The guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin participated in the debut album of Black Midi and was part of the band until 2021, leaving it due to his mental health problems.
Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvinguitarist co-founder of Black Midihas died at the age of twenty-six. According to his family, through a statement, his death occurred after “a long battle with his mental health.” Furthermore, in the announcement, they have released the following message: “A talented musician and a kind and loving man finally succumbed; despite all efforts… Please take a moment to care about your loved ones. We must prevent this from continuing to happen to our young people.”
Kwasniewski-Kelvin He started playing guitar in elementary school, quickly adopting a taste for punk-pop close to the skater world. Years later, at the BRIT School, he met Geordie Greep, Cameron Picton and Morgan Simpson his future colleagues Black Midi. They eventually formed the band in 2017. Acclaimed for their frenetic shows at the Windmill Room of Brixton, Kwasniewski-Kelvin he made his mark by alternating delirious post-hardcore riffs with abstract, sometimes improvised noise. The quartet spearheaded a generation of British experimental rock.
After signing for Rough Tradethe band published “Schlagenheim”(2019) and received very positive reviews. They made important tours North America and Europe before the pandemic, but when the group returned with “Cavalcade” at the beginning of 2021, Kwasniewski-Kelvin He was already absent due to his mental health problems. After a third album, “Hellfire”(22), the remaining trio of Black Midi They went their separate ways “indefinitely” starting in 2024. Meanwhile, Matt continued playing informally in Londonincluding a guest appearance on the album “Loggerhead” (22) of Wu-Lu.
