California rain. A totem. More freeform interstitial airwave debris transmitting somewhere off the coast of Los Angeles. This is transmission sixteen. Direct download, below. The first fifteen transmissions can be found and downloaded, here. Sidecar: Transmission / 16 Intro / […]
Category: Mixtapes
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Paradigm – A Mixtape
Paradigm: Our second collaboration with Portland, OR based record collectors Sam Huff and Colton Tong. In contrast to last year’s Solstice , the following two hours mines all manner of percussion, all bent on the soulful […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Vetiver – A Mixtape
This is a mix I made on my living room turntables with some morning coffee, just grabbing at recent finds and old favorites piled around. Most are 45s. No theme per se, only that these […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: American Dreamer – A Medley
Native American tones and folk meditations. A thirty seven minute guiding light through April. American Dreamer – A Medley Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and help us continue doing it […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Strange Light – A Mixtape
Enter Strange Light, a sister mix to last year’s Blue August Moon . If the latter played like a transient spirit hovering over a hazy, humid dusk, then think of this as a snowy, white dawn giving way […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: March — A Medley
From Del Shannon to Arthur Russell: March, A Medley. Aquarium Drunkard Presents: March — A Medley Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and help us continue doing it by pledging your support. To […]
Turquoise Wisdom: Floating / A Mixtape
Our ongoing collaboration with Zach Cowie, aka Turquoise Wisdom , returns in 2015 with a myriad of sounds ranging from Soft Machine’s Robert Wyatt to the divinity that is Alice Coltrane’s Rama Rama. Tune in and turn […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: February — A Medley
Tune in to this all-vinyl medley of soul, funk, blues and folk intended to guide you through February on a freedom train of rhythm. Aquarium Drunkard Presents: February — A Medley Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. […]
Multis E Gentibus Vires: A Vintage Saskatchewan Mixtape
Dig into an all-vinyl helping from one of Canada’s overlooked and underappreciated provinces. Rural rock with guitars informed by six months of winter. Prairie Lily ladies and god-fearing men. 800 pounds of country rock from […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: January — A Medley
Sidle up and dig in to this all-vinyl medley of unicorn dreams, flittering romances, rusty country cuts. Start your year with this mix and maybe you’ll follow Mike Wilhelm’ s lead when he bellows “Startin’ next week […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Solstice – A Mixtape
Weaving its way between vintage garage, folk, soul and pop, Solstice is the first of a series of upcoming collaborations with Portland, OR based record collectors Sam Huff and Colton Tong. At two hours, digging […]
Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree II: The Eggnog Is Spiked
Holiday esoterica from the far corners of vintage twang, fuzz, scuzz, r&b, blues, country, garage, lounge and beyond. After the jump, Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree II: The Eggnog Is Spiked. Find part one, […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: December — A Medley
Traverse wet and snow-covered ground, escape the cold winds of December and dig in to this all vinyl mix of warm-blooded soul and wintry folk ballads. Aquarium Drunkard Presents: December — A Medley Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by […]
Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree: A Vintage Holiday Mixtape
Each December, Brian Reese at Big Rock Candy Mountain deals out a month’s worth of holiday esoterica from the far corners of vintage twang, fuzz, scuzz, r&b, blues, country, garage, lounge and beyond. Keeping it loose, he trims his […]
AD Presents: Chances With Wolves 3: High Places / A Mixtape
Our east coast compatriots, NYC’s Chances With Wolves return with their third serving for Aquarium Drunkard: High Places / A Mixtape. As always, it’s a heady/essential brew. “we wanted this one to sound like a daydream on an […]