BBC Radio 6 Music - Dream Time, Late night drifting… with Zakia

28-9-2025

Late night drifting… with Zakia

Drift through time and space with Zakia’s swirling selections, from spiritual jazz to stone circles, plus a hazy Dreambience mix from London multi-instrumentalist cktrl.

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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…

Drift through time and space with Zakia’s swirling selections, taking you on a magical late night musical voyage. There’s spiritual jazz from Leeds group Ancient Infinity Orchestra, Brazilian tropicalia from Caetano Veloso, a wedding song from Mauritanian griot Noura Mint Seymali, rhythmic sounds from Réunion Island’s Luc Moindranzé Karioudja and pedal steel guitar from Joe Harvey-Whyte inspired by ancient stone circles. Plus brand new music from the likes of keiyaA, Yara Asmar and a collaboration between Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick, and old favourites from Miles Davis, Julius Eastman and Dando Shaft.

Plus we’re transported to the hazy, smoky Dreambience of London multi-instrumentalist cktrl, with a special mix of his own demos, unreleased sketches and improvisations. The name cktrl comes from ‘can’t keep to reality’, reflecting how he often makes music in a kind of dream world, and his mix is an extension of that - an invitation for the listener to sit in stillness.

Music Played

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  Linda Perhacs

  Sandy Toes

  • Parallelograms.
  • Kapp Records.

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  Ancient Infinity Orchestra

  Joy of a Natural World

  • It's Always About Love.
  • Gondwana Records.

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  Kelora

  In a Million Streams

  • Sleepers.
  • True Panther.

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  Nicolas Fehr

  Square

  • Der Clown.
  • Friends with Oranges.

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  Caetano Veloso

  Tropicalia

  • Caetano Veloso.
  • Philips.

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  Noura Mint Seymali

  Guereh

  • Yenbett.
  • Glitterbeat.

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  Ishaaq Aarkistra

  Grunderna

  • Arikomban Space.
  • Lost Map Records.

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  Joe Harriott & Amancio D'Silva Quartet

  Stephano's Dance

  • Hum Dono.
  • Trunk Records.

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  KeiyaA

  take it

  • hooke’s law.
  • XL.

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  Werkha

  Narrow In (feat. Daudi Matsiko)

  • Unsung Irregular.
  • First Word Records.

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  Luc Moindranzé Karioudja

  Laz (ék Jérémy Moindranzé, Ismaël Moindranzé)

  • Mon Balo.
  • Compagnie 4000.

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  Wayku

  Amazonas

  • Selva Selva.
  • Buh Records.

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  Miles Davis

  Generique

  • Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.
  • Fontana.

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  Matthew Herbert & Momoko

  Heart

  • Clay.
  • Strut.

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  Joe Harvey-Whyte & Bobby Lee

  Into the Circle (Jamal Khader)

  • Last Ride.
  • Curation Records.

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  Dando Shaft

  September Wine

  • An Evening With Dando Shaft.
  • Young Blood.

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  Andy Irvine & Paul Brady

  Autumn Gold

  • Andy Irvine/Paul Brady.
  • Mulligan Music.

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  Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore

  Perpetual Adoration

  • Perpetual Adoration.
  • InFiné.

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  Martha Argerich

  Sonatine for Piano III. Anime

  • Piano Concerto in G major.
  • Deutsche Grammophon.

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  Yara Asmar

  everyone I love is sleeping and I love them so so much

  • everyone I love is sleeping and I love them so so much.
  • Hive Mind Records.

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  cktrl

  wind within the trees

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  cktrl

  find me/find u/found u/mine (demo)

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  The Jones Girls

  Nights Over Egypt

  • Nights Over Egypt.
  • Philadelphia International Records.