BBC Radio 6 Music - Dream Time, Psychedelic grooves and teenage dreams… with Zakia

16/11/2025

Psychedelic grooves and teenage dreams… with Zakia

Zakia selects a reimagined Ethiopian classic and Brazilian-inspired guitar music. Plus, we hear reflections on teenage melancholy from Swedish singer and songwriter, Yukimi.

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…
This week’s journey through the clouds features an Ethiopian classic reimagined by London-based band ZENA, Brazilian-inspired guitar meditations from Argentinian maestro Agustin Pereyra Lucena, and nostalgic folk from New England collective Old Saw, as well as new releases from Montreal’s Laurie Torres and Naarm outfit Acopia.
Plus, we hear from Swedish singer, songwriter and co-founder of Grammy-nominated band Little Dragon, Yukimi. She shares music from her new EP ‘Yume’ - meaning ‘Dream’ in Japanese - and talks about embracing change, stepping into new chapters and the strange, beautiful melancholy of teenage years.

Music Played

### Nina Simone

Compensation

- Nina Simone And Piano!.
- RCA Victor.

### Kenny Barron

Dawn

- Sunset to Dawn.
- Time Traveller Records.

### Little Dragon

Recommendation

- Little Dragon.
- Peacefrog Records.

### Wally Badarou

You Can't Hide Always

- Simple Things EP.
- BeWith Records.

### Zena

Anchi Bale Game

- ZENA.
- Brownswood.

### Meklit

Lefeqer Enegeza

- A Piece of Infinity.
- Smithsonian Folkways.

### Oluko Imo

Oduduwa

- Oduduwa.
- Soundway Records.

### Agustín Pereyra Lucena

Viento Que Va

- Brasiliana.
- Altercat Records.

### Kristian Smith

Where's Jane

- Where’s Jane.

### Lando Manning

Rose Hip November

- Fragments.
- Ostara Records.

### Joe Nora

(Dream) Interrupt

- Shapeshift.
- Friends of Friends Record.

### Yukimi

Human Heart

- Yume EP.
- Ninja Tune.

### The Smashing Pumpkins

Beautiful (Instrumental Middle 8)

- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
- Virgin.

### The Smashing Pumpkins

1979

- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
- Virgin.

### Acopia

Falling

- Blush Response.
- Scenic Route Records, September 12, 2025] - 2.50.

### Rory Sweeney

Morning Song (feat. Risteárd ÓhAodha)

- Old Earth.

### Zabella Panosian

Groung (Crane) take 2

- I Am Servant of Your Voice: March 1917 - June 1918.
- Canary Records.

### Old Saw

Aproxmare

- The Wringing Cloth.
- Lobby Art Editions.

### The Beatles

Because

- Abbey Road.
- Apple Records.

### Bonnie Guitar

My Portuguese

- My Portuguese.
- Numero Records.

### Laurie Torres

Exit I

- Après coup Edits.
- Tonal Union.

### Black Brunswicker

A Raga Called John

- Dreams of a Sunflower River.
- Nettwerk Music Group.

### Alice Boyd and Rachel Kitchlew

Tape Session (Live at Shuta Shinoda's Studio)

- Tape Session.

### Manizeh

Ashem Vohu (feat. Ganavya)

- Mahku.
- LEITER.

### Eve Matin

The day that shall not be followed by night

- TRANSMUTANCIA.
- Leaving Records.

### Kara‐Lis Coverdale

Curve Traces of Held Space

- Changes in Air.
- Smalltown Supersound.

### Lea Bertucci

Hold Music

- Hold Music.
- Dinzu Artefacts.

### Jake Muir

A Wreath of Mist

- Mysteries Compilation Chapter One.
- Mysteries of the Deep.

### Bob Marley & The Wailers

So Much Trouble In The World

- Survival.
- Island Records.