London's BlackMidi drops debut album, Schlagenheim, talks improvisation and chilling on self-promotion
"The main thing is to have it be structurally exciting," says singer-guitarist Geordie Greep of the band, which will tour the U.S. in the fall.
In an age of music that’s all about teasing and leaking, the band didn’t do much to fan the flames of its nascent success. “We didn’t think it was necessary to be posting as much as people do. That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with that -- it’s just we didn’t think it added anything to the music,” says Greep, 19, who was “home, chillin’” in London the day before the tour, which launched June 10, whisked Black Midi away from home.
Upon graduating from performing arts academy The BRIT School in 2017, Black Midi found a fan in Tim Perry, who books and promotes shows at the Windmill. “Most venues are just interested in putting on bands they know people will come and see -- which is fair enough, they’re a business,” says Greep. “The great thing about the Windmill is that Tim Perry has eclectic musical taste. He made his name there by doing nights of country and hip-hop.
Likewise, the band admires composers and musicians who relish changes in time signature and key. “We will listen to loads of different types of music,” says Greep. “I’m big into classical and avant-garde: Stravinsky and Bartok, and Alfred Schnittke, a really fantastic composer of the last 100 years.”
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