ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM

'Antipop Consortium' was an alternative hip hop group that released several tape singles and two albums primarily on Dan the Automator's experimental hip-hop label 75 Ark before being signed by Warp Records in 2000. 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 often praised for their stream-of consciousness lyrics, often irreverent and featuring associative groups of words, and their ability to give seemingly unrelated word clusters hidden meaning.
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, MF Doom and Aesop Rock. In 2001, they opened for Radiohead during the European leg of their ''Amnesiac'' tour and subsequently toured with DJ Shadow.
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 and Bright Eyes. All three members are now pursuing solo projects.

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Discography

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Discography

'As Antipop Consortium:'

★ ''Disorientation'' 12" single (1997, Antipop Recordings)

★ ''Diagonal Ryme Garganchula'' 10" single (1997, Black Hoodz)

★ ''Hydrogen Slush'' 12" single collaboration with DJ Vadim (1998, Jazz Fudge)

★ ''Orators of Advanced Thought'' early promo-only version of ''The Isolationist'' collaboration (1998, Ozone)

★ ''The Isolationist'' collaboration with DJ Vadim (1999, Jazz Fudge)

★ ''The Instrumentalist'' instrumentals from ''The Isolationist'' collaboration (1999, Jazz Fudge)

★ ''Lift'' 12" single (2000, 75 Ark)

★ ''Diagonal Ryme Garganchula 2.0'' 12" single, released under the name ''Tri Pinnacle'' (2000, Ozone)

★ ''Tragic Epilogue'' (2000, 75 Ark)

★ ''What Am I?'' 12" single (2000, 75 Ark)

★ ''Fear'' 12" single with Kaos and Patrick Pulsinger (2000, Studio !K7)

★ ''Shopping Carts Crashing'' (2000, Antipop Recordings)

★ ''The Ends Against the Middle EP'' (2001, Warp)

★ ''Ghostlawns'' 12" promo single including remixes by Mike Ladd and LFO's Rik Waller (2002, Warp)

★ ''Dead In Motion'' 12" promo single (2002, Warp)

★ ''Arrhythmia'' (2002, Warp)

★ ''Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp'' collaboration with Matthew Shipp (2003, Thirsty Ear)
'As Airborn Audio:'

★ ''The Lucky Day'' 12" single with Buck 65 (2004, Ninja Tune)

★ ''Snapshots from the Forthcoming Mixtape'' mixtape (2004)

★ ''Bright Lights/Inside the Globe'' 12" single (2005, Ninja Tune)

★ ''Close Encounters'' mixtape (2005)

★ ''Good Fortune'' (2005, Ninja Tune)
'Beans solo releases:'

★ ''Nude Paper/Star Killer'' 12" single (2000, 75 Ark)

★ ''Mutescreamer'' 7" single (2003, Warp)

★ ''Phreek The Beet'' 12" promo single (2003, Warp)

★ ''Tomorrow Right Now'' (2003, Warp)

★ ''Down By Law'' 12" single (2004, Warp)

★ ''Now Soon Someday'' (2004, Warp)

★ ''Shock City Maverick'' (2004, Warp)

★ ''Only'' collaboration with William Parker and Hamid Drake (2006, Thirsty Ear)

★ ''Thorns'' forthcoming release (2007, Warp)
'M. Sayyid solo releases:'

★ ''Outside The Box'' 12" single (2004, Sound-Ink)

★ ''Twilight Zone'' mixtape (2006)
'High Priest solo releases:'

★ ''Mind Control/Disorientation'' 12" single (2000, Antipop Recordings)

★ ''Sonics For The Youth'' CDr release (2000, Antipop Recordings)

★ ''Ghost In The Drummachine'' 12" single (2000, Antipop Recordings)

★ ''Book Of Keys'' 12" single (2004, Sound-Ink)

★ ''Book Of Ones'' CDr release (2005, Sound-Ink)

★ ''Prizm 2007'' CDr release (2005, Sound-Ink)

★ ''At the Controls'' CDr release (2006, Prizm Audio)

★ ''Born Identity'' (2007, Sound-Ink)
They have also collaborated with DJ Spooky, Bill Laswell, DJ Krush, kid606, DJ Logic, MF Doom, TV on the Radio and The Infesticons, among others.

External links

★ Antipop Consortium Bio

★ Official site on Warp Records

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