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* AlbumTitleDrop: In "Western".
--> ''"I spent all your cash by the time I got to Schlagenheim"''
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* TextlessAlbumCover: ''Schlagenheim'' just has a weird modernist sculpture with a green square in the top left corner.

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* TextlessAlbumCover: ''Schlagenheim'' just has a weird modernist sculpture that resembles a bunch of complex geometric shapes melted together with a green square in the top left corner. It's actually quite accurate to the sound of the record.



* WalkingShirtlessScene: Like many rock drummers, Morgan tends to shed his shirt pretty early on in their performances.m

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* LookBothWays: In "7-Eleven", the narrator fails to do this, with presumably tragic consequences.


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* TakeThat: "ded sheeran" contains a brutal one to Music/EdSheeran.
--> '''Morgan:''' Hahaha, my name's Ed Sheeran, look at me with my jeans and white t-shirt and acoustic guitar plugged into my loop pedal! Oh my GOD, you greedy piece of shit man! FUCK YOU MAN! How are you gonna do that? You're just taking everyone's money! Remember that time at The Windmill when you took my shit, you took my drum sticks? Yeah, '''FUCK YOU!'''


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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Like many rock drummers, Morgan tends to shed his shirt pretty early on in their performances.m
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The members of Black Midi all met each other at various jam sessions while they were attending the BRIT School in London together. They first came to wide attention in November 2018, when they performed several then untitled songs at a festival in Iceland. The set was uploaded to Website/YouTube and gained attention across the internet, building hype for their debut LP. After releasing two non-album singles, "Talking Heads" and "Crow's Perch", that album, called ''Schlagenheim'', was released to widespread acclaim.

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The members of Black Midi all met each other at various jam sessions while they were attending the BRIT School in London together. They first came to wide attention in November 2018, when they performed several then untitled songs at a festival in Iceland. The set was uploaded to Website/YouTube and gained attention across the internet, building hype for their debut LP. After releasing a live album with Damo Suzuki of Music/{{Can}}, as well as two non-album singles, "Talking Heads" and "Crow's Perch", that album, called ''Schlagenheim'', was released to widespread acclaim.

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* ''damo suzuki live at the windmill brixton with 'sound carriers' black midi'' (2019, live collab with [[Music/{{Can}} Damo Suzuki]])



* EpicRocking: "Western" is 8:08 long.

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* EpicRocking: "Western" is 8:08 long. long, while both tracks on their live album with Damo Suzuki are 19 minutes each.

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* StylisticSuck: The video for "Ducter" is made to look like a cheap browser game from the TurnOfTheMillennium.

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* StylisticSuck: StepUpToTheMicrophone: Morgan raps a bit on "ded sheeran".
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The video for "Ducter" is made to look like a cheap browser game from the TurnOfTheMillennium.TurnOfTheMillennium.
** "ded sheeran" takes this to ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'' levels. It's basically the band members autotuning themselves singing and rapping random nonsense over a series of glitchy synth beats.

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* "ded sheeran (ed sheeran send) part 1" (2020, single/shitpost)


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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: "ded sheeran" is a lo-fi vaporwave track full of weird rapping and vitriolic jabs at Music/EdSheeran. It sounds more like [=100gecs=] or later Music/DeathGrips than Black Midi.
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* HistoryRepeats: The "Ducter" video has a theme of the rise and fall of civilizations, showing a castle evolving into a modern city, only for the city to be consumed by flood water. In turn, a large tower rises from the frozen water, only for it to collapse again at the end of the video.
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Bro can you fuck off


* EveryoneWentToHighSchoolTogether: Art school, at any rate. The members all met each other while attending the BRIT School together.

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* EveryoneWentToHighSchoolTogether: Art school, at any rate. The members all met each other while attending the BRIT School together.

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* FantasyForbiddingFather: "953" seems to be from the perspective of one.



* IndecipherableLyrics: The vocals in "Years Ago" are so distorted it's hard to suss out more than a few individual syllables.



