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
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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.
- Թé.
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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
adera (rough demo)
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cktrl
wind within the trees
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cktrl
honey (demo)
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cktrl
doe-eyed (demo)
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cktrl
find me/find u/found u/mine (demo)
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cktrl
open
- spirit.
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The Jones Girls
Nights Over Egypt
- Nights Over Egypt.
- Philadelphia International Records.
Broadcast
- Sun 28 Sep 2025 22:00ѿý Radio 6 Music