Todd P's inaugural DIY festival took place March 19-21 in Monterrey, Mexico.
I photographed the experience for Dazed Digital, along with Hudson Lines who wrote about it.
To view the published piece, visit Dazed Digital.
Image Captions:
1) Fans mosh during an inspired punk/metal performance by the Mexican band Los Margaritos.
2) Mexico City's Lázaro Valiente (far right), a multidisciplinary artist, with friends in tyvek jump suits.
3) Drawlings, (aka Abby Portner), warm, hypnotic sound fit well with the dreamy mountain setting.
4)Sunshine and beautiful views at the Autocinema las Torres in Monterrey.
5) Welcome to Mexico! Dan Deacon!
6) Mentira Mentira, from Monterrey, Mexico.
7) Festival goers chilled out in the afternoon sun, during a percussive and melodic set by the Brooklyn-based female duo – Telepathe
8) Kría Brekkan, from Iceland, performed mystical, otherworldly music.
9) Spectators soak in the sun, beer and music at MtyMx.
8) ALL DAY LONG turned into ALL NIGHT LONG, as the sun set and the music went on well into the early hours of the morning.
10) Los Fancy Free, the psychedelic rockers from Mexico City.
11) Fans having a good romp in the mosh-pit during an inspired punk/metal performance by the Mexican band Los Margaritos.
12) Andrew WK and wife Cherie Lily pump up the crowd with Jersey-loving arena pop hits like “Party Hard.” The crowd eats it up!
13) Evening landscape behind the stage at Autocinema las Torres facing the twinkling city of Monterrey and the foothills of the Sierra Madre Orientale.
14) The band Lemonade from Brooklyn.
15) The crowd goes wild for Dan Deacon, the maestro of throbbing experimental Electronica.
16) Dan Deacon plays Seinfeld inspired riffs on the bass during an impromptu stand-up comedy set.
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18) Tent city, one of the planned options for lodging at the festival. These tents didn’t arrive until 4am on the first night of the festival, due to trouble with getting the 300+ army surplus tents through customs.
19) What goes up must come down.
20) The Mexican new wave pop group Alexico caught for a moment backstage, after a sassy afternoon set at MtyMx.
21) The Mexican “bug,” a car that is ubiquitous in Monterrey, parked on the festival grounds.
22/23) A visual artist who made a costume of paper for one of the projections premiering at the festival.
24) Best Fwends, from Fort Worth, Texas, perform thrasher metal a with goof-ball twist.
25) The audience is appropriately amused by the performance of Best Fwends.
26) BJ from the band Health, with a friend.
27) Spare capacity at Autocinema las Torres swallowed the smaller-than-anticipated crowd.
28) Todd P., the Brooklyn promoter behind MtyMx.
29) MtyMx staffers remove one of the many hand-painted murals that lined the perimeter of the festival grounds. The murals were part of the art component of the festival, featuring work from Mexican, American, and international artists.
I photographed the experience for Dazed Digital, along with Hudson Lines who wrote about it.
To view the published piece, visit Dazed Digital.
Image Captions:
1) Fans mosh during an inspired punk/metal performance by the Mexican band Los Margaritos.
2) Mexico City's Lázaro Valiente (far right), a multidisciplinary artist, with friends in tyvek jump suits.
3) Drawlings, (aka Abby Portner), warm, hypnotic sound fit well with the dreamy mountain setting.
4)Sunshine and beautiful views at the Autocinema las Torres in Monterrey.
5) Welcome to Mexico! Dan Deacon!
6) Mentira Mentira, from Monterrey, Mexico.
7) Festival goers chilled out in the afternoon sun, during a percussive and melodic set by the Brooklyn-based female duo – Telepathe
8) Kría Brekkan, from Iceland, performed mystical, otherworldly music.
9) Spectators soak in the sun, beer and music at MtyMx.
8) ALL DAY LONG turned into ALL NIGHT LONG, as the sun set and the music went on well into the early hours of the morning.
10) Los Fancy Free, the psychedelic rockers from Mexico City.
11) Fans having a good romp in the mosh-pit during an inspired punk/metal performance by the Mexican band Los Margaritos.
12) Andrew WK and wife Cherie Lily pump up the crowd with Jersey-loving arena pop hits like “Party Hard.” The crowd eats it up!
13) Evening landscape behind the stage at Autocinema las Torres facing the twinkling city of Monterrey and the foothills of the Sierra Madre Orientale.
14) The band Lemonade from Brooklyn.
15) The crowd goes wild for Dan Deacon, the maestro of throbbing experimental Electronica.
16) Dan Deacon plays Seinfeld inspired riffs on the bass during an impromptu stand-up comedy set.
17)
18) Tent city, one of the planned options for lodging at the festival. These tents didn’t arrive until 4am on the first night of the festival, due to trouble with getting the 300+ army surplus tents through customs.
19) What goes up must come down.
20) The Mexican new wave pop group Alexico caught for a moment backstage, after a sassy afternoon set at MtyMx.
21) The Mexican “bug,” a car that is ubiquitous in Monterrey, parked on the festival grounds.
22/23) A visual artist who made a costume of paper for one of the projections premiering at the festival.
24) Best Fwends, from Fort Worth, Texas, perform thrasher metal a with goof-ball twist.
25) The audience is appropriately amused by the performance of Best Fwends.
26) BJ from the band Health, with a friend.
27) Spare capacity at Autocinema las Torres swallowed the smaller-than-anticipated crowd.
28) Todd P., the Brooklyn promoter behind MtyMx.
29) MtyMx staffers remove one of the many hand-painted murals that lined the perimeter of the festival grounds. The murals were part of the art component of the festival, featuring work from Mexican, American, and international artists.