black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home)

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @danieljunior126
    @danieljunior126 3 года назад +2615

    John L - 0:00
    Dethroned - 5:13
    Sugar/Tzu - 11:07
    Hogwash and balderdash-14:51
    Slow - 18:24

    • @sitcomenjoyer7950
      @sitcomenjoyer7950 3 года назад +90

      holy shit i cannot wait for this album

    • @mattdrummond3552
      @mattdrummond3552 3 года назад +128

      @@sitcomenjoyer7950 Also can't wait for their 3rd album - ahem, lookin at you Sugar/Tzu, you beautiful Mahavishnu-esque bastard

    • @soccerdam15
      @soccerdam15 3 года назад +12

      @@mattdrummond3552 3rd album??

    • @nicksimons7391
      @nicksimons7391 3 года назад +96

      @@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

    • @中澤美樹-v8c
      @中澤美樹-v8c 3 года назад +2

      @@sitcomenjoyer7950 かぬ

  • @kanutaro3426
    @kanutaro3426 2 года назад +1387

    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

  • @sorenolsen9281
    @sorenolsen9281 3 года назад +912

    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.

    • @belle8732
      @belle8732 2 года назад +100

      and he looks so nonchalant while doing so it's crazy

    • @chrismonks3133
      @chrismonks3133 Год назад +55

      GG is a generational talent. Watching his musicianship live at a packed Somerset House, eveyone in the palm of his hand. Unbelievable.

  • @primetime_al822
    @primetime_al822 3 года назад +526

    The sax player with the flannel is the sax player from Black Country, New Road. Pretty cool crossover.

    • @zacjepps625
      @zacjepps625 Год назад +60

      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...

    • @wrenne_claude
      @wrenne_claude 8 месяцев назад +25

      Black Midi, New Road

  • @ang4860
    @ang4860 2 года назад +1990

    jesse pinkman is really killing it on trombone

    • @timmartens4156
      @timmartens4156 2 года назад +214

      Yo mista white, I just got a gig with black midi

    • @gunweizard6125
      @gunweizard6125 Год назад +49

      He's been following more creative pursuits after el camino :)

    • @665denierofthebeast
      @665denierofthebeast Год назад +60

      Yo mista white, I really am a blowfish

    • @machine791
      @machine791 Год назад +27

      I think I know how he's able to play so fast.

    • @mussman717word
      @mussman717word Год назад

      FALLACIES

  • @wotsitalabowt
    @wotsitalabowt 3 года назад +1773

    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.

    • @amycaek
      @amycaek 3 года назад +112

      That's sick. What kind of music just his Mum make?!

    • @sebastian4451
      @sebastian4451 3 года назад +8

      awesome

    • @sebastian4451
      @sebastian4451 3 года назад +80

      TBE

    • @JuanFelipeMedina
      @JuanFelipeMedina 3 года назад +5

      that's so sick

    • @yokelo7
      @yokelo7 2 года назад +9

      Yoo I'm from Walthamstow! That's dope

  • @cheeriosy
    @cheeriosy 3 года назад +2007

    Massive props to the sound engineers on this one. Captured their sound so perfectly.

    • @christopherskinner9140
      @christopherskinner9140 3 года назад +110

      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.

    • @Madkid73
      @Madkid73 3 года назад +47

      @@christopherskinner9140 It really is flawless. It's better than many studio recordings.

    • @darwinsaye
      @darwinsaye 3 года назад +17

      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.

    • @agressapenguin6289
      @agressapenguin6289 3 года назад +36

      @@darwinsaye do you have good headphones?

