Anticon

Anticon. is an independent label from the coastal region of San Francisco and was founded in 1998 by seven musicians and the modern manager Baillie Parker. The name Anticon stands for " anti -conventional " or " anti- conformity" or "ant -icon ", which is certainly to be understood as pun in relation to the logo Anticon, a silhouette of an ant (English Ant ).

The artists within the Anticon collective occur both in groups and as a soloist, and often work with other artists within and outside of the collective together. Many members belong to several labels, some have they even publish their own small independent label their own works. Not least because of this great influence of different musicians and styles Anticon has developed into a group of artists that have their origin mostly in the hip- hop genre with a thorough musical style and strong influences of electronica, folk and indie rock. Although one can not be described by means of a long Genres Anticon musical spectrum, they still are considered the founders of the avant-garde hip-hop.

History

The members come from all parts of the USA and in the mid -1990s learned know through the internet. It connected with each other, the interest for a very specific form of hip- hop music. By e -mail and chat, they exchanged among each other and gathered in this way over the years a lot of material to.

1998 Sole, Doseone, Alias ​​and Slug met for the first time in person and took in just two days, the first joint album, for which she "Deep Puddle Dynamics " claimed and which appeared on the specially founded label Anticon 1999. Shortly after, appeared the first solo albums. Hemispheres of Doseone was the first thing that appeared in Funksion/1200 Hobos 1998.

Some of them, Sole, Jel, Alias ​​and DJ Mayonnaise pulled together to East Oakland in the Bay Area. There, end of the 90 already existed a very experimental and innovative hip- hop scene. Many albums have been released since then. Most point the way for the independent hip-hop.

Members

Anticon Records was founded by the following musicians:

• Sole ( Tim Holland )
• Alias ​​( Brendon Whitney )
• Doseone (Adam printer)
• Jel ( Jeff Logan )
• Odd Nosdam (David P. Madson )
• Pedestrian ( James Brandon Best )
• Why? ( Yoni Wolf)

Other artists who publish currently on Anticon are:

Artists who participated earlier today but are no longer active at Anticon: Buck 65, Sage Francis, Eyedea and Atmosphere.

Collaborators

Many other musicians are either currently, or were formerly, cooperating in works of Anticon artists: Dax Pierson, Slug and Ant (Members of Atmosphere ), Mr. Dibbs, DJ Signify, Eyedea, DJ Abilities, J. Rawls, Moodswing9, Circus, Controller7, Boom Bip, JD Walker, Josh Martinez, Sixtoo, Matt, Fog ( Andrew Broder ), Hood, Hrvatski, Electric Birds, John Herndon ( Grapedope / Tortoise ), Stefanie Bohm ( Ms. John soda ), Jessica Bailiff, Tarsier, Mike Patton and Boards of Canada.

Projects

The Anticon collective is also known for its many musical projects, interestingly, did not appear on the house, but on friendly labels or even on the small labels of the respective artists. An example of this is the group Subtle, which celebrates great success on the label Lex Records.

Some of these projects are

• CLOUDDEAD ( Why?, Doseone & Odd Nosdam )
• Deep Puddle Dynamics ( Sole, Doseone, Alias ​​& Slug of Atmosphere )
• Think Green ( Doseone & Why? )
• Subtle ( Doseone, Jel, Dax Pierson, Jordan Dalrymple, Alexander Kort & Marty Dowers )
• Beyond Space Presents Vol 1 (brine, Odd Nosdam, Passage, Alias, Telephone Jim Jesus & The Bomarr Monk )
• Hymie 's Basement ( Why? & Andrew Broder of Fog )
• Reaching Quiet ( Why? & Odd Nosdam )