdoggjr7497 It literally sounds like something Zach would say when doing a southener impression
17:19 is the one that got me.
At 17:20
Geordie: “I can’t remember the words.. ahhhgh”
I just caught that too on my second listen 😆
Absolute madlad he is
HAHA that's awesome. I've watched this 20 times and hadn't even noticed that.
i was reading this comment as he said it
these guys manage to make instruments falling down stairs sound so damn catchy
yes
godddam, you're right. still luv it tho HEART ❤️
Melon
There is something so chaotically addictive about John L, my ears almost can’t handle it but I keep coming back
It's that one main riff. Drills into your brain.
Like a Trauma Bond!
Sounds like an ex I once had who was in a band that sounded like this 🤣🤣🤣 apologies for sharing an inside joke that was my past 🤘
yes
It’s like listening to chaos on a leash.. It’s so damn close to being chaotic noise, but at the same time it’s so unbelievably well held together. Morgan Simpson does a phenomenal job dealing with this, he is the leash while also being part of the chaos. To pull something like this off you have to be a drummer or virtuosic levels, which he is of course.
@@vangledosh perfect description
Dethroned is a certified hit. It’s literally transcendent.
best song on the album
My favourite black midi song
@@armandoarrojo9841 I like slow slightly better but dethroned is top 3
@@eggrolledison5687 It still tops my list, but Slow is really close
Transcendent is definitely the right word for it. I'm a drummer myself, and while Morgan Simpson should be a household name at this point for any musician, not until I sat and watched them perform Dethroned as they did here did I truly appreciate the musicianship of especially the horn players. The wall-of-sound/drone portions begin as something transcendent and kind, personal, and then through subtle nuance the notes in symphony take on a dissonance which served to dissociate me from the once kind nature previous, to something nonetheless transcendent but now... Not exactly impersonal, the person no longer has anything to do with it; it's something esoteric and monistic, loving and also terrible. Truly beautiful. And Geordie's vocals became a shout into that Void.
I was honestly scared because of how good Schlagenheim was, but this isn't just a total departure / evolution, it sounds absolutely amazing. Cannot wait for it.
I enjoy black midi's transformation from psychotic teenagers to refined musical god-emperors in just two years. Best band in the world sounding better than ever.
yes
I mean they've always been incredible at their instruments for as long as they've been a band, but yeah otherwise I agree
Thoughts while hearing this band for the first time:
- I did NOT expect the vocalist to sound like that
- I cannot imagine this band with any other drummer. What an absolute MACHINE
- This band is massive and legitimately one of the most innovative bands I’ve heard in a long time.
John Theodore is the only other guy I can imagine. Lots of De Loused vibes in that playing.
Listen to this, It's a brazilian band who is kinda similar, if you like black midi, you might like them
czcams.com/video/4jkLk1UDNVM/video.html
They just don't have too much stuff online, cause they're more "live" guy
@@JeAga_ wow, that's really cool, do they have music on a platform like spotify?
@@chinchirap2 I didn't find it on Spotify, only few things here on CZcams, but since I'm brazilian too, I'm looking to contact them and see if they can put something in Spotify or other platforms!
You've listened to Mars Volta?
Every member of this band is in another whole new level
I’m glad there’s someone to carry on Swans’ legacy. The interview that accompanies this video they’ve said Swans and Death Grips are primary influences. You can definitely hear it in this album and the last album.
@Daniel Duma John L sounds like a song that could've came straight out of their trilogy set with the repetition, slow build-up throughout the song, weird vocal performance and religious lyrics. Also there's a quite a few songs in the previous LP that follow the same formula (minus the religious lyrics).
@@Okmanl there's definitely some Swans-y influence. You can hear it more on segments like the crescendo to bmbmbm or pretty much any time they just slam a chord. However the similarities start and end their as I don't think black midi's music is as tonally and texturally focused as Swan's music.