    • @TheSteelDialga
      @TheSteelDialga 3 года назад +15

      They did a really good job, but I couldn't hear the trombone at all. (This makes me sad as a trombone player)

  • @daroachdoggjr7497
    @daroachdoggjr7497 3 года назад +1616

    everyone yelling over each other after john L is my favorite thing

    • @alisonderrick1067
      @alisonderrick1067 3 года назад +42

      Organized chaos! Thank You 🙏 oooo soooo good 😊

    • @harperschannel567
      @harperschannel567 3 года назад +117

      i reckon on the album it’s probably the into to dethroned
      update: got the album early, and nope, it isn't

    • @enzovandersterren9863
      @enzovandersterren9863 3 года назад +41

      Myeah they told me bout that back in kansas

    • @Szk1312
      @Szk1312 3 года назад +61

      Well I don't know anything about that big city talk down here in the south we do things a litttllle bit different

    • @thesleepingbag8650
      @thesleepingbag8650 3 года назад +13

      Roach Dogg omg I’m ur biggest fan, let’s blaze n chug Faygo

  • @Victormpedott
    @Victormpedott 3 года назад +3993

    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.

    • @winterwonderland7445
      @winterwonderland7445 3 года назад +197

      And he makes it look so easy too, that’s the sign of an incredibly talented drummer

    • @DietersYT
      @DietersYT 3 года назад +53

      If you like this, check out “Lingus” by Snarky Puppy live we like it here version

    • @Victormpedott
      @Victormpedott 3 года назад +74

      @@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)

    • @gabrielbelich8170
      @gabrielbelich8170 3 года назад +109

      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

    • @misakiyoshida
      @misakiyoshida 3 года назад +28

      Him and Jimmy Chamberlin are my favorites for sure

  • @vicvinegar5709
    @vicvinegar5709 3 года назад +356

    At 17:20
    Geordie: “I can’t remember the words.. ahhhgh”

    • @andyspendlove1019
      @andyspendlove1019 3 года назад +11

      I just caught that too on my second listen 😆

    • @darknexusknight
      @darknexusknight 3 года назад +7

      Absolute madlad he is

    • @that1facester
      @that1facester 3 года назад +15

      HAHA that's awesome. I've watched this 20 times and hadn't even noticed that.

    • @michaeledwards6683
      @michaeledwards6683 3 года назад +1

      i was reading this comment as he said it

  • @pandanarkystudios5198
    @pandanarkystudios5198 4 месяца назад +34

    The drummer, Morgan Simpson, is in my humble opinion (as a decent drummer myself), one of the most talented and technically adept drummers I’ve seen come along in a long while. The whole band is fantastic as well. Black Midi is one of those bands that if you don’t get it, you won’t get it, no matter how hard you try or how much acid you drop lol
    Fun fact, Black Midi is also a niche genre of music. It’s essentially making a lot of noise by layering many many many sounds, with the musical foresight to see the big picture that when it all comes together you end up with something actually coherent. Blows my mind from a production standpoint

  • @rowboat1923
    @rowboat1923 3 года назад +727

    Every member of this band is in another whole new level

    • @Dsksea
      @Dsksea 3 года назад +47

      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.

    • @Dsksea
      @Dsksea 3 года назад +11

      @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).

    • @Sighbot
      @Sighbot 3 года назад +18

      @@Dsksea 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.

  • @daroachdoggjr7497
    @daroachdoggjr7497 3 года назад +582

    cam’s tone with that rickenbacker is fucking phenomenal

    • @JoshTheBassist
      @JoshTheBassist 3 года назад +4

      Yasss

    • @pressxfordoubt-x
      @pressxfordoubt-x 3 года назад +73

      he's an underrated part of the band, imo

    • @El-Burrito
      @El-Burrito 3 года назад +15

      Love how many roach doggs there are here

    • @aust.in2586
      @aust.in2586 3 года назад +29

      @@El-Burrito pleasantly surprised at the extent of the crossover between oneyplays and black midi fans

    • @oozzyknob
      @oozzyknob 3 года назад +1

      I miss his eastwood hi flyer bass he had that shit was so sick sounding

  • @jackcochran6670
    @jackcochran6670 3 года назад +295

    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.

    • @mattdrummond3552
      @mattdrummond3552 3 года назад +13

      Well said dude, It’s really incredible. It provokes

    • @jutubjuzer1
      @jutubjuzer1 3 года назад +15

      Yeah, it's so chaotic but very organized at the same time. I just love it.

