Antipop Consortium is an American
alternative hip hop group. The group formed in 1997, when
Beans
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,
High Priest, M. Sayyid, and producer
Earl Blaize
Antipop Consortium is an American alternative hip hop group. 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 notable for their stream-of-consciousness lyri ...
met at a
poetry slam
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in
New York City
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. They are notable for their
stream-of-consciousness
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lyrics and musical references to
contemporary composition methods.
History
The group released several tape singles and two albums primarily on
Dan the Automator
Daniel M. Nakamura better known by his stage name Dan the Automator, is an American record producer from San Francisco, California. He is the founder of the publishing company Sharkman Music and the record label 75 Ark.
Early life
Nakamura was b ...
's experimental hip-hop label
75 Ark
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before being signed by
Warp Records
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in 2000. 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 experimental electronic productions contributed by all members. They were frequently compared to other rappers with unorthodox lyrics, such as
Kool Keith
Keith Matthew Thornton (born October 7, 1963), better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper and record producer from The Bronx, New York City, known for his surreal, abstract and often profane or incomprehensible lyrics. Kool ...
,
MF Doom
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and
Aesop Rock
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. In 2001, they opened for
Radiohead during the European leg of their ''Amnesiac'' tour and subsequently toured with
DJ Shadow
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Biography Early years (1989–1995)
DJ Sh ...
.
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, and toured with
The Faint
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and
Bright Eyes. All three members have pursued solo projects since the group's breakup.
Antipop completed their third album before they broke up, released in February 2003 as ''Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp''.
They reunited in 2007. In an August 2007 interview, the four members stated that they reunited with the intention of touring and releasing a new record.
They played a reunion show at the
Knitting Factory
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The Knitting Factory gave its audience poetry readings, perform ...
of New York City in March 2008 and formed part of the support for
Public Enemy
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on the ''
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
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''
Don't Look Back British tour in May 2008. They have played at the 2009
ATP VS the Fans festival in Minehead, UK, followed by the
Incubate Festival in
Tilburg
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,
Netherlands
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the following week.
After releasing their reunion album ''
Fluorescent Black'' on
Big Dada Records in 2009, the group has been touring steadily. Playing shows in Pontiac, Michigan; Futuresonic at
Urbis
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in
Manchester
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, UK (May 14, 2009
), as well as appearing at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas in 2010. After playing at
SXSW they played at the
Incubate in
Tilburg
Tilburg () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 222,601 (1 July 2021), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-larg ...
,
Netherlands
)
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in September 2009.
Discography
;Albums
* ''The Isolationist'' (1999)
(with DJ Vadim
Vadim Alexandrovich Peare (russian: Вадим Александрович Пир, Vadim Aleksandrovich Pir ...
, as The Isolationist)
* ''
Tragic Epilogue'' (2000)
* ''Shopping Carts Crashing'' (2001)
* ''
Arrhythmia'' (2002)
* ''
Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp'' (2003)
(with Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American pianist, composer, and bandleader.
Early life and education
Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and began playing piano at six years old. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford B ...
)
* ''
Fluorescent Black'' (2009)
;EPs
* ''The Ends Against the Middle'' (2001)
;Singles
* "Disorientation" (1997)
* "Band-Aids for Bulletholes" (1997)
* "Hydrogen Slush" (1998)
(with DJ Vadim
Vadim Alexandrovich Peare (russian: Вадим Александрович Пир, Vadim Aleksandrovich Pir ...
, as The Isolationist)
* "Diagonal Ryme Garganchula" (2000)
* "Diagonal Ryme Garganchula 2.0" (2000)
(as Tri-Pinnacle)
* "Lift" (2000)
* "Fear" (2000)
(with Kaos and Patrick Pulsinger)
* "What Am I?" (2000)
* "Ghostlawns" (2002)
* "Volcano" (2009)
;Guest appearances
*
DJ Dee Nasty - "The Looking Glass" from ''Nastyness'' (2001)
*
Bill Laswell
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- "Staple Nex" and "Broken Toenail Gland" from ''
Points of Order'' (2001)
*
Techno Animal
Techno Animal is an electronic duo formed in 1990 in London, England by British musicians Justin Broadrick (of the band Godflesh) and Kevin Martin (aka the Bug, of the band God). The duo released six LPs beginning with their 1991 debut '' Gho ...
- "Glass Prism Enclosure" from ''
The Brotherhood of the Bomb'' (2001)
*
DJ Krush
, better known by his stage name DJ Krush, is a record producer and DJ. He is known for his atmospheric instrumental production which incorporates sound elements from nature and extensive use of jazz and soul samples.
Early life
Ishi was born in ...
- "Supreme Team" from ''
The Message at the Depth'' (2002)
* Ghost Cauldron - "Fear" from ''Invent Modest Fires'' (2003)
*
Tobacco
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- "TV All Greasy" from ''
LA UTI
''LA UTI'' is an EP by Tobacco. It was released through Anticon on November 9, 2010. It includes guest appearances from Antipop Consortium, Doseone, Rob Sonic, Serengeti, Height, Icicle Frog, and Zackey Force Funk.
Critical reception
Chris Martin ...
'' (2010)
*
Modeselektor - "Humanized" from ''
Monkeytown'' (2011)
;Remixes
*
Attica Blues - "3ree (A Means to Be) (What Boundaries? Remix)" (1997)
* Secret Frequency Crew - "Deep Blue (Anti-Pop Consortium Remix)" (2001)
*
DJ Logic
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Kibler was born and raised in The Bronx, NY. Because of an early interest in hip hop, Kibler started using the turnta ...
- "French Quarter (Antipop Consortium Remix) from ''Remixed'' (2002)
* Perera Elsewhere - "Bongoloid (Antipop Consortium Remix)" from ''Everlast (Deluxe Edition)'' (2014)
References
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