The strains of the song Payung Fantasi carry a memory of Ismail Marzuki's life journey from childhood to adolescence. Influenced and supported by his father, Babe Marzuki, young Ismail began to recognize music from the gramophone, and eventually fell in love with keroncong music. Then, time brought him together with Hugo Dumas who brought him to meet the legendary orchestral group, the Lief Java Orchestra.