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Infobox record label| name = Anticon| image =| image_bg =| parent =| founded = 1997| founder = Alias (artist)|Alias (Brendon Whitney) Doseone (Adam Drucker) Jel (Jeffrey Logan) Odd Nosdam (David Madson) Pedestrian (James Brandon Best) Sole (artist)|Sole (Tim Holland) Why? (American band)|Why? (Yoni Wolf) Baillie Parker| defunct =| distributor =| genre = Indie hip hop Electronic music Indie rock | country = United States | location = Los Angeles , California | url = http://www.anticon.com/ www.anticon.com Anticon (styled as anticon. ) is an independent record label based in Los Angeles , California .cite web|url= http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php? ID=129|title=Stylus magazine feature It was founded in 1997 by seven musicians and manager Baillie Parker.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p555395|pure_url=yes Allmusic profile of Anticon It is now collectively owned among six musicians, co-founder Baillie Parker, and manager Shaun Koplow.cite web|url= http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/2550500|title=anticon: ten years after it hit the prism|publisher=Drowned In Sound The original musicians signed to Anticon were once referred to as the Anticon collective.
History
The label's roster of artists has been described as "the hip hop music|hip-hop equivalent of post-rock " and " avant-garde hip-hop," also called " trip-hop ." 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. Artists signed to Anticon are based on the west coast, the east coast, the midwest, and Canada . The label has also signed artists in 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 http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/98/218/04_8.html Indie plus rap equals Why? - Tuesday, November 10, 2005 Arizona Daily Wildcat indie (music)|indie quality, explore different styles of music including electronica and rock (music)|rock . 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.cite web|url= http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42722-anticon-artists-exhibit-art-release-records-tour|title=Pitchfork Media news article
On February 9, 2010, co-founder Sole (artist)|Sole (Tim Holland) left Anticon exclaiming that it is time to try to push forward and find new opportunities. He leaves assurance that this is a progressive decision and has nothing to do with his love for Anticon. He said, "There are no ill feelings between myself and members of anticon. I will continue to work with many of the artists and will always love them as brothers and consider them allies." He officially renounced his 1/8 of ownership and formal affiliations.cite web|url= http://www.soleone.org/main/? p=227|title=soleone.org
Slug (rapper)|Slug , Ant (producer)|Ant , Eyedea , DJ Abilities , Mr. Dibbs , Aesop Rock , J. Rawls , Dax Pierson , DJ Signify , Daddy Kev , Josh Martinez , The Notwist , Tunde Adebimpe , Jessica Bailiff , Mike Patton , Andrew Bird , Dark Dark Dark , Andrew Broder of Fog (band)|Fog , Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers , Stefanie Bohm of Ms. John Soda , John Herndon of Tortoise (band)|Tortoise , Circus, Scott Matelic, Moodswing9, Matth, Controller7, D-Styles among others.
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
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 (band)|Subtle (Doseone, Jel, Dax Pierson, Jordan Dalrymple, Alexander Kort, Marty Dowers) on Lex Records
Greenthink (Doseone, Why? ) on A Purple 100
Presage (Doseone, Jel, Mr. Dibbs) on Future Primitive Sound
Discography
Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop (1999)
Gigasingle (2001)
'' We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)
Anticon Label Sampler: 1999-2004 (2004)
See also
List of record labels
References
reflist
External links
http://www.anticon.com/ Official website
http://store.anticon.com Official online store
http://www.discogs.com/label/Anticon Anticon at Discogs
http://www.myspace.com/anticon Anticon at Myspace
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php? ID=129 Anticon profile at Stylus Magazine
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2550500 Anticon interview at Drowned in Sound
http://open.spotify.com/search/label%3aanticon Anticon label playlist at Spotify
http://www.bandwidthconference.com/parker.html Profile of Baillie Parker
Category:Anticon Category:American independent record labels Category:Record labels established in 1997 Category:Hip hop record labels
