Anti-Pop Consortium

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Anti-Pop Consortium (also Antipop Consortium , APC ) is an American hip-hop group.

history

Anti-Pop Consortium was founded in 1997 in New York City . The founding members were rappers Beans , High Priest, M. Sayyid and producer Earl Blaize. They met at a poetry slam . Her first releases were three self-published, Consortium- titled mixtapes .

The group's first album, Tragic Epilogue , was released on 75 Ark, the label of electronica artist Dan the Automator . The album was named Record of the Year by The Wire . Around the turn of the millennium, APC signed with the British independent label Warp Records , where they released Arrhythmia in 2002 . During this time they went on tour supporting first Radiohead and then DJ Shadow .

Half a year after the release of Arrhythmia , the band broke up. Shortly before she broke up, she still took Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp , a collaboration with free jazz pianist Matthew Shipp (published by Thirsty Ear ). After the breakup, Beans pursued a solo career, while High Priest and M.Sayyid formed the duo Airborn Audio .

In 2007 the members came back together and the Anti-Pop Consortium signed a new contract with Big Dada Recordings , a sub-label of Ninja Tune .

style

Anti-Pop Consortium combines hip-hop with elements of electronic music, especially IDM .

Discography

  • Tragic Epilogue (2000; 75 Ark)
  • Shopping Carts Crashing (2001; Nippon Crown)
  • The Ends Against the Middle ( EP ; 2001; Warp Records)
  • Arrhythmia (2002; Warp Records)
  • Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp (with Matthew Shipp, Guillermo E. Brown , William Parker , Khan Jamal , Daniel Carter ; 2003; Thirsty Ear)
  • Fluorescent Black (2009; Big Dada)

Others

The band has used a "trademark" in the form of a stylized human figure with a burning head since its inception. It was designed by the High Priest.

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