Thank You, Full Moon Festival [GALLERY]

Thank you Full Moon Festival for providing a platform to give a glimpse into Arizona’s prolific music scene.

Thank you Jon, Colter, and AJ for supporting our vision.

Thank you WEB Art and Mark for building a massive fucking television.

Thank you Andrew’s Art Project for creating gorgeous, custom visuals to project on the massive fucking television.

Thank you Tom and Mike for being absolute studs, and running sound all night.

Thank you Like Diamonds for kicking off the psychedelic, moon-lit dance party.

Thank you Mute Swan for traveling from Tucson, blasting us with noise, and hanging around after the show.

Thank you T.O.S.O. for curing our lupophobia.

Thank you Slator Blacc for entrancing us with your superb flow.

Thank you M2FG for turnin’ the heat up a notch, and starting a mosh pit.

Thank you Lil Prada, D Rock and Lord Ra for the impromptu guest cyphers.

Thank you to The Color 8 for throwing down a cornucopia of groovy tunes.

Thank you Herbert Walker for your impeccable LP, which we can’t stop bumping.

Thank you Andrew and your drum circle team for connecting us through rhythmic symbiosis.

Thank you Katie for limbering us up with yoga before the festivities.

Thank you Omar and Michael for bringing droves of friends to the party.

Thank you Matt, Konnor, Christian and Wulf for the killer promotional designs.

Thank you Lee for making Mute Swan’s trip to Phoenix a more-than hospitable one.

Thank you Lucas for capturing the magic of Full Moon through film.

Thank you Alex for lending a helping hand, an extra pair of eyes, and kind words all night.

Thank you Sushi for help building the stage

Thank you Dak for loaning us a projector screen.

Thank you Kiah for assisting with artist communication.

Thank you to the security, bartenders, and Pressroom staff for staying up late to put on a successful event.

Thank you to the DJ’s, ravers, fire-spinners, breakers, and glowstick shakers.

Thank you, Arizona. Thank you for taking risks. Thank you for letting us take risks and thank you for believing in one another’s risks. Thank you for your art and your music. Thank you for your tasty grub, refreshing beers, potent cannabis, stylish clothes, relentless heat, attractive inhabitants, grid-based street system, hangout spots, refuges, and all the hidden nooks waiting to be unveiled.

We never thought we’d be where we are in year – but 7 months? Any attempt to express the overwhelming gratitude we have for you all wouldn’t scratch the surface.

The Deli started as a way to cure our boredom. To eat new food, hangout at new places, and meet new people. The brilliance blossoming within our young community is undeniable. You are all doing so much cool shit – without inhibitions, pushing boundaries, supporting one another – every day. And we thank you for that.

Arizona is amazing, and we’re excited to continue learning why.

Cheers,
The Deli

 

Like Diamonds on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Like Diamonds

 

Like Diamonds on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Like Diamonds

 

Like Diamonds on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Like Diamonds

 

Like Diamonds on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Like Diamonds

 

Like Diamonds on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Like Diamonds

 

Like Diamonds on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Like Diamonds

 

Like Diamonds on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Like Diamonds

 

Like Diamonds on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Like Diamonds

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

 

The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival

 

The Color 8 on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
The Color 8

 

M2FG at The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
M2FG

 

M2FG at The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival
M2FG

 

The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival

 

M2FG on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival

 

M2FG at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
M2FG

 

M2FG at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
M2FG

 

 

The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival

 

Lil Prada & M2FG at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Lil Prada (right) & M2FG (left)

 

M2FG at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
M2FG

 

Slator Blacc on The Deli Stage at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc

 

Slator Blacc at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc

 

Slator Blacc at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc

 

Slator Blacc at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc

 

Lord Ra at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Lord Ra

 

Slator Blacc at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc

 

Lord Ra at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Lord Ra

 

Slator Blacc at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc

 

Slator Blacc at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc

 

Slator Blacc and Lord Ra at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc (Left) & Lord Ra (Right)

 

Slator Blacc and Lord Ra at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc & Lord Ra

 

Slator Blacc at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Slator Blacc

 

Drum Circle at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Drum Circle

 

Drum Circle at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Drum Circle

 

Drum Circle at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Drum Circle

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

Mute Swan at Full Moon Festival Phoenix
Mute Swan

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

 

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

Full Moon Festival Phoenix

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

 

TOSO at Full Moon Festival
T.O.S.O.

