Black Midi

Black Midi
Black Midi in 2019
Black Midi in 2019
Background information
OriginLondon, England, UK
Genres
Years active2017 (2017)–2024
Labels
  • Rough Trade
  • Speedy Wunderground
Spinoffs
Past member(s)
  • Geordie Greep
  • Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin
  • Morgan Simpson
  • Cameron Picton
Websitebmblackmidi.com

Black Midi (also written as black midi) were an English experimental rock band. The band was made in London in 2017. The people in the band were Geordie Greep, Cameron Picton, and drummer Morgan Simpson. Greep and Picton can play many different musical instruments. From 2017 to 2021, Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin played guitar for the band as well. After Kwasniewski-Kelvin left the band, other music artists played with the band for albums and concerts.

The band released their first single in 2018. it is named "bmbmbm". In June 2019, the band released Schlagenheim, their first album. It was in the top 50 of the UK Albums Chart.[2] It also got a nomination for the 2019 Mercury Prize.[3] The band released two other albums: Cavalcade (2021) and Hellfire (2022).

As of 2026, the people that were in the band are working on different music.[4] Greep released an album named The New Sound in 2024, and Picton made a new band named My New Band Believe. Simpson has played drums for rapper Little Simz.

Studio albums

References

  1. ↑ "Honeyglaze's "Real Deal" Influences Playlist". FLOOD. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  2. ↑ "Black Midi: Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Bloom, Madison; Monroe, Jazz (25 July 2019). "Mercury Prize 2019 Shortlist: The 1975, slowthai, Black Midi, More". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "black midi appear to have broken up". Consequence.net. 2024-08-12. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.