Check it out — some dark shit. The first in a series. Download it below:

{MP3} The Walrus Mix Series Vol. 1 (via Mediafire – limited time only).

Tracklist:

Solid Space – “A Darkness In My Soul”
Cosmetics – “Soft Skin”
Led Er Est – “Laredo’
Xynn – “Isolated Brain”
Dark Day – “Hands in the Dark”
Land of Giants – “Cannibal Dolls”
White Car – “Not Right”
Portishead – “Chase the Tear”
Fan Death – “Reunited”
Coldreams – “Morning Rain”
Active Child – “Wilderness”
Talk Normal – “In a Strangeland”
Fontan – “Early Morning”
Tantra – “The Hills of Katmandu”

Bummer. Unless you are single…then, who gives a shit right? Mwahahaha!

The mix features songs from Shop Assistants, Split Enz and Beck.

Stream it HERE.

In the late ’70s and especially in the early  ’80s with The Talking Heads, Brian Eno created some far out sounds his own loose and unique mixture of James Brown grooves and African rhythms (see his own Before and After Science and The Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, which he produced).

Now DJ Food has put together what he calls “an hour long trip through the funked-up side of Brian Eno’s output since the 70’s. Expect David Bryne, nonsense verse, Talking Heads, The Grid and a whole lot of slap bass.” And guess what? It’s so weird and funky that it will surely stink up your browser and cause you to have spasms.

LISTEN TO IT HERE.

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The Queen of Minimal Wave and East Village Radio DJ, Veronica Vasicka has created this superb mix for record label Stones Throw featuring great synth form the ’70s and ’80s. It’s a free podcast download and a precursor to the label’s upcoming Minimal Wave Tapes – a collection of underground DIY electronic music – due out in January.

Get the mix now on iTunes.

Tracklist after the jump:

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Created for arawa.fm, this new 17 minute instrumental track from Memory Tapes is the soundtrack to your haunted Halloween.

{MP3} Memory Tapes – “Walk Me Home”

More Tapes stuff after the jump…

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UO is offering up some cool tracks including Walrus favs The XX, Kurt Vile, The Big Pink and A Place to Bury Strangers. Download it from iTunes (direct link)

Indeed, I have begun lending mixtape making services to a new weekly series Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction blog (AITA is a local philly brand specializing in artist created clothing and fine home goods). I will also be contributing mp3 and video picks, as well as a series on album art. So be sure to check it out…

Listen to the Art in the Age Mixtape #1

As you guys may have noticed, I’m not the biggest fan of Hip-Hop, er new Hip-Hop at least. So when I spotted this old school mixtape by D-Nice, one time member of the brilliant group Boogie Down Productions, over at GvB, I had to give it a spin. Just reading the tracklist got me excited. Produced for the new film The Wackness, a story about sex, drugs and music set in the year 1994, the mix features classics from BDP, Black Moon, and Craig Mack (he also throws in a Lou Reed curveball). It’s like 9th grade all over again! Love it. Here’s the tracklist and link to the download:

1. Intro (Heath Brothers – Smiling Billy Suite)
2. Nas – “One Love”
3. The Notorious BIG – “The What” Feat. Method Man
4. Lou Reed – “Walk On The Wild Side”
5. A Tribe Called Quest – “Can I Kick It”
6. KRS-One – “I Can’t Wake Up”
7. Stanley Turrentine – “Sister Sanctified”
8. BDP – “My Philosophy”
9. Black Moon – “How Many Emcees”
10. O.C. – “Time’s Up”
11. Craig Mack – “Flavor In Ya Ear”
12. Group Home – “Supa Star”
13. Biz Markie – “Just A Friend”
14. Freddie Scott – “(You) Got What I Need”
15. Wendy Rene – “After Laughter (Comes Tears)”
16. Wu-Tang Clan – “Tearz”
17. Ahmad Jamal Trio – “I Love Music”
18. Nas – “The World Is Yours”

MP3 Download: D-Nice – The Wackness Official Movie Soundtrack Mixtape (33 MB)

The official soundtrack is available on Amazon.