    • @alisonderrick1067
      @alisonderrick1067 3 года назад

      Well played! @Jack Cochran
      You must be a composer!

    • @TheCicada
      @TheCicada 3 года назад +1

      the album version especially, those horns...

    • @Gubgubgoober
      @Gubgubgoober 2 года назад

      Right

  • @realmaximouse
    @realmaximouse 3 года назад +358

    There is something so chaotically addictive about John L, my ears almost can’t handle it but I keep coming back

    • @casey_sux
      @casey_sux 3 года назад +29

      It's that one main riff. Drills into your brain.

    • @RhiannonClarkMusicofficial
      @RhiannonClarkMusicofficial 2 года назад +4

      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 🤘

    • @big_sea
      @big_sea Год назад +1

      yes

    • @vangledosh
      @vangledosh Год назад +6

      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.

    • @realmaximouse
      @realmaximouse Год назад +1

      @@vangledosh perfect description

  • @sangresolida
    @sangresolida 3 года назад +2102

    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.

    • @santiagogalvis7007
      @santiagogalvis7007 3 года назад +75

      in some songs dude i fell like i was hearing Indiscipline, this is so fucking good

    • @morsberger
      @morsberger 3 года назад +8

      Unique and talented. Amen👾☮️

    • @alexcielvieira3548
      @alexcielvieira3548 3 года назад +64

      Agree, but also add The Mars Volta, Maudlin of the Well, and generally anything John Zorn touched

    • @jagolago-bob
      @jagolago-bob 3 года назад +47

      @ Ivan Gil Yes, and plenty of Primus.

    • @mhbackman
      @mhbackman 3 года назад +22

      @@santiagogalvis7007 Fuck yes RE indiscipline! Adrian Belew's madman spoken word lyrics were definitely an influence here.

  • @clearlyeminent4430
    @clearlyeminent4430 3 года назад +702

    They scratch the chaos itch that has been left unscratched since The Mars Volta ended. Love them to bits.

    • @imanagemydamage
      @imanagemydamage 3 года назад +65

      King Gizzard sometimes scratch that itch also

    • @rufiorules
      @rufiorules 3 года назад +20

      Try Physics House Band as well

    • @iranuntius1816
      @iranuntius1816 3 года назад +13

      Everything Everything's first record Man Alive might be up your street too

    • @class6853
      @class6853 3 года назад +1

      My thought exactly

    • @rektyrektingson4668
      @rektyrektingson4668 3 года назад +1

      AGREED!

  • @clydeworldwide123456
    @clydeworldwide123456 3 года назад +821

    Dethroned is a certified hit. It’s literally transcendent.

    • @armandoarrojo9841
      @armandoarrojo9841 3 года назад +43

      best song on the album

    • @MrMillions69
      @MrMillions69 3 года назад +11

      My favourite black midi song

    • @jneigh727
      @jneigh727 3 года назад +15

      @@armandoarrojo9841 I like slow slightly better but dethroned is top 3

    • @armandoarrojo9841
      @armandoarrojo9841 3 года назад +5

      @@jneigh727 It still tops my list, but Slow is really close

    • @Jack__Bolt
      @Jack__Bolt 2 года назад +11

      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.

  • @charliewhelan3319
    @charliewhelan3319 3 года назад +238

    jeez the growth from the last KEXP is insane. What a great band!!

  • @tbonepdx4858
    @tbonepdx4858 2 года назад +370

    Greep’s voice combined with his appearance never ceases to cognitive dissonancify me

  • @frailty7280
    @frailty7280 10 месяцев назад +16

    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

  • @danielsoundslave3128
    @danielsoundslave3128 11 месяцев назад +36

    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?!

    • @MishaHivemind
      @MishaHivemind 11 месяцев назад +8

      Other guitarist left for mental health reasons

  • @el_mal_de_ojo
    @el_mal_de_ojo 3 года назад +349

    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.

