In assertion from the guitarist’s household, posted by band’s label Tough Commerce on Monday, they mentioned, “It’s with deep unhappiness that we as a household remorse to tell you that Matthew Kwasniewski-Kelvin has died after a protracted battle along with his psychological well being. A gifted musician and a form, loving younger man lastly succumbed; regardless of all efforts.”
Kwasniewski-Kelvin met his Black Midi bandmates as a teen on the London performing arts academy BRIT College. The band carried out alongside a unfastened crew of like-minded acts like Black Nation, New Highway, Disgrace and Squid who have been experimenting with noise, free jazz and textured art-rock, centered across the Brixton venue the Windmill.
Identified for its live-wire performances and Kwasniewski-Kelvin’s avant-garde strategy to guitar, the band’s 2019 debut LP “Schlagenheim” was a defining assertion from their scene and shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. They took an omnivorous strategy to recording, performing spoken-word jams and a radio play and masking Bruce Springsteen and Christmas requirements.
Kwasniewski-Kelvin introduced a hiatus from the group for psychological well being causes in 2021, and didn’t carry out on its 2021 follow-up LP “Cavalcade,” although he did co-write some songs. The band launched yet another album, 2022’s “Hellfire,” earlier than parting methods.
In 2024, Kwasniewski-Kelvin launched a solo single, “Paedophile Ring [Free Palestine] [End the holocaust] [End the war now],”on Bandcamp.
“He’ll at all times be beloved,” the household’s assertion continued. “Please take a second verify in together with your love ones so we will cease this taking place to our younger males.”
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