They scratch the chaos itch that has been left unscratched since The Mars Volta ended. Love them to bits.
King Gizzard sometimes scratch that itch also
Try Physics House Band as well
Everything Everything's first record Man Alive might be up your street too
My thought exactly
AGREED!
Every generation deserves at least one band like this. It's wonderfully weird and addictive. And for me as a middle-aged guy and prog, bop, fusion and metal fan, it has so many references to others. I hear Zappa, Crimson, Beefheart, Miles Davis, Weather Report, Mingus, Mr. Bungle, Primus, Mars Volta, but mostly Black Midi.
Very accurate
If I can add one to that list, it's the Cardiacs
i agree with that list there and i think james chance and the contortions fits too
I also hear Mahavishnu orchestra
Yes! Got mad The Mars Volta vibes, especially the first four albums
the only band where EVERY SINGLE MEMBER is showing off and it still works perfectly
Nah just the drummer
Have you met my friend jazz?
@@joeduncan08 lol. Seriously
Meshuggah
I mean not the only band, I'd say that applies to bands like Vampire Weekend, The Strokes, The National, or Radiohead, but yeah each member here is like a prodigy lol
The drummer must be the best of his generation. No doubt.
Yes
you could say he is TBE
There are a lot of chops guys, but man, that's a high power output. The single stroke flurry near the end of "Slow" didn't really need to last 20 seconds, did it? Is he part cricket or something?
Mickey Cavs,from King Gizzard.
Matt tong who used to be the drummer for bloc party i've heard is good, Idk what band he's in now though
Wow, these guys sound just like Cavalcade era black midi!
This comment is going to age very well :')
I know right? Don't get me wrong I love every canon art-rock/post-punk band brought up in these comments, but these guys are amazing in their own right
You, Deris, are a person who understands social timing very well.
12 years from now this comments gonna be legendary.
Don't mind me, I'm just leaving my note in this historic comment.
Talking heads meets Zappa meets King Crimson meets The Mars Volta and so on... Discover Black midi this morning, you guys are genius.
Ive have the pleasure of working with morgan for a couple days in a studio. He is by far the most impressive drummer ive come across. Very sound guy too.
Black Midi are a jazz fusion band now? I dig.
Geordie mentioned he was listening to mahuvishnu orchestra for ispiration. Spastic math rock with jazz fusion influence lets fucking goooo
@@hydeparkwaterdept.6554 it really sounds like MO on steroids
@@hydeparkwaterdept.6554 I hear 👂🏻 you loud and clear! Gooooooooooo! 🤘 Thank You for your super info. I hear that. I hear so much. It’s just been so long since we have been able to listen to anything this tight! Dimitri Shostakovich is proud!!!! Do it! Like Don Cab but uhhhhh wow 😳 with gusto and righteous indignation behind your music. This is true. This is honest. This is rock. This is orchestration in its truest form! Go!!!!! King 👑 Crimson says yeahh come on “21st Century Schizoid Man!” And then they say Thank You 🙏
They are what they are! No one ☝️ like them. And yes to you about the fusion about the jazz! I’m just disarmed! Thank You ☺️ and Yeahhhhh gooooo!!!! Berg loves this music, you, and so do I! Classically trained???? ¿Vieleicht? Just wow! Yeah yeah yeah do it! I’m into it. Whatever it’s not called or called. It DEFINITELY IS! Haha Thank You 🙏 for your music!
@@gandhiguerrero3668 Mahuvishnu orchestra on steroids, bath salts and ego death
Wow Chicago has really evolved their sound
that’s what i was thinking
Funny: I posted this on my Facebook and called them "demented Chicago."
