City life isn’t always easy or pleasant, but whether you call it home or you're just out for a visit, there’s an undeniable energy that envelopes you. Danger becomes excitement, speed becomes the regular pace, and exhaustion morphs into an urge to rally, to not miss a beat of what these myriad concrete jungles have to offer. And after a while, you learn to settle into it. You relax, you walk with a little more ease, and, eventually, you become yourself at your most slick. 

Hiatt dB’s City Slick celebrates that carnality of the city, while simultaneously asking the one question burning in every city dweller’s mind - why am I even here?? Rat races, dumpster fires, endless injustice, outrageous prices, conquered green spaces... an infinite array of inhumanity hurled in your face on a daily basis; Is it really worth it? But we all know why we're here, and it’s not something you can verbalize. It’s the feeling you get when the hellscape precipitates that which life is all about: real, serendipitous, life-affirming experience. Still, even on its best days, the City can be unkind. So if you need some tunes to help you push on, Hiatt’s cooked up the perfect soundtrack for your pavement-pounding steps.

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Hiatt dB - Island Effect

Swinging through next is @subjoi, treating us to a lovely UKG-laden mix in advance of 13TH001's April 6th release.

Artist Mix 002: Subjoi

Endless thanks to @aladdin-memmi-alading and @rickyrazu for their wonderful music, and to everyone out there who listens to this and enjoys what they hear. We love u all!

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Jakub Fidos, AKA @Subjoi, has meticulously honed his music over the last four years, crafting sounds that elevate the club-centered, four-on-the-floor schema to more ethereal heights. On any given track, his production traverses Garage-inspired breaks, sub-shattering Chicago basslines and glittering vocal hits. But regardless of motif, what truly defines Subjoi’s music is its impact--even the gentlest of tracks come knocking heartily on both mind and body.

His latest offering, In Absentia, is a timely reminder that house music is above all else supposed to move us. “High Street,” “Without You” and “I Say” offer up three unique yet complementary vignettes of contemplative house without sacrificing any of the dancefloor-ready pulse. Label favorite @Loure_au has also graciously provided a sublime early hours remix of “High Street” as the perfect nightcap to the album.

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Subjoi - In Absentia [13EP002]

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