JOCK CLUB vs. DIVERSION PROGRAM – ‘Desert Storm’

*All Photos by Noah Gracia*

 

Perk-up ravers – we’ve got some new tunes for ya from Arizona producers, Jock Club and Diversion Program. The two teamed up for a joint album, Desert Storm dropped on Jock Club’s MANIC! label.

The formula was simple:

  • 10 tracks
  • 4 Diversion Program
  • 4 Jock Club
  • 2 together – one in Diversion Program’s preferred software (Ableton), and one in Jock Club’s (Renoise)

 

Download ‘Desert Storm’ Here

The pair weave crisp percussion and resonant basslines with expert precision. Each track brings a refreshing beat switch, set to the tune of glitchy blips, darting stabs, and quirky samples.

It invokes a certain nostalgia.

Of UK dub.

And Waka Flocka Beats.

And nabbing coins in a retro video game.

Which is funny, because this record makes you feel like bopping in a club with a pocket full of coin.

 

HOCO Fest at Hotel McCoy Tucson by Noah Gracia

 

While their unique, respective influences and processes are laced within the record, every track is undeniably synergistic with any of its siblings. And the camaraderie these two share becomes more obvious seeing them live. We were lucky enough to catch them two days after ‘Desert Storm’ dropped, as a literal desert storm passed overhead.

 

Jock Club and Diversion Program at HOCO Fest

 

On a day with plenty of sunshine, an eerie drizzle of rain and wall of dust set the landscape for their HOCO Fest sets at Hotel McCoy on the South side of Tucson. It felt like a resort out of Fallout New Vegas. Sweaty pool people, caked in a desert haze, nodding agreeably to the dirtiest of dubplates.

 

Hotel McCoy and HOCO Fest

 

Both artists carry an air of mystery and intrigue in their music and their personalities. The tracks can lead you down a musky, stone corridor towards a dungeon lair. But their music is accessible, as well. It urges you to fist-bump with your sunnies on next to the sub. It feels natural. The beats could be repurposed seamlessly to the tempo of a grime rapper’s pengest flows. Yet they’re a glimpse into an industrial, dystopian future. It’s two-step, break-beat, bass-infused bliss.

 

Jock Club at HOCO Fest

 

One track that caught our attention early is Jock Club’s “Mohawk”. It urges you to step-up in someone’s face. Probably because it’s, aggressively, up in yours. A true standout is a collab between the two “Shadow Boxing”.

 

Jock Club and Diversion Program at HOCO Fest

 

The intros and breakdowns are ominous and reserved. Like a ghost DJ’ing in a graveyard. Then you’re smacked upside the head with bass and 808’s. Clean claps round out the track, adding sonic tingles that encourage movement. Or as one might say “Going ape.” The album’s closer, “Nutmeg”, doesn’t quit. It caps the record and the party. A sweaty night of moshing and nodding with your peers. Desert Storm. Through-and-through bangers.

 

HOCO Fest at Hotel McCoy Tucson by Noah Gracia

 

Diversion Program at HOCO Fest by Noah Gracia

 

Jock Club at HOCO Fest by Noah Gracia

 

Diversion Program at HOCO Fest by Noah Gracia

 

You can catch Jock Club at select Phoenix shows, such as this month’s “Futurists” showcase at Valley Bar. Diversion Program is heading to London join the Master’s Program of Sonic Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Follow them here:

Diversion Program
Bandcamp
Twitter
SoundCloud

Jock Club
Bandcamp
Twitter
SoundCloud

Noah Gracia
Instagram
www.noahgracia.com

Open House Festival Photo Gallery

Electricity shook us the first time we entered The Sunroom.

Was it the motley crew of fervent devotees, cast across the backyard?

