Anti-Pop Consortium will release Fluorescent Black, their first record in seven years this week. That’s worth talking about (Pitchfork called the electro-fused “Capricorn One” “one of the best surprises of the summer”), but it’s not what the foursome really want to discuss. Crew member Beans is already on to the next project.
Talking from a New York studio, where he’s working on a new record with jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, he’s also wrapping up his next solo record and thinking about the next Anti-Pop record — where he hopes the experimental hip-hop quartet will explore more sounds and genres. With most other experimental hip-hop catching up to Anti-Pop, Beans and co. just want to move further. “We’re still figuring it out, but we’ve had two years time to get it together, get reactivated,” he says. “We had a five year break. Break’s over.” Read More »
