Dig Up!
Turn your unconventional venue
into a space of musical exploration,
cultural inclusion, and joy
Open Crates is a music branding collective. WE use
sound, interior, and digital design to infuse
culture, community, and joy into your
hospitality or retail venue.
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Creative Direction
Guide companies, brands, and projects from idea to launch by developing creative concepts and business models that deliver trust, value, and joy.
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Sonic Identity
Use curated tracks, playlisting, and native rhythms to improve brand recognition, affinity and commercial activity.
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Event Production
Lead branding, customer acquisition, operations, and analytics for retail, hospitality, and arts & culture experiences.
Why Open Crates?
“OPEN CRATES’ GENRE-BENdING SOUND IS INFECTIOUS, NO MATTER THE SPACE OR TIME .”
Amber Shavers
Advisor, NY Emmy Nominee, Author of the Little Book of Music Law
“STEVE AND HIS TEAM ARE EXCEPTIONAL BUSINESS CREATIVES DOING IT FOR THE CULTURE. ”
Torae Carr,
Songwriter, MC, Sirius XM/Pandora Personality, and President of the The Recording Academy’s New York Chapter
“Open Crates Is a unique combination of business, creativity, and artistry that’s rare in today’s industry.”
Bill Stephney
President of Broad Market Media, Fmr President of Def Jam, and Founder of Public Enemy
Our life’s pursuit is to find the perfect beat
Why Vinyl?
Monthly meetup of diggers, musicians, artists, and intellectuals communicating the meaning of life, love and happiness through their personal record collection.
Dem Say Ah!
Open Crates + DJ Center release a dance floor explosion feat. NYC's Akoya Afrobeat, Afro-Funk legend Kaleta, Ticklah & DJ Spinna!
Re: Crates
Open Crates 7-inch series of reworked jazz, funk, and dance classics that laid the foundation of hip-hop and modern dance music.
The Founders
Dre specializes in Branding, Integrated Marketing and Experiential Design with a pragmatic approach. The past 20+ years as a successful entrepreneur has given Andres the ability to easily adapt to a wide range of projects, processes and teams.
His process is merging creative ideation, strategy and design along with an understanding of front-end technologies and usability, allowing his vision to be transferred from idea to finished product
Andres received his BFA in Graphic Design from Montclair State University
Andres Jimenez
aka Sieteson aka Tio of Unk & Tio
Steve Royster
Steve has led Product, Marketing, and Community Engagement at MoCaFi - a community-driven fintech - for 7 years, responsible for brand & product positioning, user acquisition, revenue, and funnel design.
As a Venture Capital Investor, Steve led early-stage investments at the New Jersey Economic Authority (NJEDA and the Alcatel-Lucent Venture Fund at Bell Labs.
Steve received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Morgan State University and MBA from Rutgers Business School.
aka Mr. Royster aka Unk of Unk & Tio
The party can’t start until the needle drops
Let’s have a conversation about infusing bespoke sound and interior design into your brand, venue, or new project.