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

Based in The Bay Area of California, Anticon is 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). 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. The artists within the collective have been known to perform and release music in solo and group form. Image File history File links anticon logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California[1] and the county seat of Alameda County. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... See also: 1996 in music, other events of 1997, 1998 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Alias (born Brendan Whitney) is a rapper and producer for the anticon label. ... Doseone, real name Adam Drucker, is a rapper and poet. ... JeL (Jaungoikoa eta Lagi-zarra, God and the old law in Basque, Lege-zaharra in Standard Basque) is the motto of the EAJ/PNV, the Basque Nationalist Party of Spain. ... Odd Nosdam, real name David Madson, visual artist, DJ, record producer and member of the Anticon hip hop collective. ... Look up Pedestrian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sole press shot from Anticon site. ... For the question Why? see the Why disambiguation page. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... Abstract hip hop is a subgenre of alternative hip hop that differs from other hip hop music largely in the content of the lyrics. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... For the question Why? see the Why disambiguation page. ... 13 & God is an indie music group created in 2004 as a collaboration between the members of the groups Themselves and The Notwist. ... Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh(born September 6, 1972), known in music as Dosh, is a musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section can be improved by converting lengthy lists to text. ... Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ...

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: Alias (born Brendan Whitney) is a rapper and producer for the anticon label. ... Doseone, real name Adam Drucker, is a rapper and poet. ... JeL (Jaungoikoa eta Lagi-zarra, God and the old law in Basque, Lege-zaharra in Standard Basque) is the motto of the EAJ/PNV, the Basque Nationalist Party of Spain. ... Odd Nosdam, real name David Madson, visual artist, DJ, record producer and member of the Anticon hip hop collective. ... Sole press shot from Anticon site. ... For the question Why? see the Why disambiguation page. ...

• Bracken (Chris Adams)
• Dosh (Martin Dosh)
• Passage (David Bryant)
• Alias & Tarsier (Brendon Whitney and Rona Rapadas)
• Telephone Jim Jesus (George Chadwick)
• Themselves (Doseone and Jel)
• 13 & God (Project between The Notwist and Themselves)
• Darc Mind
• SJ Esau

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.) Species Pteridium aquilinum Pteridium caudatum Pteridium latiusculum and about 7-8 other species Brackens (Pteridium) are a genus of about ten species of large, coarse ferns, in the family Hypolepidaceae. ... Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh(born September 6, 1972), known in music as Dosh, is a musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Themselves are a musical group made up of rapper Doseone (Adam Drucker) and producer Jel (Jeff Logan). ... 13 & God is an indie music group created in 2004 as a collaboration between the members of the groups Themselves and The Notwist. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Sage Francis, September 12th, 2005 Paul Sage Francis (born 1977 in Miami, Florida) is a hip-hop artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Slugs latest release. ... Atmosphere (formerly Urban Atmosphere) is an American hip hop group that was formed in 1994, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...

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. Keyboard player for Anticon related groups Themselves, Subtle, and 13 & God. ... Slugs latest release. ... // Biography Atmosphere is a Minnesota rap group, formed around 1994. ... Eyedea (born Micheal Larsen in 1982, also known as Oliver Hart) is a well-known freestyle battle champion and underground rapper. ... DJ Abilities (born Gregory Keltgen, 19) is a well-respected, Minnesota-based hip-hop DJ affiliated with Rhymesayers Entertainment. ... Bryan Hollon, aka Boom Bip, is a producer and musician who experiments with many different genres and has developed a sound of his own. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Vaughn Robert Squire, aka Sixtoo (formerly CL S.C.A.R.R.) is a hip hop artist originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who now lives in Montreal, Quebec. ... Hood are a U.K.-based band from Leeds, formed at the end of 1990. ... Hrvatski may refer to: The name of the Croatian language in its own native tongue A moniker of American electronic music artist Keith Fullerton Whitman Category: ... Tortoise, an instrumental rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990. ... Ms. ... Jessica Bailiff is an American singer-songwriter from Toledo, Ohio. ... Mike Patton (born Michael Allan Patton, January 27, 1968, in Eureka, California) is an American musician. ... Boards of Canada is a Scottish electronic music duo comprising Michael Sandison (b. ...

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)

cLOUDDEAD is a musical group consisting of the hip-hop musicians Doseone, Why?, and Odd Nosdam. ... Deep Puddle Dynamics is a collaborative group featuring Sole, Alias, Doseone and Slug. ... // Biography Atmosphere is a Minnesota rap group, formed around 1994. ... Themselves are a musical group made up of rapper Doseone (Adam Drucker) and producer Jel (Jeff Logan). ... Keyboard player for Anticon related groups Themselves, Subtle, and 13 & God. ... 13 & God is an indie music group created in 2004 as a collaboration between the members of the groups Themselves and The Notwist. ... The Notwist is a German indie rock band, but they have been very strongly influenced by the electronica scene with the other groups of Morr Music. ... Greenthink was a group of hip-hop musicians and rappers, including rappers why? and Doseone, though many other artists contributed to varying degrees. ... This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ...

See also

• List of record labels
• Alternative hip hop

This is a list of record labels. ... Alternative hip hop or Underground hip hop is defined as a culture rather than just a musical genre. ...

External links

Anticon Records

• anticon. – Official website
• unofficial anticon lyrics website
• anticon's official online store
• anticon at Discogs
• anticon at MySpace
• anticon profile at Stylus Magazine

Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about music recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and certain bootleg or off-label releases. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... Stylus Magazine is an online music and film magazine first launched in 2002. ...

Individual artists

• Official website of Alias
• Official website of Dosh
• Official website of Sole
• Doseone Gigastore
• Subtle