Phoenix Underground

Introducing a documentary about the reemergence of vinyl through the eyes of local Phoenix. According to Nielsen company, the sale of vinyl has been rising over the past five years. There has been a decidedly real and measurable interest in Vinyl for many reasons. The documentary features T.J. Jordan, owner of Revolver Records, Tim Stamper of Tracks in Wax, Dario Miranda, the manager of Stinkweeds, Dan Mazza, owner of Arizona Hi-Fi, and Alex Vonotovich, known to his fans as Djentrification. VINYL examines the reasons behind the explosive sales of Vinyl over the last five years. It also looks at the story of the technology and how music companies have foisted an inferior product upon the music consumer. It celebrates local heroes like Don and Dennis Chiesa who were the owners of Tracks in Wax. While CD and MP3 was luring the consumer, Don and Dennis were continuing to push the quality of vinyl, even though vinyl stores were closing down. As T.J. Jordan said, “If it wasn’t for records stores like Tracks in Wax or Eastside Records [which is now Ghost of Eastside after the original went out of business.], I probably wouldn’t have a record store now.”

“You collect Vinyl, you trade compact discs, and you delete MP3s.”