BBC Radio 6 Music - Dream Time, Soothing selections for January… with Zakia

25-1-2026

Soothing selections for January… with Zakia

Zakia selects songs to help us get through the last few days of January, with words from drummer and singer, Momoko Gill.

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 soothing selections to help get us through these last few days of January. There’s warming sounds from Madagascar, Uyghur folk music from Central Asia, new releases from Ego Ella May, Duval Timothy and CJ Mirra.

And Zakia’s guest, drummer, producer and singer Momoko Gill, pops by to tell us about her dreams, and to select a track that transports her to another place.

Music Played

Music Played

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  Sun Ra

  China Gates

  • Savoy Records.

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  SML

  Plankton

  • International Anthem.

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  Momoko

  2close2far

  • Strut Records.

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  Kevin Moore

  Speak Your Mind

  • Chocolate City Records.

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  Ego Ella May

  What You Waiting For

  • Ego Ella May.

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  Pino Palladino & Blake Mills

  I Laugh in the Mouth of the Lion

  • Impulse!.

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  Davey Graham

  Maajun

  • Decca.

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  Yashlik

  Chever Yarim

  • Maqom Soul Records.

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  Damily

  Tsapatsapao

  • Les Disques Bongo Joe.

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  Eliza

  Anyone Else

  • Log Off Records.

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  Zach Tenorio

  Butterfly Room

  • Maximum Overdub.

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  Herbert & Momoko

  Circle Shore (Instrumental)

  • Meeting with a Judas Tree.

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  Duval Timothy & Yu Su

  Wood (Instrumental)

  • Momoko.

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  Momoko Gill

  Heavy

  • Momoko.

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  Momoko Gill

  Anyway I’m Drowning

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  Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane – At Carnegie Hall

  Crepuscule With Nellie (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York 1957)

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  Thelonious Monk

  Crepuscule With Nellie

  • Criss-Cross.

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  Leon Thomas

  Balance (Peace of Mind)

  • Flying Dutchman Records.

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  Massive Attack

  Daydreaming

  • Virgin Records.

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  Pat Orburn

  good

  • Cassette Blair Records.

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  Masahiro Sugaya

  Mistral

  • Ambient Sans.

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  Cathy Hamer

  You Are Mine In Those Golden Days

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  We All Together

  Bluebird

  • Lion Productions.

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  Kirk Barley

  Timid

  • Health Editions.

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  Duval Timothy, CJ Mirra

  Journey to Lagos

  • Carrying Colour.

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  Kwes.

  Black (Grey)

  • Warp Records.

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  Nate Mercereau & Josh Johnson

  Thankingtheearth LIVE

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  Papiro

  Uscire Da Fuori

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  Stealth

  Sweet Dreams

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  Ichiko Aoba

  Windswept Adan

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  Chrystabell & David Lynch

  Cellophane Memories

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  J Foerster & N KRAMER

  Endless

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  Marjan

  Kavire Del

  • Taraneh.