Named to suggest contrariness without meaning anything specific at all (encompassing the varied interests of its disparate members), Oakland’s Anticon collective has for the past decade provided a home for those millennial lost boys raised on hip hop, alternative rock and experimental electronica, but who seem mainly interested in exploring the cracks dividing these genres. Although first positioned as conventional noise/alternative/hip hop, it quickly became clear that the label’s output defies categorization, sounding more like indie experimental rock built from the beats and loops of hip hop and electronica than the extension of rap culture that alt.hip hop often represents. To be sure, the street-hewn art of the battle rap emerges, but what you call it and how you define it is entirely beside the point. Experience genre implosion (and if that’s not enough for you, some great, groundbreaking new music) at the Anticon showcase. Headlining is Anticon co-founder, hip hop anti-hero and prophet of suburban dystopia Sole (Tim Holland), whose songs mix kitchen sink electronic experimentation with personal, beat-oriented rap confessionals. Backing him up is the Skyrider Band, an experimental trio known for throwing violin, banjo, drums, cello, glockenspiel and whatever else is necessary into the sonic tumult, who will also perform a short set. Rounding out the evening is Anticon’s Telephone Jim Jesus, whose ambient soundscapes suggest a lo-fi trip hop devoid of techno influence. Also on the bill is Buffalo’s Fourem, uptempo purveyors of samples and beat-based electronica.

Sunday, Feburary 10 at 9pm. Soundlab, 110 Pearl St. (www.bigorbitgallery.org/soundlab). $10