Süheyla - 5/8 Radio #187

You fall asleep on the open deck of the ferry to the Kadıköy pier. All fades away in blackness separating reality from the world of dreams: Seryozha, your children, a simit in a plastic bag, and a sore knee due to the endless climbing uphill on the Buyukada island. You suddenly turned into a mackerel trying to escape from the strong hands of an elderly fisherman on the Galata Bridge. He carries your shiny little body to a dirty plastic bucket with a missing handle. It's getting really scary, but that feeling suddenly goes away as soon as you hear Süheyla's mix for 5/8: radio playing from a car passing over the bridge. You look at the minarets, the setting sun, the water surface of the Bosphorus, tourists passing by, pinching their noses in disgust, and humility spreads over every squama with the thought that the beauty of your whole fish life is hidden in its transience. Today's mix was made for us by Süheyla, an aspiring DJ from Istanbul, whose love of combining disco with trance and tribal motifs with downtempo makes not only the audience at home shake their hips, but has already won the hearts of the people from Berlin.