* NoEnding: "Years Ago" abruptly cuts out to a chorus of wailing voices, which then fades into "Ducter". The effect is rather [[Creator/MontyPython Python-esque]].



* StylisticSuck: The video for "Ducter" is made to look like a weird browser game from the TurnOfTheMillennium.

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* BoleroEffect: "Ducter" features a very Music/{{Slint}} sounding crescendo on the chorus. "7 Eleven" uses this alongside a spoken word monologue, probably making it the band's only fully fledged PostRock song.

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* BoleroEffect: "Ducter" features a very Music/{{Slint}} sounding crescendo on the chorus. "7 Eleven" uses this alongside a spoken word monologue, probably making it the band's only fully fledged PostRock song. "Bmbmbm" and "Years Ago" also use this to a lesser extent, though in the former's case it's primarily just Geordie's vocals that increase in intensity while the rest of the band carries on a plodding beat, eventually leading to a massive instrumental climax.


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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The antagonist in "Ducter" is described as one.
--> ''"He does not view things as they are\\
But he views them as they fit into a plan"''


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* MinisculeRocking: "Near DT, MI" and "Years Ago" are both under 3 minutes.


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* VocalTagTeam: Geordie has the lion's share of lead vocals, but Cameron sings lead on a few songs as well. "Talking Heads" has them both trading off verses.
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* {{Improv}}: As stated above, virtually all of their material is constructed from extended jamming sessions, and also plays out in a large portion of their live set.

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* {{Improv}}: As stated above, virtually all of their material is constructed from extended jamming sessions, and also plays out an important part in a large portion of their live set.
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* {{Improv}}: As stated above, virtually all of their material is constructed out of extended jamming sessions. This approach also seeps into their live set.

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* {{Improv}}: As stated above, virtually all of their material is constructed out of from extended jamming sessions. This approach sessions, and also seeps into plays out in a large portion of their live set.

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* {{Improv}}: As stated above, virtually all of their material is constructed out of extended jamming sessions. This approach also seeps into their live set.



* SpokenWordInMusic: "7 Eleven" has Cameron telling a ShaggyDogStory in a surprisingly good cowboy accent.

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* SpokenWordInMusic: "7 Eleven" has Cameron telling a ShaggyDogStory in a surprisingly good an exaggerated cowboy accent.
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* ShutUpHannibal: "Ducter" is about a debate between the narrator and some ambiguous authority figure that concludes with one.
--> ''Every quote just eats itself with a different perspective\\
He recycles points with a different tone of voice\\
From a lack of any reaction\\
he begins to become complacent\\
I have the upper hand now\\
All I need to do is speak\\
I say, "Diagnose if you wish\\
but please first take your hands off your dick"''
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** There's one in the WhameLine in "7 Eleven".

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** There's one in the WhameLine WhamLine in "7 Eleven".

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* CarefulWithThatAxe: Both Geordie and Cameron do this in multiple songs. Geordie, being [[LargeHam Geordie]], sounds like [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead The Great Cornholio]] when he does it, while Cameron has a more conventional PostHardcore style shriek.

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* CarefulWithThatAxe: Both Geordie and Cameron do this in multiple songs. Geordie, being [[LargeHam Geordie]], sounds like [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead The the Great Cornholio]] when he does it, while Cameron has a more conventional PostHardcore style shriek.



* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally around the 7-8 range.



* NonIndicativeName: They do not in fact play black MIDI music. While we're on the topic, "Reggae" isn't a reggae song either.

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* NonIndicativeName: They do not in fact play black MIDI music. While we're on the topic, "Reggae" isn't a reggae song either.song.
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** There's one in the WhameLine in "7 Eleven".
** "Ducter" has "Diagnose if you wish, but please first take your hands off your dick".


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* UncommonTime: Used in almost every song.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted with Morgan, who is about as calculated as the rest of the band while performing.


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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Of Schlagenheim" into "Bmbmbm", "Years Ago" into "Ducter".

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* NonIndicativeName: They do not in fact play black MIDI music.