  • @wietsekraaijeveld5766
    @wietsekraaijeveld5766 3 года назад +1040

    The drummer must be the best of his generation. No doubt.

    • @beegsoos9502
      @beegsoos9502 3 года назад +6

      Yes

    • @maxb9741
      @maxb9741 3 года назад +94

      you could say he is TBE

    • @julikun724
      @julikun724 3 года назад +29

      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?

    • @michelmendoza8197
      @michelmendoza8197 3 года назад +38

      Mickey Cavs,from King Gizzard.

    • @GrowingDownUnder
      @GrowingDownUnder 3 года назад +10

      Matt tong who used to be the drummer for bloc party i've heard is good, Idk what band he's in now though

  • @spergferguson2602
    @spergferguson2602 3 года назад +371

    these guys manage to make instruments falling down stairs sound so damn catchy

  • @fortheloveofmusic860
    @fortheloveofmusic860 2 года назад +199

    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.

    • @JulianPantoja
      @JulianPantoja 2 года назад +5

      Very accurate

    • @adamh4412
      @adamh4412 Год назад +7

      If I can add one to that list, it's the Cardiacs

    • @abcxyz-pd8ux
      @abcxyz-pd8ux Год назад +5

      i agree with that list there and i think james chance and the contortions fits too

    • @padgemahaj3167
      @padgemahaj3167 Год назад +3

      I also hear Mahavishnu orchestra

    • @plenku
      @plenku 8 месяцев назад

      Yes! Got mad The Mars Volta vibes, especially the first four albums

  • @steadyrhythms9571
    @steadyrhythms9571 3 года назад +605

    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.

  • @bingus6050
    @bingus6050 3 года назад +129

    0:00 - John L
    5:13 - Dethroned
    11:07 - Sugar/Tzu
    14:51 - Hogwash and Balderdash
    18:24 - Slow

    • @kebab_boi
      @kebab_boi 3 года назад

      How do you know tho?

    • @Slammeronethousand
      @Slammeronethousand 3 года назад

      pretty sure song 2 is dethroned, Greep says it early on in the song

    • @bingus6050
      @bingus6050 3 года назад

      if anyone could help me out with the timestamp for sugar/tzu that'd be helpful

    • @bingus6050
      @bingus6050 3 года назад

      @@Slammeronethousand yeah just updated it, got it wrong lol

    • @akmal9133
      @akmal9133 3 года назад

      I guess the third song is Chondromalacia Patella? Idk

  • @harrisonjr98
    @harrisonjr98 3 года назад +2034

    “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

    • @daroachdoggjr7497
      @daroachdoggjr7497 3 года назад +60

      you speak many truths

    • @yenaskitegar3140
      @yenaskitegar3140 3 года назад +65

      seems like adlib by reaction, i love it

    • @alexmaur8817
      @alexmaur8817 3 года назад +143

      Ayyyy Ayyyy Ayyyy Ayyyy Ayyyy Ayyyy

    • @El-Burrito
      @El-Burrito 3 года назад +38

      @@daroachdoggjr7497 It literally sounds like something Zach would say when doing a southener impression

    • @dysperdotted
      @dysperdotted 3 года назад +38

      17:19 is the one that got me.

  • @christopherlowery3797
    @christopherlowery3797 3 года назад +152

    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.

  • @ericmsandoval
    @ericmsandoval 3 года назад +945

    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.

    • @bigsilentkid.3677
      @bigsilentkid.3677 3 года назад +26

      John Theodore is the only other guy I can imagine. Lots of De Loused vibes in that playing.

    • @JeAga_
      @JeAga_ 3 года назад +1

      Listen to this, It's a brazilian band who is kinda similar, if you like black midi, you might like them
      ruclips.net/video/4jkLk1UDNVM/видео.html
      They just don't have too much stuff online, cause they're more "live" guy

    • @chinchirap2
      @chinchirap2 3 года назад +6

      @@JeAga_ wow, that's really cool, do they have music on a platform like spotify?

