This fall marks the five-year anniversary of Mexican Summer, the independent record label operating out of Greenpoint, Brooklyn alongside its extended family Software Recording Co., Gary’s Electric recording studio and the CO-OP 87 record store. This occasion will be celebrated with a two-day festival, followed by the publication of a limited edition deluxe book.

Over the past five years, Mexican Summer has expanded its catalog well beyond 100 releases while maintaining the hands-on sensibility of a boutique record label. Releases by artists such as Best Coast, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Washed Out, Kurt Vile, Peaking Lights, Oneohtrix Point Never and reissues of little known legends such as Robert Lester Folsom, Linda Perhacs, and Fraction have created a loyal Mexican Summer following.

The five-year anniversary is commemorated by Mexican Summer: Five Years, a 250-page, 11×11” book limited to 1,000 copies. The book features unique and unseen art and ephemera, photos and written contributions from a host of Mexican Summer artists. Designed by longtime collaborator Dan Schechter, Mexican Summer: Five Years features an embossed cloth cover, screen-printed craft paper wrap, and three interior paper stocks.

Accompanying the book is a 10″ record of exclusive collaborations from Bay Of Pigs (Spiritualized, Soldiers of Fortune and Neil Hagerty), Jorge Elbrose (Jorge Elbrecht and Ariel Pink), Autre Ne Veut and Fennesz, Bobb Trimble and Quilt and The Lonely Sailor and Renée Mendoza Haran (members of Total Control, Lace Curtain and Ashrae Fax.) This music is exclusive to the book and will not be available digitally.

The Mexican Summer Five-Year Festival takes place on Friday, October 11th and Saturday, October 12th at the Pioneer Works Center for Art and Innovation in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The venue will provide indoor and outdoor space to feature live performances and DJ sets by Mexican Summer artists and friends, in what will be a joyous celebration of five years and many more to come.

Prime Meats, Frankies Spuntino 457 and Brooklyn Brewery will be providing food and drinks for the festivities, and there will be a CO-OP 87-run pop-up shop of collectible used vinyl and Mexican Summer releases.

Mexican Summer Five Years Festival – October 11th and 12th, 2013

Pioneer Works

159 Pioneer Street

Brooklyn, NY 11231

 Friday – $25 Advance / $30 Day Of

Saturday – $35 Advance / $40 Day Of

Two-Day Pass – $60 In Advance

 Friday, October 11th

Doors: 6 PM

Open Bar (Brooklyn Brewery): 6:30-8 PM

$25 Advance / $30 Day Of

 12:15 AM – Ariel Pink

11:15 PM – Tamaryn

10:15 PM – The Fresh & Onlys

9:30 PM – Mike Wexler

8:45 PM – Bobb Trimble’s Flying Spiders

8:00 PM – Home Blitz

DJ Sets From:

Keith Abrahamsson (Mexican Summer)

Emil Amos (Lilacs & Champagne)

Mike Sniper (Captured Tracks)

Matt Werth (RVNG/Software)

and more

Saturday, October 12th

Doors: 3 PM

Open Bar (Brooklyn Brewery): 3:30-5 PM

$35 Advance / $40 Day Of

 12:15 AM – Spiritualized

11:30 PM – No Joy

10:45 PM – Connan Mockasin (1st US show)

10:00 PM – Lansing-Dreiden

9:15 PM – Co La

8:30 PM – Lilacs & Champagne

7:45 PM – Happy Jawbone Family Band

6:45 PM – Linda Perhacs (1st NY show)

6:00 PM – Quilt

5:15 PM – Weyes Blood

4:00 PM – Soldiers of Fortune

DJ Sets From:

Ivan Sunshine

Tim Koh (Haunted Graffiti)

Caleb Braaten (Sacred Bones)

Ben Steidel (Lemonade)

Jorge Elbrecht

Tamaryn

and more

Watch Trailer for Mexican Summer: Five Years

http://www.mexicansummer.com/