Chicago on crack
Lmao
Best comment I’ve seen in awhile
Hot damn, KEXP! I’d buy this in a second if it were a record. The audio is crisp and clear (despite being jam-packed with musicians) & the camerawork is top notch too, with lots of cuts to the wind instruments & drummer. Hell, they even pinned a comment with song time stamps. Good on y’all for putting in that extra effort, & of course, great on black midi...what a great set.
dethroned is like jazz shoegaze and it is absolutely phenomenal
Geordie looks like a cross between Tom Holland and Review Bruh here
Nah he looks like a mix between that guy who plays Joker on Gotham and Criken2
So true
He looks like Annakin Skywalker
Funny enough, both Geordie and Tom are BRIT School alumni.
He is Denny from The Room
Cavalcade is going to absolutely be one of the best albums of the year. i have no doubt about it.
UPDATE (5/26/21): I just watched the livestream. I was so right.
Of the decade
@@ZeValeriano yeah definitely
Of ever
Of
Of Schlagenheim
They say the band is as good as the drummer. When I look at the bands that impress me the most I genuinely find that to be true. This band impressed me as soon as I laid my ears on it. The drummer is killer. He's the kind of drummer that every band wishes they had.
Sisters Of Mercy had a drum machine yet were great....
I completely agree, Morgan Simpson is a straight up beast. I feel the same way about Thee Oh Sees, the double drum lineup they’ve had for the last few years is insane. Just saw them play a couple nights ago and I’ve never seen two drummers more in sync.
its crazy how much better Geordie's vocals got between schlagenheim and cavalcade, maybe its just the mixing or the songwriting that changed but his singing is downright showmanlike on Dethroned
jeez the growth from the last KEXP is insane. What a great band!!
Right??!!!! Thank you 🙏 KEX P e r s on
Hogwash and balderdash is utterly inexplicable. its an amalgamation of everything i love. Loose reverb, jaunty keys, obtuse vocals, jazz passages, absolute chaos, angles upon angles and enough groove to keep me wigglin.
Insane.
Well said dude, It’s really incredible. It provokes
Yeah, it's so chaotic but very organized at the same time. I just love it.
Well played! @Jack Cochran
You must be a composer!
the album version especially, those horns...
Right
i'm an old progger and this is one of the most exciting new bands than I have seen in a very long while.
This band is so bombastic, complex and chaotic… I love them
mr. bombastic!
no. no stop. you’re not allowed to be this good. no. we’re not supposed to be making music like this yet. i am not ready for this yet. oh my god. it’s too perfect.
yes
exactly
Lewis Evans of black country new road on the alto sax, love to see it
OMG
you mean, black midi, new road?
I TOLD YOU I LOVED YOU IN FRONT OF BLACK MIDI
Holy shit is that Lewis for BCNR! I knew they knew each other but didn't expect him in this
My first time hearing them. Every cell in my body just exploded.
Is it possible to love a record before it's even released
Yes
Yes
Apparently. I didn’t know until now
Dethroned was a perfect balance of chaos and excellent song writing
Who is here again after experiencing the full album?
We definitely need more live versions now 😩
They're doing a performance on today on bbc radio.
This guys should have played in Eurovision
imagine
Wouldn't that be the greatest...
Fuck that
That wouldn't even be fair lol. These guys clap probably every song that's ever entered that competition.
Heh.. they 're too good
Whomever in charge of sound here deserves a raise. Sounds nuts.
Holy shit the saloon banter at 5:25 lmao. Brian Wilson SMILE vibes
5:13-14:50 is a fucking experience... those two songs flow together so god damn well, ive listened twice in a row. no offense to the band but this KEXP live version sounds even better than the album does
@@rzgtribe1884 they went above and beyond with this album, absolutely amazing. Dethroned is my favorite track, has early minus the bear vibes with the melody and guitar delay effects.
yup
Seeing lewis playing the sax quietly in the corner is so funny to me
Please drop the album, it’s the 12th time I’ve been here
omg SAME
3 DAYS
THEY JUST DID ON SUPRISE
@@sivvansharma3023 and it was awesome
@@davodav7746 hell yeah man
Im happy to see cameron improving his vocals
Geordie is obviously an incredible vocalist, but i love when cameron sings because it sounds a lot more slint derivative in a good way.
