anticon. is a San Francisco Bay Area independent record label[LINK: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=129] Stylus magazine feature founded in 1997.[LINK: http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jcfoxqr0ldke~T1] Allmusic profile of anticon. It is collectively owned among seven founding artists and one manager.[LINK: http://discorder.citr.ca/features/05febdoseone.html] Discorder Doseone article The musicians signed to anticon are 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." Releases feature material created by its members, affiliates, and extended musical family. Although anticon cohered originally within abstract hip hop circles, Anticon's founders have become only tangentially r