Anticon

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Background information
Origin Oakland, California, USA
Genre(s) Hip-Hop
Indie rock
Electronic
Years active 1997 – Present
Label(s) Anticon records
Lex Records
Mush Records
Associated
acts		 Subtle
Website anticon.com
Members
Brendon Whitney
Adam Drucker
Jeff Logan
David Madson
James Brandon Best
Tim Holland
Yoni Wolf
Baillie Parker

anticon is a musical collective based in Oakland, California as well as an independent record label owned equally among seven founding artists and one manager. Releases feature material created by its members, affiliates, and extended musical family. anticon cohered originally within abstract hip hop circles based on both coasts, the midwest, and Canada, though many of the artists on anticon are, by now, only tangentially related to hip hop (Why?, 13 & God, and Dosh, most significantly). They are known for frequent collaboration within and without their own collective and have, over time, evolved into a group of separate artists that, despite exploring various different styles of music including electronica and rock, all share a similar progressive, and often challenging, indie quality. They have often been labeled "emo rap," but generally reject this term. The artists within the collective have been known to perform and release music in solo and group form.

anticon records is owned by the following artists and one manager:

  • Alias (Brendon Whitney)
  • Doseone (Adam Drucker)
  • Jel (Jeff Logan)
  • Odd Nosdam (David Madson)
  • Baillie Parker
  • Pedestrian (James Brandon Best)
  • Sole (Tim Holland)
  • Why? (Yoni Wolf, whose band of the same name also includes Matt Meldon, Josiah Wolf, and Doug McDiarmid)

anticon record's roster consists of the following active artists and groups:

  • Bracken (Chris Adams)
  • Dosh (Martin Dosh)
  • Passage (David Bryant)
  • Tarsier (Rona Rapadas, frequent collaborator with Alias)
  • Telephone Jim Jesus (George Chadwick)

Artists that have contributed to the label in the past but are no longer currently active on the label are Buck 65, Sage Francis and Slug (of Atmosphere.)

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[edit] Collaborators

Several other artists are or have been closely associated with anticon in the past, and have collaborated with anticon: Dax Pierson, Slug and Ant (members of Minneapolis-based Atmosphere), Darc Mind, Mr Dibbs, DJ Signify, Eyedea, DJ Abilities, J.Rawls, DJ Mayonnaise, Moodswing9, Circus, Controller7, Boom Bip, JD Walker, Josh Martinez, Sixtoo, Matth, 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.

[edit] Projects

Some notable projects of anticon include:

  • cLOUDDEAD (Why?, Doseone & Odd Nosdam)
  • Deep Puddle Dynamics (Sole, Doseone & Alias, with Slug of Atmosphere)
  • Restiform Bodies (Passage, Telephone Jim Jesus & The Bomarr Monk)
  • Themselves (Doseone, Jel and when performing live, Dax Pierson)
  • 13 & God (Doseone, Jel & Dax Pierson of Themselves, with Markus Acher, Micha Acher & Martin Gretschmann of The Notwist)
  • Greenthink (Doseone & Why?)
  • Subtle (Doseone, Jel, Dax Pierson, Jordan Dalrymple, Alexander Kort & Marty Dowers)
  • Hymie's Basement (Why? & Andrew Broder of Fog)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Anticon collective

[edit] Individual artists

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