Lucid Dreaming w/ 3am3ali - Temple of Wanderers | Root Radio 04/05/2021

An auditory dérive through Pueblito Paisa

Entering through the far right entrance, we meet Ben from “Ben Property Solutions LTD” who stops for a quick joke (00:25). In the background we can hear “La Rebellion” by the infamous salsero Joe Arroyo, a track we’ll hear a couple more times during our dérive (00:35). 

We proceed into El Estanquillo (transl. “the little shop”) which is a shop, café, bakery, butchery and eatery by day, and disco by night when the shop turns in to a dance-floor and coronas replace coffee. In the background we hear “Vagabundo Soy” by Rodolofo Aicardi. The woman in front of me in the queue joyfully hums to the song (01:05).

From there we move on to Videomania, a DVD & CD shop which is also home to the lovely Mirca Morera’s community office. The salsa song “Lavado Cerebra” by Alfredo Gutierrez is blasted on full volume through the speakers (03:00). From there we head over to Restaurante Manantial where Fabian and his colleague are busy preparing Empanadas. His colleague names the ingredients over “Prohibido” by the Cuban trumpeter Alexander Abreu (04:25). Meanwhile Alejandro is busy attaching a new sign to the storefront which he has just made for Fabian. The whole shopfront had been redone, painted in bright blue, red and yellow, resembling the Colombian Flag. 

Across the aisle from Fabian’s restaurant we have a little browse through the grocery story Tiendas Manuelita where I’m shown which Colombian coffee to buy to the Cumbia tune “Amarga Copa” by Pastor Lopez Y Su Combo (07:15). Every shop has its own stereo as is the case here, a speaker placed on a shelf between chia seeds and baking powder. 

Just outside the shop, a group of people have assembled to watch a football game in the market aisle. From here, we head to Horvipan, a restaurant that does all the Colombian classics, Empanadas, Regañonas, and Plátanos Asados just to name a few. The stand has a number of tables set up around it and provides the perfect spot to take in all the hustle and bustle of the market while listening to Las “Caleñas Son Como La Flores“ by The Latin Brothers (08:10). 

From there we proceed to Pueblito Paisa Café for a hot chocolate, where we hear “Anillito”of Pastor Lopez-Nuestro’s  and Los 50 De Joselito’s “Las Mujeres A Mi No Me Quieren”.(09:20 - 13:00) It’s the largest restaurant/café in the market and the only place where you are reminded that you’re in London. Half of the café is a conservatory and looks out on to Seven Sisters station. Otherwise, visiting the market is like diving in to another world without reference to the outside world. 

From there we make our way back to the exit, passing by El-EstanQuillo for one last dance to Los Melodicos’ “Ay Amor” before we head back out again (13:20).

pueblito paisa - an auditory dérive

يا رديلي

Our day begins before it should, awoken by a cat fight at 4AM in the courtyard of our flat in Kurtuluş. At the same time, the first call to prayer resounds. We then move to a café off of Istiklal Street, close to central Taksim. Here we can hear the café owner's pet birds sing while we hear rolling dice and backgammon figures move up and down the game's wooden board. At the same time, we hear music from a TV inside the café. Guests speak and passersby greet the café owner. 
Moving towards Galata, we come across the Chrimean church. It’s Sunday during the Bayram holiday and the city is unusually quiet since most residents are at the beach or on holiday. We get closer to the church and can hear the organ and the voices of worshippers and the reverend holding a sermon. The church is surrounded by a big garden from which we hear the occasional bird or chicken. At around 7 min, we find ourselves in a library in Galata. With the windows wide open, the soundscape is dominated by machines from a nearby construction site. 

Now sitting by the Bosporus in Kadıköy, we hear a street musician's blaring stereo, while birds chirp and people speak. At 8:50 min we find ourselves passing by a hammam in the historic neigborhood of Balat, where a group of musicians prepare to announce a bride who will exit the hammam shortly. At the same time, we hear a child sitting and watching TV in a nearby store. We’re now back at the ferry station in Kadikoy, where we hear a child play the harmonium as he begs passersby for money. Now boarding a ferry, taking us from Kadıköy to Karaköy, the boat’s white noise drowns out most human activity on the boat. At 11:35 min we’re back at the harbor of Karaköy, we hear the horn of a passing boat, more water whistle sellers and street musicians in the nearby tunnel. At 12:05 min we suddenly find ourselves between two groups of football supporters. On the one side are fans of Galata Saray and on the other side are fans of the Fenerbahce team, all of them headed towards the stadium to watch the upcoming game. From a rooftop in Cihangir, we overlook Tophane and the Bosphorus. Noises from a nearby construction site can be heard as well as seaguls passing by. Cars honk in the distance. To the sound of a practicing trumpeter, we walk down a residential street in Kurtuluş towards our final destination, the historical Meyhane (raki restaurant) 'Madam Despina', where a band plays Istanbul classics to the restaurant's guests.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNF5CE-fYjQ

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halleluhja sweet sweet tortilla
you make me cry everytime I look in your eye
so I cry

hare krishna soft polverone
everytime you sigh I think I'll die

so we cry

you stole my future that's a sin
but don't feel down it's just a trend
if left or right's the only way
I don't have anymore to say

hamdulillah 
hot hot chorizo 
manha de carneval is on my mind

hare krishna soft polverone
everytime you sigh I feel you're high 
so I die

you stole my future that's a sin
but don't feel down it's just a trend
if left or right's the only way
I don't have anymore to say

samadrid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUDtIrp_Xzg&t=980s

3am3ali

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