 

The Sunroom shot by noah glynn
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Or the attention to detail which goes into their events – from the painstaking lineup curation to tailored visual accompaniments.

Maybe it’s because there are four incredibly-imaginative dudes who live there. And going on their third year in the Tempe house, they decide week-after-week, “Fuck it – let’s do some cool shit!”

We fed off that get-it-done mantra. So much, we came to them with the idea for an article. And in true Sunroom fashion…they asked if we’d be down to throw an event. Our first event. The Open House Festival.

 

Open House Lineup Poster by Erica Dallman
Flyer by Erica Dallman

 

 

Open House Flyer by Christa MacDonald
Flyer by Chirsta McDonald

 

Open House Flyer by Adam Zanzucchi
Flyer by Adam Zanzucchi

 

So we sat down. We sat down some more (every Saturday for about 6-weeks, actually). And we hashed it out. Side note – there was a whole lotta drama surrounding the need for a sun shade, which we purchased from Home Depot and never ended up using. Shoutout to the Depot’s satisfying return policy.

 

Open House Festival by Athena Burton
Photo by Athena Burton

 

We wanted to accomplish a few things:

  • Mesh music and art in a gorgeous, organic space.
  • Provide a platform for lesser-known Arizona acts to play amongst bonafide talent.
  • Bring friends and strangers together, to start conversations. Conversations which, we hope, make Arizona more badass than it already is.

 

Meditation with Alien Yoga by Noah Glynn
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Did we hit our mark? We thought we rocked the fuck out of it…but we’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Here’s a compilation of splendid shots by some of our good friends – Noah Glynn, Athena Burton and Konnor Buscho.

If you enjoyed these shots – please shoot us a follow on Instagram. More parties to come.

Check out our friends from The Sunroom here: Alex Gross, Andrew Robinson, Daniel Vogt & Mario Esposito.

 

Open House Festival Set-up
Photo by Konnor Buscho

 

Open House Festival Art by Caroline Ivy
Work by @thelostalleycat, Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Nick Zawisa at Open House Festival
Photo by Konnor Buscho

 

Steffi Bellamy at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

James Band at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Thackary Sphinx at Open House Festival
Photo by Konnor Buscho

 

Steffi Bellamy at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Work by@alisonsmolnarphoto, Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Exxxtra Crispy at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Exxxtra Crispy at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Open House Festival shot by Konnor Buscho
Photo by Konnor Buscho

 

James Band at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Open House Festival Art by William Bryant
Work by @webartphx, Photo by Noah Glynn

 

 

Mojave Nomads at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Sensible at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

@FadedChinos displaying work
Work by @fadedchinos, Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Hero Dose at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Hero Dose at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Hero Dose at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Work by @miccull, Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Matt Seiner at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

James Band at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Mario Esposito at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Open House Festival Art by Alexander Heart
Work by @cvrlyfvck_, Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Nanami Ozone at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

James Band at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Open House Festival shot by Noah Glynn
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

DJ Randy's Johnson at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Photo by Noah Glynn

 

James Band at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Nanami Ozone at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Nanami Ozone at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Open House Festival shot by Noah Glynn
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Exxxtra Crispy at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Mojave Nomads at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Exxxtra Crispy at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Nanami Ozone at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Nick Zawisa at Open House Festival
Photo by Konnor Buscho

 

Exxxtra Crispy at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Open House Festival shot by Noah Glynn
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Mojave Nomads at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Mojave Nomads at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Nanami Ozone at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Photo by Konnor Buscho

 

Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Steffi Bellamy at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

James Band at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Photo by Noah Glynn

 

DJ Randy's Johnson at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Exxxtra Crispy at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Nick Zawisa at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Mojave Nomads at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Exxxtra Crispy at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Photo by Noah Glynn

 

James Band at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Steffi Bellamy at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Nick Zawisa at Open House Festival
Photo by Konnor Buscho

 

Photo by Noah Glynn

 

Sensible at Open House Festival
Photo by Athena Burton

 

Nanami Ozone at Open House Festival
Photo by Noah Glynn