The Next Shemspeed group is going to sound exactly like one of our favorite groups from back when Radiohead was still on MTV with weird videos, Anti Pop, baby!
ch-ch-ch-eck it: Ah, alternative rap. Is there any other genre that can get so many people excited while also pissing off just as many others? Probably, but don’t tell Anti-Pop Consortium, the New York City threesome (foursome if you count its producer) that has been cranking out its brand of glitch-hop beat poetry since 1997. The Anti-Pop guys are back with their first true LP since 2002’s Arrhythmia, and judging by this five-minute mix, things happily haven’t changed much. Fluorescent Black (Warp/Big Dada) is out October 13, but until then, keep this mix of tracks from the album on hand.
Shemspeed is an independent recording label and promotional agency highlighting cross-over music artists with positive and unifying messages. Founded by Erez Safar, an American-Israeli DJ/Producer, Shemspeed promotes over 15 dynamic artists representing a wide range of genres including hip-hop, reggae, and rock. These artists include Y-Love (revolutionary Jewish hip-hop), Diwon (Yemenite / Sephardic hip-hop, Israeli music and more), DeScribe (soul-awakening dancehall, hip-hop, & soul), and Electro Morocco (Israeli rock, dance music.) Shemspeed artists, collectively showcasing the diversity in world Jewish music, have performed with musicians as varied as Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Idan Raichel and Eminem; they’ve been profiled in Rolling Stone, SPIN, The New York Times and XXL; and they’ve been seen and heard around the world on various TV appearances (Conan O’Brien, CBS and BBC World) and global radio. Shemspeed’s mission is unifying people through culture and education, celebrating diversity and common ground. By way of this work, we add a public Jewish voice to multi-cultural, inter-faith, creative and collaborative bridge-building.
The Next Shemspeed group is going to sound exactly like one of our favorite groups from back when Radiohead was still on MTV with weird videos, Anti Pop, baby!