Anticon

anticon is a collective of musicians, based in Oakland, California as well as an independent record label owned equally among seven founding artists and one manager, and releases material created by its members, affiliates, and extended mu

anticon is a collective of musicians, based in Oakland, California as well as an independent record label owned equally among seven founding artists and one manager, and releases material created by its members, affiliates, and extended musical family. anticon cohered originally within experimental rap circles based on both coasts, the midwest, and Canada, though many of the artists on anticon--Why?, 13 & God, and Dosh, most significantly--are, by now, only tangentially related to hip-hop. 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.

Formally, anticon consists of the following eight members: (listed with pseudonym first, real name in parenthesis)