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BBC Radio 6 Music - Dream Time, Positive vibrations... with Zakia

10-8-2025

Positive vibrations... with Zakia

Zakia shares an uplifting selection of kaleidoscopic sounds and positive vibrations, as well as a Dreambience mix from the New York-based selector and musician Rahill.

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DJ, broadcaster, writer and dreamer Zakia Sewell provides the soundtrack to your dreams - playing music to ease the mind, soothe the soul, and open portals to new dimensions...

Zakia shares an uplifting selection of kaleidoscopic sounds and positive vibrations, from Swedish spiritual jazz to Iranian psych, with a bit of a lean towards hopeful sounds that talk of a better future. There are new releases from Tom Skinner, The New Eves, Organic Pulse Ensemble and Guitari Baro, plus some classics from Asha Puthli, John Martyn and The Durutti Column.

Plus, we hear from the New York-based Iranian-American selector and singer-songwriter Rahill. She shares a story from her childhood about the power of dreams in her own family, and takes us away on a voyage via her Dreambience mix, which aims to shed a little light on dark times.

Music Played

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  Kate Taylor

  Handbags and Gladrags

  • You Can Close Your Eyes / Handbags & Gladrags.
  • Atlantic.

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  Tom Skinner

  Kaleidoscopic Visions

  • Kaleidoscopic Visions.
  • International Anthem.

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  Asha Puthli Accompanied By The Surfers

  Sound of Silence

  • Asha Puthli.
  • Columbia.

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  Twice as Nice

  Thoughts of You

  • Maybe I'm Dreaming.
  • Anthology Recording.

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  The New Eves

  Rivers Run Red

  • The New Eve Is Rising.
  • Transgressive.

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  Organic Pulse Ensemble

  Oppression Is Nine Tenths Of The Law

  • Oppression Is Nine Tenths Of The Law.
  • RR Gems.

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  Edu Lobo

  Memórias de Marta Sare

  • Camaleão.
  • Philips.

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  Sir Edward

  People Make The World Go Round

  • THE POWER OF FEELING.
  • Jazz Room Records.

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  Kutiman

  Dreams in Aspamia

  • Dreams In Aspamia.
  • Kartel Music Group.

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  Rahill

  Ode To Dad

  • Flowers At Your Feet.
  • Big Dada.

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  Kourosh Yaghmaei

  Saraabe Toe

  • Back From The Brink: Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock From Iran: 1973-1979.
  • Now-Again Records.

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  Negro Leo

  Ritos Confortáveis

  • Água Batizada.

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  Mariana Ingold

  Cara A Cara

  • TODO DEPENDE.
  • Left Ear Records.

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  The Durutti Column

  Sketch for Summer

  • The Return of the Durutti Column.
  • Factory Records.

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  Paul Lowe

  Make Things Better

  • Let's Work It Out / Make Things Better.
  • STROOM.

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  Aloisius

  piano voicenote layer song

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  Beverly Glenn‐Copeland

  Durocher

  • Beverly Copeland.
  • CBC.

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  John Martyn

  Glistening Glyndebourne

  • Bless the Weather.
  • Island.

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  Rosie Turton and Miryam Solomon

  deep.

  • maar.

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  Catalyst

  Salaam

  • Catalyst.
  • Cobblestone.

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  Lonnie Liston Smith

  Sunsets

  • Visions of a New World.
  • Flying Dutchman.

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  The Electric Prunes

  General Confession

  • Release of an Oath.
  • Reprise.

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  Primitive Radio Gods

  Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth with Money in My Hand

  • The Cable Guy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
  • Columbia.

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  Rahill

  I Smile for E

  • Flowers At Your Feet.
  • Big Dada.

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  Thievery Corporation

  Sweet Tides

  • Radio Retaliation.
  • ESL Music.

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  Labi Siffre

  Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying

  • Crying Laughing Loving Lying.
  • Pye International.

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  Speakers Corner Quartet

  This Is How We Walk on the Moon (feat. Tirzah)

  • Mr Loverman (Original Score).
  • OTIH Records.

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  Joe Meek

  I Hear A New World

  • I Hear a New World.
  • Triumph.

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  Father’s Children

  Who's Gonna Save The World

  • Who’s Gonna Save The World.
  • Numero Group.

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