#Dick Doershuck

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Autumn 2010 Mixtape.

Alan Hawkshaw “Crusing”

Alan Hawkshaw “First Affair”

Alan Hawkshaw “Gingerbread”

Alan Hawkshaw “Mystique Voyage”

Alan Hawkshaw “Sunflower”

Alan Hawkshaw “Warm Hearts”

Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett "Mermaid"

Brian Bennett “Morning”

Brian Bennett “Nuplex”

Clive Hicks “Deserted Factory”

Dave Richmond “Welcome Home”

Dick Doershuck “Paradise Found”

Keith Mansfield “Breezin’”

Keith Mansfield “Love De Luxe”

Keith Mansfield “Love Of A Lifetime”

Keith Mansfield “Pretty Colours”

Keith Mansfield “Routine Procedure”

Mike Vickers “Lollipop Shop”

Mike Vickers “Pigtails”

Ray Davies “Expansion Programme”

Steve Gray “Lemon And Lime”

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A rare anomaly in making “as it happens when it happens” mixtapes is making them out of entirely one label or genre. This is one of the few ones that adheres to it. During this time, Molina and I would be in the final months of being friends and a lot of her flaws and Molina-isms wouldn’t be apparent until after I ended it. There were times when she wanted more between us despite me saying “no” to her at least twice before, but some people tend to keep placing bets towards games they’re told they can’t win.

One good thing came out of this season via Tommy and Vanessa, a hardcore and metal couple who had three kids between them and held a Halloween party where they lived: in a house tucked inside a cemetery. Tommy’s friend, who overseen the property, allowed them to rent out the house for only $400 a month. Everyone could see it was a total no-brainer; a Halloween party held in a cemetery. There were vampires, Asian catwomen, and Molina decided to dress up as True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse. Molina’s Lithuanian friend Jina was invited and rumored to show up as a bee-girl but never showed up. We also met Kramer and his Thai girlfriend Nun, who after this would head to Nun’s native Thailand for the rest of their lives and were never coming back. Tommy, who was part of an extreme local band Nassau Chainsaw, was a pyromaniac and firebreather who blew fire for all to see before an hour later where he would be blasted drunk and throw himself to the ground for all of us to die laughing.

At this time, I decided to re-visit the KPM Music Library, a British library that specialized in soundtracks for radio, television, and film. Four years prior to this, finding Youtube and discovering television i.d.’s, bumpers, end credits, news clips, and commercials from my Brooklyn youth led me to stock music. That was where I found Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett, very essential to a very positive summer and its personal soundtrack. Here, it’s in full force and made the entirety of this Autumn’s soundtrack. Only a few copies of most KPM’s records were printed and are deemed rare, sometimes calling for lots of money on the third market. But, thanks to crate-diggers, sample-enthusiasts, and beat-makers, KPM has now seen a notable resurgence. They evolved in making soundtracks over the decades into the right now but offers plenty of free downloads for most of their library. 

Of course, with an affinity for the above-mentioned Seventies’ aesthetic, the tracks below define what we’re aiming for. I never heard of these types of sounds during my single-digit youth when more durable stock music lasted for 10-15 years after the fact, but it does equate to that television aesthetic only I could experience; the Sundays with family over spent in the basement watching all those credits, film-stocks, images, and graphics when I wasn’t at the arcades or playing Atari.

Autumn 2010 mixtape:

Alan Hawkshaw “Crusing”

Alan Hawkshaw “First Affair”

Alan Hawkshaw “Gingerbread”

Alan Hawkshaw “Mystique Voyage”

Alan Hawkshaw “Sunflower”

Alan Hawkshaw “Warm Hearts”

Brian Bennett “Morning”

Brian Bennett “Nuplex”

Clive Hicks “Deserted Factory”

Dave Richmond “Wlecome Home”

Dick Doershuck “Paradise Found”

Keith Mansfield “Breezin’”

Keith Mansfield “Love De Luxe”

Keith Mansfield “Love Of A Lifetime”

Keith Mansfield “Pretty Colours”

Keith Mansfield “Routine Procedure”

Mike Vickers “Lollipop Shop”

Mike Vickers “Pigtails”

Ray Davies “Expansion Programme”

Steve Gray “Lemon And Lime”

Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett “Mermaid”