    • @JeAga_
      @JeAga_ 3 года назад +5

      @@chinchirap2 I didn't find it on Spotify, only few things here on RUclips, but since I'm brazilian too, I'm looking to contact them and see if they can put something in Spotify or other platforms!

    • @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer
      @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer 3 года назад +7

      You've listened to Mars Volta?

  • @johnmcwhorter1728
    @johnmcwhorter1728 3 года назад +384

    Wow Chicago has really evolved their sound

  • @crispypretzelchickenfries
    @crispypretzelchickenfries 3 года назад +675

    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.

  • @Tremuoso
    @Tremuoso 3 года назад +91

    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.

  • @davideleccese3257
    @davideleccese3257 3 года назад +2689

    "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)"

    • @stickysappy
      @stickysappy 3 года назад +72

      dad has great taste

    • @adderon
      @adderon 3 года назад +8

      Buttchops

    • @daviedovey
      @daviedovey 3 года назад +4

      Tottenham is 10 minutes by car from Walthamstow

    • @RC75
      @RC75 3 года назад

      😂

    • @danackroydsbutt
      @danackroydsbutt 2 года назад +1

      Great subtle sexism here

  • @persianskeptic4814
    @persianskeptic4814 3 года назад +98

    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.

    • @atomiccritter6492
      @atomiccritter6492 3 года назад +5

      Sisters Of Mercy had a drum machine yet were great....

    • @dachducoda
      @dachducoda Год назад +3

      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.

  • @joshdwittmam
    @joshdwittmam 3 года назад +179

    Lewis Evans of black country new road on the alto sax, love to see it

  • @5pace_ech0
    @5pace_ech0 3 года назад +2359

    Wow, these guys sound just like Cavalcade era black midi!

    • @yodamaster444
      @yodamaster444 3 года назад +97

      This comment is going to age very well :')

    • @duncanplaysguitar
      @duncanplaysguitar 3 года назад +44

      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

    • @Sergio_Math
      @Sergio_Math 3 года назад +26

      You, Deris, are a person who understands social timing very well.

    • @larklark2472
      @larklark2472 3 года назад +32

      12 years from now this comments gonna be legendary.

    • @gamerkaue88
      @gamerkaue88 3 года назад +5

      Don't mind me, I'm just leaving my note in this historic comment.

  • @Taibshe
    @Taibshe 3 года назад +229

    Speechless. This is some serious next level ground-breaking music. Seriously in a new music euphoria at the moment.

    • @McDoinky
      @McDoinky 3 года назад +3

      Really dude? This is watered down compared to Bungle, Naked City and Zappa

    • @jamieklein8269
      @jamieklein8269 3 года назад +59

      @@McDoinky black midi could do apostrophe but zappa couldnt do schlagenheim 😚

    • @McDoinky
      @McDoinky 3 года назад

      @@jamieklein8269 Sure

    • @damonberry9123
      @damonberry9123 3 года назад +59

      @@McDoinky yeah yeah whatever we get it you know introductory avant garde music really cool

    • @Taibshe
      @Taibshe 3 года назад +51

      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.

  • @Jack_nnn_
    @Jack_nnn_ 3 года назад +435

    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.

    • @big_sea
      @big_sea Год назад +4

      yes

    • @WiloPolis03
      @WiloPolis03 Год назад +2

      I mean they've always been incredible at their instruments for as long as they've been a band, but yeah otherwise I agree

  • @akiravelicka8363
    @akiravelicka8363 2 года назад +280

    the only band where EVERY SINGLE MEMBER is showing off and it still works perfectly

    • @crieverytim
      @crieverytim 2 года назад +2

      Nah just the drummer

    • @joeduncan08
      @joeduncan08 2 года назад +29

      Have you met my friend jazz?

