Anticon

Anticon (styled as anticon.) is a Los Angeles-based independent record label founded in 1997. It is collectively owned among six (of an original seven) founding artists and two managers. The original musicians signed to Anticon were once referred to as the Anticon Collective. The label's roster of artists has been described as "the 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 music, and the label has in recent years begun releasing music in the indie rock and electronica...