It's been over ten years since anticon first blast onto the Los Angeles music scene, paving a way for alternative hip-hop with fresh rhymes and musical influences drawn from indie rock, pop, and experimental music. Run by a collective of eight individuals, the anticon core members include Doseone, why?, Jel, and Odd Nosdam, who work together under a myriad of names like cLOUDDEAD, Themselves, and 13 & God.
The Album We Are Rising
is featured in Update #059:
Instra:mental, Art Department, Panda Bear
The resurgence of classic electro was a surprising trend this month - check Instra:mental's stunning album below - but really fans of all styles and genres should have something to drool over, with Robag Wruhme, Kode9, Panda Bear, Art Department, Burial, more...
The Album We Are Rising
was reviewed:
Anticon releases the sophomore album from NYC-based pop experimentalist Ryan Lott: 'We Are Rising' combines chamber music, hip-hop, and Caribou-style psych-pop with contributions from My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden, the Antlers' Peter Silberman, Midlake, and DM Stith. Recommended.