    • @crieverytim
      @crieverytim 2 года назад +5

      @@joeduncan08 lol. Seriously

    • @bubba4847
      @bubba4847 Год назад +4

      Meshuggah

    • @WiloPolis03
      @WiloPolis03 Год назад +3

      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

  • @ahmedparappil5510
    @ahmedparappil5510 3 года назад +153

    Whomever in charge of sound here deserves a raise. Sounds nuts.

  • @maucool999
    @maucool999 3 года назад +64

    Dethroned was a perfect balance of chaos and excellent song writing

  • @NyanGeneral
    @NyanGeneral 3 года назад +112

    dethroned is like jazz shoegaze and it is absolutely phenomenal

  • @sinistrality7883
    @sinistrality7883 10 месяцев назад +10

    this sounds like the coolest jazz club ever.

  • @phylazen5649
    @phylazen5649 3 года назад +93

    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

    • @phylazen5649
      @phylazen5649 3 года назад +7

      @@brianna21314 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.

    • @em_y1229
      @em_y1229 3 года назад +2

      yup

  • @jackbarton7479
    @jackbarton7479 3 года назад +821

    Black Midi are a jazz fusion band now? I dig.

    • @hydeparkwaterdept.6554
      @hydeparkwaterdept.6554 3 года назад +220

      Geordie mentioned he was listening to mahuvishnu orchestra for ispiration. Spastic math rock with jazz fusion influence lets fucking goooo

    • @gandhiguerrero3668
      @gandhiguerrero3668 3 года назад +42

      @@hydeparkwaterdept.6554 it really sounds like MO on steroids

    • @alisonderrick1067
      @alisonderrick1067 3 года назад +14

      @@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 🙏

    • @alisonderrick1067
      @alisonderrick1067 3 года назад +3

      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!

    • @hydeparkwaterdept.6554
      @hydeparkwaterdept.6554 3 года назад +13

      @@gandhiguerrero3668 Mahuvishnu orchestra on steroids, bath salts and ego death

  • @kazisamagicaldolphin
    @kazisamagicaldolphin 3 года назад +97

    This dudes are showing so much creative growth its incredible.

  • @theodoremolina8456
    @theodoremolina8456 3 года назад +47

    Holy shit the saloon banter at 5:25 lmao. Brian Wilson SMILE vibes

  • @vince8081
    @vince8081 3 года назад +55

    Talking heads meets Zappa meets King Crimson meets The Mars Volta and so on... Discover Black midi this morning, you guys are genius.

  • @thakillerb
    @thakillerb 3 года назад +54

    Whoever mixed this, it’s perfect thank you

    • @AllWordsAreDust
      @AllWordsAreDust 3 года назад +3

      I was thinking the same! You can make out everything really clearly.

  • @RobertoHernandez-vm5oy
    @RobertoHernandez-vm5oy 3 года назад +145

    You can hear and feel the big influence from King Crimson And Robert Fripp on this new songs. AMAZING!!!

  • @ivanazaroffmusic
    @ivanazaroffmusic 3 года назад +169

    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

  • @Morn__
    @Morn__ Год назад +30

    This band is so bombastic, complex and chaotic… I love them

  • @leascaart
    @leascaart 2 года назад +50

    Everyone in this band is amazing... but that bass player is a star. IMHO.

    • @eliasrh5813
      @eliasrh5813 2 года назад +3

      I mean did you see what he was doing at around 18:24 for slow??? He’s insane

    • @crieverytim
      @crieverytim 2 года назад

      @@eliasrh5813 what's remarkable about that?? How is that 'insane' ? Just an ostinato

  • @vita-minus
    @vita-minus 3 года назад +201

    dethroned is already winding up to be one of the best songs of the year

    • @froschgelbo
      @froschgelbo 3 года назад +3

      absolutely

    • @gilbyjackson304
      @gilbyjackson304 3 года назад +7

      really out here sounding like a song off Yeezus🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶best fuckin band ever

    • @gilbyjackson304
      @gilbyjackson304 3 года назад +11

      and with that thrash jazz song

    • @EzioMonty117
      @EzioMonty117 3 года назад +3

      Yup can agree to that. The guitar in the outro especially is pure chills down my spine. This album is going to be great.

