Anticon
Anticon | |
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Founded | 1998 |
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Defunct | 2018 |
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Country of origin | United States |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Official website | www |
Anticon (often styled as anticon.) was an
History
The label's roster of artists has been described as "the hip-hop equivalent of post-rock" and "avant-garde hip-hop".[3] Releases feature material created by its members, affiliates, and extended musical family. Although Anticon cohered originally within alternative hip hop circles, Anticon's founders have become only tangentially related to hip hop, and the label has begun releasing music in the indie rock and electronica genres.[7] Artists signed to Anticon are based in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
The artists within the collective have been known to perform and release music in solo and group form. Artists on the label are known for frequent collaboration, both within and outside of their own collective. However, the Anticon collective has over time evolved into a group of separate artists who, despite sharing a similar progressive and often challenging indie quality, explore different styles of music including electronica and rock.[8] Many of the artists on Anticon are signed to multiple labels, and some have their own small, independent labels through which they have self-released material.
Anticon has also organized art exhibitions featuring visual art by several of the artists on the label.[9][10]
On February 9, 2010, co-founder
On March 30, 2018, founding member Alias died of a heart attack at age 41.
Owners
- Alias (musician) (Brendon Whitney)
- Doseone (Adam Drucker)
- Jel(Jeffrey Logan)
- Odd Nosdam (David Madson)
- Pedestrian (James Brandon Best)
- Yoni Wolf
- Baillie Parker
Roster
- 13 & God
- A7pha
- Alias
- Alias & Ehren
- Alias & Tarsier
- Anathallo
- Angel Deradoorian
- Antonionian
- Antwon
- Baths
- Beans
- Bike for Three!
- Bomarr
- Bracken
- Buck 65
- Danielson
- Darc Mind
- Deep Puddle Dynamics
- DJ Mayonnaise
- D33j
- Doseone
- Dosh
- Tha Grimm Teachaz
- Jel
- Josiah Wolf
- Odd Nosdam
- Passage
- Pedestrian
- Pictureplane
- Raleigh Moncrief
- Restiform Bodies
- Sage Francis
- Saroos
- Serengeti
- Serengeti & Polyphonic
- Sisyphus
- Sixtoo
- SJ Esau
- Sole
- Sole and the Skyrider Band
- Son Lux
- Telephone Jim Jesus
- Thee More Shallows
- Themselves
- Tobacco
- Why?
- Young Fathers
License
Collaborators
Moodswing9,
Projects
The Anticon collective is known for its many musical projects. Not all of these projects are released on the Anticon label. Artists within the Anticon collective have released collaborative albums on different labels or on their own independent labels.
Some notable projects of the Anticon collective include the following:
- cLOUDDEAD (Doseone, Why?, Odd Nosdam) on Mush Records and Big Dada
- Reaching Quiet (Why?, Odd Nosdam) on Mush Records
- So-Called Artists(Sole, Alias, DJ Mayonnaise) on Mush Records
- Hymie's Basement (Why?, Andrew Broder) on Lex Records
- Subtle (Doseone, Jel, Dax Pierson, Jordan Dalrymple, Alexander Kort, Marty Dowers) on Lex Records
- Greenthink(Doseone, Why?) on A Purple 100
- Presage (Jel, Mr. Dibbs) on Future Primitive Sound
- Object Beings (Doseone, Pedestrian & Why?)
Discography
See also
- List of record labels
- Underground hip hop
References
- ^ Burns, Todd (September 1, 2003). "Anticon - Label Profile". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 29, 2006.
- ^ "Anticon Records, Info". Facebook.
- ^ a b Torreano, Bradley. "Anticon". Allmusic.
- ^ Kerr, Dave (November 5, 2007). "anticon: ten years after it hit the prism". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
- ^ Burns, Todd (July 21, 2003). "The Anticon Collective: The Construction of a New Hip-Hop Authenticity". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on February 23, 2008.
- ^ a b Sole [@mcsole] (July 19, 2021). "when @AliasAnticon died the @anticon label dissolved shortly after. There was no infrastructure left to manage his music. Big ups to @BDolanSFR & @SFRupdates for stepping up so that his family would receive all funds in perpetuity" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Anticon Records' Why? Announces Tour Dates". Synthesis. July 9, 2008. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012.
- ^ Petitti, Michael (November 10, 2005). "Indie plus rap equals Why?". Arizona Daily Wildcat. Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
- ^ "Arspace Gallery". Art Business. November 4, 2006.
- ^ "POP BEAT". SFGate.com. November 5, 2006.
- ^ Martins, Chris (February 23, 2010). "Exclusive: Sole Discusses Leaving Anticon Records". LA Weekly.
- ^ Martins, Chris (February 10, 2010). "Anticon's Sole Leaves The Label He Founded, Label Manager Shaun Koplow Responds". LA Weekly.
- ^ Breihanon, Tom (February 9, 2010). "Sole Leaves Anticon". Pitchfork Media.
- ^ Yoo, Noah (31 March 2018). "Anticon Co-Founder Brendon Whitney (Alias) Dead at 41". Pitchfork Media.
- ^ @anticon (November 2, 2018). "A celebration of 20 years of friendship, Alias & Doseone's Less Is Orchestra LP is OUT NOW" (Tweet) – via Twitter.