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Black Midi: Cavalcade

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Label: Rough Trade Records
Released: 2021.05.26
Time:
 42:38
Category: Progressive Rock, Experimental Rock, Jazz Fusion
Producer(s): Black Midi, John "Spud" Murphy, Marta Salogni
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: bmblackmidi.com
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Purchase date: 2021
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] John L (G.Greep/C.Picton/M.Simpson) -  5:13
[2] Marlene Dietrich (G.Greep/C.Picton/M.Simpson) -  2:53
[3] Chondromalacia Patella (G.Greep/C.Picton/M.Simpson) -  4:49
[4] Slow (G.Greep/C.Picton/M.Simpson) -  5:37
[5] Diamond Stuff (G.Greep/C.Picton/M.Simpson) -  6:20
[6] Dethroned (G.Greep/C.Picton/M.Simpson) -  5:02
[7] Hogwash and Balderdash (G.Greep/C.Picton/M.Simpson) -  2:32
[8] Ascending Forth (G.Greep/C.Picton/M.Simpson) -  9:53

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GEordie Greep - Surfboard Lapsteel ("Introduction", 2, 6, 7), Roland Jupiter-8 ("Introduction", 2-4, 6, 8), Reverend Descent (1, 3), Fret King Elise (1), Acoustic Piano (1), Minimoog Voyager (1), Vocals (1-3, 6-8, “Cruising”), Yamaha Sa60 (2, 4-8, “Cruising”), Epiphone Masterbilt Nylon Guitar (2, 4, 6-8, “Cruising”), National Resophonic Guitar (2, 4, 8, “Cruising”), Danelectro Vincent Bell Bellzouki (2, 5, 6, 7), Accordion (2, 7, 8, “Cruising”), Washburn Parlor Guitar (2, 8), Optigan (2, 5), String Arrangement (2), Fender Mustang (3, 4, 6, 7), Gibson Sg (3, 4, 6, 7), Roland Juno-60 (3), Grand Piano (3, “Cruising”), Rhodes (3), Hammond Organ (4, 5, “Cruising”), Supro Lapsteel (5), Resonator Guitar (7), Moog Grandmother (7), Silvertone Lapsteel (“Cruising”), Gold Tone Resonator (“Cruising”), Producer
Cameron Picton - Flute ("Introduction", 2, 3, 5, 8, “Cruising”), Rickenbacker 4003 (1, 3-6, 8), Fender Jazz Bass (2), Marxophone (2, 5), Kay-5970j (2, 8), Elektron Digitone (3), Moog Grandmother (3), Tin Whistle (3), Kramer 650b (3, 7), Upright Bass (4, 5, “Cruising”), Fender Jazzmaster (4), Vocals (4, 5), Guild M-120 (5), Arturia Pigments (5), Arturia Buchla Music Easel (5), Operator (5), Pendulate (5), Irish Bouzouki (5), Greek Bouzouki (5), Gibson Es-150d (6), Sound Effects (7), Vox Phantom Fretless (”Cruising”), Producer
Morgan Simpson - Ludwig Pro Beat Versatile Kit (1), Ludwig Club Date Se Kit (2, 5, 8, “Cruising”), Cabasa (2), Table Salt Shaker (2, 8), Güiro (2), Wooden Agogo (2), Maxwell Funky 405 Kit (3, 4, 6, 7), Tuned Tom (Geordie Holding The Notes On A Grand Piano For Resonance) (3, 7), Tambourine (3, 4, 6, 7), Shaker (3, 4), Rainmaker (3), Metal Castanets (3), Bongos (4), Tuned Kick (4, 7, 8, “Cruising”), Roto-Toms (4, 6, 7), Bowed Cymbal (5), Bowed Wok (5), Congas (5), Egg Shaker (5), Hi-Hat (6), China Cymbal (6), Temple Blocks (7), Doumbek (7), Crash Cymbal (7), Piled Cymbals (7), Jingle Shaker (8), Brushed Snare (“Cruising”), Producer

Kaidi Akinnibi - Tenor Saxophone ("Introduction", 1, 3, 4, 6-8), Soprano Saxophone ("Introduction", 1-5, 7, 8)
Helicopter Pilot - Helicopter (1)
Joscelin Dent-Pooley - Violin (1, 8)
Seth Evans - Bechstein Grand Piano (2-5, 7, 8, “Cruising”), Rhodes 54 (2, 8, “Cruising”), Nord Electro 5d Harpsichord (2, 3, 8), Organ (8)
Blossom Caldarone - Cello (2, 5, 8), Vocals (5)
Joe Bristow - Trombone (3, 4, 8)
Rosie Alena - Vocals (5)

