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Suddenly, the fatigue in the van evaporated. Damir’s eyes snapped open. In the back, the brass section—who had been snoring in a pile of trombone cases—started clapping in unison.

They passed a sleepy police checkpoint. The officer, usually ready to pull over any suspicious-looking van, caught a glimpse of the band jumping in their seats. Instead of reaching for his whistle, he found his foot tapping against the pavement. The energy was infectious; the "Ultra Mix" was leaking out of the windows and into the night air. dubioza_kolektiv_ultra_mix_za_dusu_i_tijelo

The old Volkswagen Transporter, nicknamed "The Yellow Bee," was currently defying the laws of physics. It was hurtling down a winding Balkan mountain pass at three in the morning, held together by duct tape, stickers, and the sheer willpower of five exhausted musicians. Suddenly, the fatigue in the van evaporated

Damir fumbled through a glove box overflowing with tangled cables and old concert flyers. He pulled out a dusty, unlabeled CD-R with the words (Ultra Mix for Soul and Body) scrawled on it in thick permanent marker. They passed a sleepy police checkpoint