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* NightmareFace: The "Ducter" video keeps cutting to Renaissance portraits which have been digitally warped to give this effect.
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* StylisticSuck: The video for "Ducter" is made to look like a weird browser game from the TurnOfTheMillennium.


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* TextlessAlbumCover: ''Schlagenheim'' just has a weird modernist sculpture with a green square in the top left corner.

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* InTheStyleOf: "Talking Heads" is a tribute to, uh, Music/TalkingHeads.



* ShoutOut: "Talking Heads" is a tribute to, uh, Music/TalkingHeads.
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* {{Minimalism}}: "Bmbmbm" features exactly one note and four lines of lyrics. It kicks ass anyway.
* NonIndicativeName: They do not in fact play black MIDI music.
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* ShoutOut: "Talking Heads" is a tribute to, uh, Music/TalkingHeads.
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* GenreBusting: They pull from so many different genres that "experimental rock" is about the only label that sticks.



* LifeWillKillYou: Seems to be the point of "7 Eleven".



* WhamLine: "So I got to the curb and got out my keys, the RV was just on the other side. I began to cross. I pushed the button to unlock it. And as I reached for the door, [[spoiler: a great big fuckoff truck went straight through me]]."

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* WhamLine: "So I got to the curb and got out my keys, the RV was just on the other side. I began to cross. I pushed the button to unlock it. And as I reached for the door, [[spoiler: a great big fuckoff truck went straight through me]].""
* WidgetSeries: A Weird British Thing to be sure.

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I've decided I'll just call that song by the title that shows up on Apple Music


* BoleroEffect: "Ducter" features a very Music/{{Slint}} sounding crescendo on the chorus. "Song for Thinning Whistle" uses this alongside a spoken word monologue, probably making it the band's only fully fledged PostRock song.

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* BoleroEffect: "Ducter" features a very Music/{{Slint}} sounding crescendo on the chorus. "Song for Thinning Whistle" "7 Eleven" uses this alongside a spoken word monologue, probably making it the band's only fully fledged PostRock song.



* CarefulWithThatAxe: Both Geordie and Cameron do this in multiple songs. Geordie, being [[LargeHam Geordie]], sounds like [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead The Great Cornholio]] when he does it, while Cameron has a more conventional PostHardcore style shriek.



* SongStyleShift: "Western" and "Of Schlagenheim" go through multiple different phases throughout their runtimes.



* ShaggyDogStory: "7 Eleven" is the story of how the narrator went to the store to get a coffee, ran into a homeless man who told him to be careful, and then [[spoiler: got hit by a bus]].
* SurrealMusicVideo: Between its deliberately low quality visuals and ''Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}''-esque imagery, "Ducter" definitely qualifies.

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* ShaggyDogStory: "7 Eleven" is the story of how the narrator went to the store to get a coffee, newspaper and cigarette, ran into a homeless blind man who told him to be careful, and then [[spoiler: got hit by a bus]].
truck]].
* SurrealMusicVideo: Between its deliberately low quality visuals and ''Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}''-esque imagery, "Ducter" definitely qualifies.qualifies.
* WhamLine: "So I got to the curb and got out my keys, the RV was just on the other side. I began to cross. I pushed the button to unlock it. And as I reached for the door, [[spoiler: a great big fuckoff truck went straight through me]]."
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* SpokenWordMonologue: "7 Eleven" has Cameron telling a ShaggyDogStory in a surprisingly good cowboy accent.

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* BreakingSpeech: The narrator of "Ducter" is subjected to one of these, but it apparently fails to move him.

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* BoleroEffect: "Ducter" features a very Music/{{Slint}} sounding crescendo on the chorus. "Song for Thinning Whistle" uses this alongside a spoken word monologue, probably making it the band's only fully fledged PostRock song.
* BreakingSpeech: The narrator of "Ducter" is subjected to one of these, but it apparently fails to move him.him ([[UnreliableNarrator or so he claims]]).



* EpicRocking: "Western" is 8:08 long.



