There was a point and time not so long ago when tape cassettes were the prefered method of distributing mixes.  Much more compact than the reel-to-reel tapes that preceeded them, they acted as the DJ's calling card - when promotion tended to be considerably more face-to-face and hand-to-hand than in today's insta-chat existence.

Tavia's Traditional Party Mixtape No. 1 clocks in at 90:26 minutes.  With a little handiwork, it would fit perfectly on the Maxell XLII 90 pictured above.

This mix was recorded on the Sunday night of Thanksgiving weekend, after T and I returned from dinner at her 'rents place - I played, while T did the artwork for the tracklisting.  As always, it's an all-vinyl excursion, completely improvised on three decks from one end to the other, and while there are a couple of dodgy bailouts, the party vibe that came out of this mix was enough to convince me to put it up for download.  'TTPMN1' features a nice-cross section of House, Techno, Electro (as well as couple of my favourite Industrial and Italo cuts) from the past 25 years, the kind of bumping machine music that is very well-suited to venues such as dilapidated warehouses with big walls of rented speakers or beachside in Southeast Asia at 4 in the a.m. (trust me on that one...)