It would be nice to hear him let loose again like on Near DT
@@aidanconcannon5710 good point
@@pd7287 get ready for the track eat men eat on the next record then hahah
Whoever mixed this, it’s perfect thank you
I was thinking the same! You can make out everything really clearly.
I'm kind of shocked they can pull this off live.
It’s masterful
Go see them live. They are fucking amazing, also really funny. Jazziest mosh you will ever be in.
i think it even sounds better live than on the album
This band has had the kind of evolution in 2 years that some don’t have in their entire careers. I’m so excited about this album
Love hearing Cameron go further out there with his vocals, can't wait for BM to tackle the world of vocal harmonies bet they would come out with some freakish stuff.
The thing that just strikes me every time I watch this video (8+ times) is the PRECISION in how they play together. Truly impressive for such young musicians. Clearly, they practice their guts out.
The singer just shocks me , what he does on guitar sometimes it's completely uncohordinated from what he sings yet he sounds , dissonant, jazzy , Indie and funky at the same time and It's singing style it's something between Synatra and Less Claypool...wow I'm honestly mind blowed .I smell huge jazz college influences in action here, still everybody's job it's insane , am I wrong or they fired the other guitarist?!
Other guitarist left for mental health reasons
Speechless. This is some serious next level ground-breaking music. Seriously in a new music euphoria at the moment.
Really dude? This is watered down compared to Bungle, Naked City and Zappa
@@McDoinky black midi could do apostrophe but zappa couldnt do schlagenheim 😚
@@jamieklein8269 Sure
@@McDoinky yeah yeah whatever we get it you know introductory avant garde music really cool
1. Not a dude
2. My opinion, girl.
3. Derivative doesn't negate anything. Sorry you aren't impressed; but your being jaded doesn't have to cancel out my enjoyment at stumbling across their video today.
Go light up a clove and drink your absinthe.
You can hear and feel the big influence from King Crimson And Robert Fripp on this new songs. AMAZING!!!
No
@@danielreyna7897 yes?
John Zorn
Totally
@Brandon Russell Some parts gives me the exact same sensation of Larks Tongue In aspic
This version of "Dethroned" is amazing. Also love the Frank Sinatra like vocals in the beginning
It's the best version for sure!
I want to see Hellfire in it's entirety played in this same room
dethroned is already winding up to be one of the best songs of the year
absolutely
really out here sounding like a song off Yeezus🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶best fuckin band ever
and with that thrash jazz song
Yup can agree to that. The guitar in the outro especially is pure chills down my spine. This album is going to be great.
If it somehow tops the studio version of Slow then I’ll be impressed. These guys are incredible
i have never seen a band play so far apart and independent yet so close and together in my life
those moments where they essentially just play random notes and be the loudest they possibly can shouldnt work together as well as they do
14:25 greep goes absolutely nuts for a moment there
Everyone in this band is amazing... but that bass player is a star. IMHO.
I mean did you see what he was doing at around 18:24 for slow??? He’s insane
@@eliasrh5813 what's remarkable about that?? How is that 'insane' ? Just an ostinato
You should play this for the popular girls at school.
thanks i found a girlfriend, highly recommend
I guess if yurafag..?
@@cl8804 that's your gf name? weird name but cool
I bought black midi tickets in class then my teacher played this whole set for the class lol
@@Jack-ke5qt C H A D
0:00 - John L
5:13 - Dethroned
11:07 - Sugar/Tzu
14:51 - Hogwash and Balderdash
18:24 - Slow
How do you know tho?
pretty sure song 2 is dethroned, Greep says it early on in the song
if anyone could help me out with the timestamp for sugar/tzu that'd be helpful
@@Slammeronethousand yeah just updated it, got it wrong lol
I guess the third song is Chondromalacia Patella? Idk
They all look like they’re having so much fun, especially geordie, the faces he pulls are so funny
this is crazy that the saxophonist from bcnr is here
First reaction was that I don't like this but somehow I couldn't turn it over. I then realised I was mesmerised by it. I watched all the way to the end and was left with a 'WTF have I just witnessed?' feeling. Incredible. This isn't just music, it's an experience.
