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Artist: Anti-Pop Consortium


Anti-Pop up all over
Take the work of oddball jazz pioneer Sun Ra, mix it with some early hip hop, add a little Kraftwerk into the sound and you've got an idea of what critically acclaimed act Anti-Pop Consortium are up to.

"At the end of the day, we look at it as hip hop first and foremost,"says founding member Priest about the band's mind-expanding electronica rap sound. "And ultimately, we just want to make the music we're not hearing anywhere else."
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Rethinking the hip-hop edge
When AntiPop Consortium chose their name, you have to figure they didn't expect to be performing for crowds of 12,000 just a few years down the road. Nonetheless, the New York City underground hip-hop crew -- making a highly anticipated Toronto visit to the Comfort Zone Saturday -- were unfazed to find themselves doing just that after being tapped to open a spate of European dates for Radiohead recently.

"To be honest, it felt like playing a smaller venue," co-vocalist Beans muses during a phone chat earlier this week.
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