蜜芽传媒

As the 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 Mix Tape drama captures hearts with its 1980s teen music romance, we dive into the golden age of home-made compilation cassettes. This episode of DIGI welcomes 6 Music producer Beckie Garvey, whose expert-level mix tape skills not only made her the queen of tape decks鈥攂ut also helped ignite the music passion of her younger brother, Guy Garvey, frontman of Elbow.

Beckie shares the art and science of crafting the perfect mix: from pausing between tracks to avoid jarring thuds, to sequencing songs with storytelling flair, and why choosing the right tape brand was as crucial as the music itself. It's part love letter, part musical memoir, and 100% nostalgia.
Whether you were a TDK devotee or a title-and-inlay-card perfectionist, this is one for everyone who ever rewound a tape with a pencil.