    • @brandon8045
      @brandon8045 3 года назад +1

      If it somehow tops the studio version of Slow then I’ll be impressed. These guys are incredible

  • @ralphk.j7809
    @ralphk.j7809 3 года назад +76

    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.

  • @johndrum1
    @johndrum1 3 года назад +45

    i'm an old progger and this is one of the most exciting new bands than I have seen in a very long while.

  • @orlandowae
    @orlandowae 3 года назад +28

    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.

  • @radio.ned1385
    @radio.ned1385 3 года назад +107

    i have never seen a band play so far apart and independent yet so close and together in my life

    • @johnathom-v3y
      @johnathom-v3y 3 года назад +17

      those moments where they essentially just play random notes and be the loudest they possibly can shouldnt work together as well as they do

  • @SpadeandArcherBlues
    @SpadeandArcherBlues 3 года назад +89

    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.

    • @fabianmac3552
      @fabianmac3552 3 года назад +5

      Ahhhh, remember the day I felt that with the first KEXP

    • @bbeaup
      @bbeaup 3 года назад

      It’s weird because i really enjoy this live performance but for some reason their studio recordings sound like shit to me.

  • @olsen99q
    @olsen99q 3 года назад +247

    Geordie looks like a cross between Tom Holland and Review Bruh here

  • @dansalon3267
    @dansalon3267 11 месяцев назад +15

    Seeing lewis playing the sax quietly in the corner is so funny to me

  • @Wabungus2
    @Wabungus2 3 года назад +18

    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

  • @hank_mohaski
    @hank_mohaski 3 года назад +175

    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.

    • @sea6bear
      @sea6bear 3 года назад +17

      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.

    • @scott555
      @scott555 3 года назад +17

      Old ass, checking in. Can't get over these guys.

    • @thisperson6708
      @thisperson6708 3 года назад +20

      Minutemen appreciation squad

    • @Wowjustwow37
      @Wowjustwow37 3 года назад +3

      Hello fellow oldies!

    • @charizardoystersauce
      @charizardoystersauce 3 года назад +3

      boomers got the vax?

  • @sashazappata7855
    @sashazappata7855 3 года назад +71

    The shape of music to come

  • @davodav7746
    @davodav7746 3 года назад +202

    Please drop the album, it’s the 12th time I’ve been here

  • @jordanthompson5696
    @jordanthompson5696 3 года назад +28

    These guys are becoming one of my favorite bands, and they've got years and years of music ahead of them! So refreshing

  • @Duck_ded
    @Duck_ded 2 года назад +83

    Holy shit is that Lewis for BCNR! I knew they knew each other but didn't expect him in this

  • @marioi.carrillo6264
    @marioi.carrillo6264 3 года назад +35

    The boys looking crispy af. I'm so fucking excited for the next record

  • @apsolyte4123
    @apsolyte4123 3 года назад +28

    Words can't describe the amount of joy I'm experiencing while listening to this.
    I'm a huge King Crimson fan, it's nice to see someone trying to do something as experimental and musically mature

  • @MrSnaptart
    @MrSnaptart 3 года назад +34

    Bookmarking this so I can watch it everyday for the next 2 years

  • @samkn4162
    @samkn4162 3 года назад +68

    This version of "Dethroned" is amazing. Also love the Frank Sinatra like vocals in the beginning

  • @RealAsaMitaka
    @RealAsaMitaka Год назад +11

    14:25 greep goes absolutely nuts for a moment there

  • @ckokomo808
    @ckokomo808 3 года назад +31

    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!

    • @JaySteiny
      @JaySteiny 2 года назад +9

      Buffcorrel unironically has a really good taste in music, shit is super diverse.