* MindScrew: They don't quite have WordSaladLyrics, but some of their lyrics can be very surreal and ambiguous, especially on "Western" and "Of Schlagenheim".



* {{Sampling}}: "Bmbmbm" uses a sample of a woman having an emotional meltdown on ''Series/BigBrother'' as a background sound effect. When they play it live, Matt literally "plays" the sample on his guitar by queuing it up on his smartphone and then holding the speaker to his pickups.

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* {{Sampling}}: "Bmbmbm" uses a sample of a woman having an emotional meltdown on ''Series/BigBrother'' as a background sound effect. When they play it live, Matt literally "plays" the sample on his guitar by queuing it up on his smartphone and then holding the speaker to his pickups.pickups.
* SpokenWordMonologue: "7 Eleven" has Cameron telling a ShaggyDogStory in a surprisingly good cowboy accent.
* ShaggyDogStory: "7 Eleven" is the story of how the narrator went to the store to get a coffee, ran into a homeless man who told him to be careful, and then [[spoiler: got hit by a bus]].
* SurrealMusicVideo: Between its deliberately low quality visuals and ''Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}''-esque imagery, "Ducter" definitely qualifies.

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* AnimatedMusicVideo: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86NGJmUfRlM Ducter]]" has one done in deliberately low quality CG.



* ColdHam: Geordie Greep is renowned for his absolutely insane vocals, but he remains completely stoic whenever he performs them live.



* MadnessMantra: "Bmbmbm" is entirely this, as Geordie repeats the same four lines of lyrics in an increasingly maniacal tone until he's basically screaming gibberish.

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** "Near DT, MI" has Cameron screaming "THERE'S LEAD IN THE WATER" repeatedly at the end.
** "Ducter" has "He could not break me" repeated with increasing intensity on the chorus, until it devolves into manic screaming.
* ProtestSong: "Near DT, MI" is an atypically straightforward example for them, protesting the US government's inaction on the Flint Water Crisis.
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Black Midi is a weird band from London. Though they're named after an infamously noisy genre of electronic music, they are in fact a GenreBusting rock act. Their complex sound blends elements of {{noise rock}}, {{math rock}}, {{post punk}}, {{progressive rock}}, and no wave, defined by off-kilter grooves, improvisational jamming, and frontman Geordie Greep's bizarre vocals.

The members of Black Midi all met each other at various jam sessions while they were attending the BRIT School in London together. They first came to wide attention in November 2018, when they performed several then untitled songs at a festival in Iceland. The set was uploaded to Website/YouTube and gained attention across the internet, building hype for their debut LP. After releasing two non-album singles, "Talking Heads" and "Crow's Perch", that album, called ''Schlagenheim'', was released to widespread acclaim.

Members:
* Geordie Greep - Vocals, guitar
* Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin - Guitar
* Cameron Picton - Vocals, bass, keyboards
* Morgan Simpson - Drums

Discography:
* "Crow's Perch" (2019, single)
* "Talking Heads" (2019, single)
* ''Schlagenheim'' (2019)

!!She moves with a purpose:
* BreakingSpeech: The narrator of "Ducter" is subjected to one of these, but it apparently fails to move him.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "953" opens with a thunderous 2 minute jam before it gives way to a quiet acoustic portion, which Geordie then begins singing over.
* GreenAesop: "Speedway" is a bleak depiction of urban development, while "Near DT, MI" is a furious ProtestSong against the Flint Water Crisis.
* LimitedLyricsSong: "Bmbmbm" features precisely four different lyrics, all repeated interchangeably: "She moves with a purpose", "What a magnificent purpose", "They find different ways to suck themselves off", and "She does not care at all".
* MadnessMantra: "Bmbmbm" is entirely this, as Geordie repeats the same four lines of lyrics in an increasingly maniacal tone until he's basically screaming gibberish.
* {{Sampling}}: "Bmbmbm" uses a sample of a woman having an emotional meltdown on ''Series/BigBrother'' as a background sound effect. When they play it live, Matt literally "plays" the sample on his guitar by queuing it up on his smartphone and then holding the speaker to his pickups.

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