John "Spud" Murphy - Recording (1-8), Engineering (1-8), Mixing (2-8), Producer (2-8)
Marta Salogni - Programming (1), Mixing (1), Producer (1)
Ian Chestnutt - Recording (2-8), Engineering (2-8, “Cruising”)
Jamie Sprosen - Additional Engineering (2-8)
Grace Banks - Engineering (1)
Elliott Heinrich - Engineering (1), Vocal Engineering (1)
Harvey Birrell - Mastering
David Rudnick - Design

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Cavalcade is the second studio album by English rock band Black Midi. It was released through Rough Trade Records digitally on 26 May 2021 and physically on 28 May. It was primarily recorded in the summer of 2020 with producer John "Spud" Murphy, with the exception of one track which was recorded beforehand with Marta Salogni. For Cavalcade, the band had a more premeditated approach to the writing and recording, as opposed to the improvisational approach taken for their debut studio album, Schlagenheim (2019). The opening track "John L" was released as a single in promotion of the album, followed by a louder mix of the fourth track "Slow", and finally "Chondromalacia Patella" before its release to critical acclaim.

The music of Cavalcade has been primarily described as progressive rock, experimental rock, avant-prog, jazz fusion and math rock. The album's lyrics revolve around depictions of "larger than life figures", with the figures depicted ranging from "a cult leader fallen on hard times and an ancient corpse found in a diamond mine to legendary cabaret singer Marlene Dietrich, strolling seductively past them".

Black Midi announced the details for Cavalcade on 23 March 2021, revealing its track listing and release date. On the same day, they released the album's lead single, the opening track "John L". A music video was also released for "John L". The single was backed with the non-album track "Despair". A 12-inch release for the single was made available for pre-order on 23 March and was released on 9 April. Cavalcade was released on 26 May 2021 through Rough Trade Records both digitally and physically, as a black vinyl, picture disc vinyl, CD, and cassette. Each pre-ordered vinyl copy of the album from either an independent record store, Rough Trade Shops, Rough Trade Records' webstore, or Tower Records includes a flexi disc containing a cover version of a specific song, selected by fans, from a premade playlist; the Tower Records release includes a CD in place of a flexi disc. The cover version is unique for each location, with separate covers being recorded for United States and United Kingdom-based independent record stores.

On 26 May 2021, Black Midi live streamed Cavalcade on their YouTube channel. Though the band and Rough Trade announced a release for 28 May, the album was immediately released on Apple Music, Bandcamp, and multiple other streaming platforms after the stream ended.

In the UK and the US, one "golden ticket" offering a choice of prizes was hidden in one standard black vinyl LP copy of Cavalcade. For this reason, this format was disqualified from contributing to the album's chart placement in the UK. A week after its release, the album entered the UK albums chart at number 60.

Cavalcade has been greeted with considerable acclaim from music reviewers. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Cavalcade received a score of 80, based on 19 reviews.

In the review for Exclaim, Sydney Brasil declared "Cavalcade is an album of extremes, fluctuating between lounging wizardry and an angular, prog-rock nightmare. It's smart and well-calculated, expressing their range as musicians. Most importantly, it's the best path forward to keep speculators on their toes." Gigwise's Joe Smith shared similar sentiments, calling the album "a perfectly-executed offering of the band's development since album one. Instead of replicating the sound of their debut, they’ve shifted and sculpted it into a whole new beast, rich with barrier breaking expressionism and glistening soundscapes." Summarizing the review for The Line of Best Fit, Robin Ferris wrote that it was "a record that delights in its own darkness, and will not compromise any of its sickening, theatrical excess. It’s a triumph of the UK underground and a singular vision of a band completely detached from their listeners expectations."

John Amen was more critical in the review for PopMatters; "Throughout Cavalcade, Black Midi displays superlative skills, fierce chemistry, and avant-garde vision, offering spellbinding performances while also, perhaps inevitably, falling prey to sonic tautologies and circuitousness." In the review for AllMusic, Fred Thomas called it "intentionally oversaturated and designed to knock listeners off balance and at its best, the album's overpowering rush of sounds and ideas communicates the excitement and a sense of unlimited possibilities." Writing for Slant Magazine, Charles Lyons-Burt stated that "It’s an atmosphere-focused album that attempts to express the nastier side of being alive. The result is evocative but not necessarily satisfying." God Is in the TV's Jonathan Chadwick said "some of the gnarly bumps and edges that made Schlagenheim so exhilarating appear to have been sanded down – but admittedly, this gives way to a lushness on Cavalcade that wasn’t present on its predecessor".
 

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