Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

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.

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.

We want to hear your dreams! Send in tales of your sleepy adventures to dreamtime@bbc.co.uk or text us on 03700 100 600

A Reduced Listening Production for ѿý Radio 6 Music

2 hours

Last on

Sun 28 Sep 2025 22:00

Music Played

  • Linda Perhacs

    Sandy Toes

    • Parallelograms.
    • Kapp Records.
  • Ancient Infinity Orchestra

    Joy of a Natural World

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

    In a Million Streams

    • Sleepers.
    • True Panther.
  • Nicolas Fehr

    Square

    • Der Clown.
    • Friends with Oranges.
  • Caetano Veloso

    Tropicalia

    • Caetano Veloso.
    • Philips.
  • Noura Mint Seymali

    Guereh

    • Yenbett.
    • Glitterbeat.
  • Ishaaq Aarkistra

    Grunderna

    • Arikomban Space.
    • Lost Map Records.
  • Joe Harriott & Amancio D'Silva Quartet

    Stephano's Dance

    • Hum Dono.
    • Trunk Records.
  • KeiyaA

    take it

    • hooke’s law.
    • XL.
  • Werkha

    Narrow In (feat. Daudi Matsiko)

    • Unsung Irregular.
    • First Word Records.
  • Luc Moindranzé Karioudja

    Laz (ék Jérémy Moindranzé, Ismaël Moindranzé)

    • Mon Balo.
    • Compagnie 4000.
  • Wayku

    Amazonas

    • Selva Selva.
    • Buh Records.
  • Miles Davis

    Generique

    • Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.
    • Fontana.
  • Matthew Herbert & Momoko

    Heart

    • Clay.
    • Strut.
  • Joe Harvey-Whyte & Bobby Lee

    Into the Circle (Jamal Khader)

    • Last Ride.
    • Curation Records.
  • Dando Shaft

    September Wine

    • An Evening With Dando Shaft.
    • Young Blood.
  • Andy Irvine & Paul Brady

    Autumn Gold

    • Andy Irvine/Paul Brady.
    • Mulligan Music.
  • Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore

    Perpetual Adoration

    • Perpetual Adoration.
    • Թ󾱲é.
  • Martha Argerich

    Sonatine for Piano III. Anime

    • Piano Concerto in G major.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • 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.
  • cktrl

    adera (rough demo)

  • cktrl

    wind within the trees

  • cktrl

    honey (demo)

  • cktrl

    doe-eyed (demo)

  • cktrl

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

  • cktrl

    open

    • spirit.
  • The Jones Girls

    Nights Over Egypt

    • Nights Over Egypt.
    • Philadelphia International Records.

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Sep 2025 22:00