  • @salvadorsanchez2623
    @salvadorsanchez2623 3 года назад +348

    This guys should have played in Eurovision

  • @SingleTrack66
    @SingleTrack66 3 года назад +31

    I wish I lived next door to Black Midi

  • @davewestner
    @davewestner 3 года назад +18

    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.

  • @richardjudethompson6364
    @richardjudethompson6364 Год назад +10

    F*ck me, I’ve never been so happy with the algorithm for throwing this my way. What an incredible 25 minutes.

  • @homekat
    @homekat 3 года назад +24

    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.

  • @franklinvanknippenberg8217
    @franklinvanknippenberg8217 3 года назад +127

    Is it possible to love a record before it's even released

  • @kelianregis
    @kelianregis 3 года назад +56

    we've been gifted with a KEXP set that somehow manages to top their previous one, which is saying a lot

  • @theshepherdsdog
    @theshepherdsdog 2 года назад +92

    god this is the best live performance i’ve ever seen

  • @edwred
    @edwred 3 года назад +46

    Who is here again after experiencing the full album?
    We definitely need more live versions now 😩

    • @schlagenheim
      @schlagenheim 3 года назад +1

      They're doing a performance on today on bbc radio.

  • @Sighbot
    @Sighbot 3 года назад +18

    Dethroned is stunning. Can't wait to hear it on the album.

  • @AmbroseCadwell
    @AmbroseCadwell 3 года назад +39

    I hope this gets an official CD release like their other KEXP session!!!!!! Holy shit!!!!

  • @CookProductions1
    @CookProductions1 3 года назад +52

    This is Gen Z Larks-era King Crimson and I can't get enough of it

    • @eliasmsv3156
      @eliasmsv3156 10 месяцев назад +2

      Geordie Greep actually said that Larks is his favorite King Crimson album

  • @kildogery
    @kildogery 3 года назад +16

    The recording, mixing and engineering here is almost as impeccable as the band.
    Fuck yeah!

  • @ivanhornak7644
    @ivanhornak7644 3 года назад +14

    The drummer is out of this world. The level of skill of each member at this age is also something out of this world.

  • @2dan4me97
    @2dan4me97 3 года назад +14

    3:20 this chaotic bit and the section that follows feel straight out of a 70s King Crimson album, the resemblance is uncanny

  • @MUSE1795
    @MUSE1795 3 года назад +39

    This performance has huge Greep energy. Absolutely bonkers. This album sounds insane

    • @sassystinker
      @sassystinker 3 года назад +2

      Gotta love that greep energy

  • @BsideArchive
    @BsideArchive 2 года назад +9

    This performance of Dethroned might be the best thing I've ever heard them do. It just kept getting better and better and better and better.

  • @adamcotton2121
    @adamcotton2121 Год назад +36

    My first time hearing them. Every cell in my body just exploded.

  • @dragonofthedeep5024
    @dragonofthedeep5024 2 года назад +10

    Makes me so happy to see Sugar/Tzu on the Hellfire track list!!

  • @galacticgam3r105
    @galacticgam3r105 3 года назад +12

    Holy shit this set was absolutely incredible, like this shit is MENTAL! Can’t wait for the album!

  • @helothere001
    @helothere001 3 года назад +9

    This is probably the 5th time I've watched this entire video this weekend. Can't get enough of this.

  • @nosferatuman7
    @nosferatuman7 4 месяца назад +6

    this version of dethroned sounds so fucking good

  • @TreeBeardNero
    @TreeBeardNero 3 года назад +25

    Seeing these boys on Sunday, I reaaaaalllly hope they play Sugar/Tzu it's an absolute majesty of a song

    • @TreeBeardNero
      @TreeBeardNero 3 года назад +13

      They played it and it was awesome 😃

  • @augusts1
    @augusts1 3 года назад +7

    F'n amazing! They are tight af. They've obviously been listening to a lot of '70s prog-rock/jazz fusion & I am here for it!

  • @rabbitman4425
    @rabbitman4425 3 года назад +43

    I didn’t know Geordie was the man who killed killed me for a Chip and started my journey in New Vegas