Antipop Consortium
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| Antipop Consortium | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | New York, NY, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Hip-hop | |
| Years active | 1997 – 2002 | |
| Label(s) | Warp 75ark |
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| Associated acts |
Matthew Shipp | |
| Website | Official site | |
| Former members | ||
| Beans High Priest M. Sayyid |
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Antipop Consortium was an alternative hip hop group that released several tape singles and two albums before being signed by Warp Records in 2000. The group formed in 1997 when Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid and producer Earl Blaize met at a poetry slam in New York City. They are often praised for their stream-of consciousness lyrics, often irreverent and featuring associative groups of words, and their ability to give seemingly unrelated word clusters hidden meaning.
Their releases were met with mixed reviews from the mainstream music and underground hip-hop press alike, although they are noted for their inventiveness and the electronic productions of Earl Blaize. They were frequently compared to other rappers with unorthodox lyrics, such as Kool Keith, MF Doom and Aesop Rock. In 2001, they opened for Radiohead during the European leg of their Amnesiac tour.
The group disbanded due to creative differences in August 2002, with Beans pursuing a solo career while High Priest and M. Sayyid formed Airborn Audio, which released a single album, Good Fortune, on Ninja Tune in 2005. All three members are now pursuing solo projects.
[edit] Discography
- The Isolationist - collaboration with DJ Vadim (1999, Jazz Fudge)
- Diagonal Ryme Garganchula (Single, 2000, Black Hoodz)
- Lift (Single, 2000, 75 Ark)
- Tragic Epilogue (2000, 75 Ark)
- Shopping Carts Crashing (2000, Antipop Recordings)
- The Ends Against the Middle (EP, 2001, Warp)
- Ghostlawns - including remixes by Mike Ladd and LFO's Rik Waller (Single, 2002, Warp)
- Arrhythmia (2002, Warp)
- Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp - collaboration with Matthew Shipp (2003, Thirsty Ear)
They have also appeared on Bill Laswell's Points of Order, DJ Logic's Project Logic, Techno Animal's The Brotherhood of the Bomb, and The Infesticons' Gun Hill Road, among others.