Ahhhh, remember the day I felt that with the first KEXP
It’s weird because i really enjoy this live performance but for some reason their studio recordings sound like shit to me.
we've been gifted with a KEXP set that somehow manages to top their previous one, which is saying a lot
this sounds like the coolest jazz club ever.
Literally just discovered this band by watching Buffcorrel dance to this. The music (and his dancing) was incredible. I generally listen to metal, but like the more avant-grade stuff. Y’all scratched that itch and more. Thanks for your music!
Buffcorrel unironically has a really good taste in music, shit is super diverse.
This dudes are showing so much creative growth its incredible.
Cool Guitar Fight From Fooly Cooly pfp
Nice pfp
I didn’t know Geordie was the man who killed killed me for a Chip and started my journey in New Vegas
All the way through Dethroned-Sugar/Tzu is the best thing I have ever heard in my life. There isn’t a single part of either of those songs in the performance that could be any better
Makes me so happy to see Sugar/Tzu on the Hellfire track list!!
I wish I lived next door to Black Midi
It’s almost as if King Crimson, Frank Zappa and Miles Davis had a side project. I love this!
King Crimson with a dash of Cardiacs and then dipped in a bit of James Chance
And Throbbing Gristle.
And The Mars Volta.
Even after they first burst onto the scene, it's still interesting to read all the Black Midi comparisons. It's insane how many different comparisons I've read in the comments sections.
Was thinking the same thing 😀
This may be the best live performance I have ever seen. I can already tell that black midi are going to be one of those legendary bands that will be hailed and remembered forever.
Jesus, they should release this version as a live album. This is some of their best work
just download from youtube - lots of ways to do it
Listening to black midi feels like having a rap battle with a dude with Alzheimer
With *an Alzhiemer
@@BlarkussCarcass Right, id forgotten
This is Gen Z Larks-era King Crimson and I can't get enough of it
Geordie Greep actually said that Larks is his favorite King Crimson album
Good lord. Compliments to everyone who was part of making this.....the songwriters, musicians, video and audio crew and these guys parents for raising such talented folk.
Dethroned is better here than the album IMO
@@simonefrongia3115 Yes. Brass section brings it to another level. Having a lower FX mix on the voice helps to clear the sonic space too. In Cavalcade sometimes there was too much effects.
they have the saxophonist from Black Country, New Road in this version.
how can it not be?
@@flfks_ lewis 👊💪
Bookmarking this so I can watch it everyday for the next 2 years
A good dose of Ornette Coleman's sensibility, the energy of minutemen, - pure black midi. It's rare when a band impresses my old, old ass. These guys were great from the start, and they're only getting better...Hot Damn! Keep it up, gentlemen.
As a fellow old ass I agree. When my Grandchildren have me listen to a new band I usually tell them, it’s generic and it’s been done.
Old ass, checking in. Can't get over these guys.
Minutemen appreciation squad
Hello fellow oldies!
boomers got the vax?
These guys are becoming one of my favorite bands, and they've got years and years of music ahead of them! So refreshing
How are they this good
the transition between dethroned and sugar/tzu was so fucking awesome
I'm a Morgan Simp, son
same
Who isnt?
I hope this gets an official CD release like their other KEXP session!!!!!! Holy shit!!!!
The drummer is out of this world. The level of skill of each member at this age is also something out of this world.
the fact Lewis Evans from BC;NR is supporting this is sick!
The boys looking crispy af. I'm so fucking excited for the next record
The section around the 11 minutes mark moving into Sugar/Tzu is sublime
It's like a possession of Bowie's Black Star given life