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Ethereal, dubby and danceable… with Zakia

Zakia handpicks music to ease the mind and soothe the soul, and welcomes South London duo ddwy to discuss their new EP and the music that accompanies their dreams.

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 Zakia hand-picks a selection of tracks to help you drift away, with music from Canterbury scene stalwarts Caravan and Robert Wyatt, lo-fi samples from Belfast artist ffolliott, deviant pop from 1980s Spain, a new take on one of her favourite folk songs by Irish singer Radie Peat, and a tribute to American songwriter Laura Nyro on what would have been her 79th birthday.

Elsewhere in the show, Zakia welcomes South London duo ddwy into the portal. With their own music flowing between the ethereal, dubby and danceable, the pair pick out two tracks that have accompanied their dreams, and tell us about their new EP.

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

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Music Played

  • Caravan

    Magic Man

    • Caravan.
    • Verve Forecast.

  • Antonio Russek

    La Trama de le Vida

    • A La Altura: Visionary Mexican Music 1977-1999 - Volume 1.
    • Light In The Attic.

  • ddwy

    Stars Stars

    • Test Pressing.
    • Beaming Backwards.

  • Robert Wyatt & Disharhi

    Grass

    • Grass / Trade Union.
    • Rough Trade.

  • Vanessa Bedoret

    See Saw

    • About Time.
    • Scenic Route.

  • Laura Nyro

    Mr. Blue (The Song of Communications)

    • Nested.
    • Columbia.

  • Space Ghost

    VGM

    • Back From Reality.
    • Peace World Records.

  • L’Rain

    Glass ceiling

    • fata morgana.
    • Mexican Summer.

  • Ffolliot

    chreme

    • Gree.
    • Kitto Records.

  • Javier Segura

    Camino Largo

    • LA OLA NOCTURNA : Experimental songs and deviant pop from the Spanish 80's.
    • Bongo Joe Switzerland.

  • Selda Bağcan

    Ince Ince

    • Selda.
    • Finders Keepers Records.

  • Basma & Temir Alcy

    Belati

    • NAD.
    • STROOM.tv.

  • M. Sage

    Toads from Memory [

    • Brush Flier.
    • RVNG Intl..

  • ddwy

    Drink The Real Flowers

    • Drink The Real Flowers.
    • Public Possession.

  • Andy Boay

    You're In The Air Now

    • You Took That Walk For The Two Of Us.
    • Dœs Are.

  • Annesley Malawana & The Moonstones

    Rosa Male

    • More Hits By The Moonstones.
    • Sooriya.

  • Misha Panfilov

    Baltica Calls Me

    • The Sea Will Outlive Us All.
    • Miraaž Records.

  • Helen

    Canyon

    • Linda's Head.
    • kranky.

  • Radie Peat

    Hares on the Mountain

    • No Human Tongue Can Tell.
    • Rough Trade.

  • aja monet

    To Sister (feat. Ganavya, Brandee Younger & Ganavya & Brandee Younger)

    • the color of rain.
    • drink sum wtr.

  • Khaled Kurbeh

    wal-Leil

    • Ithā Sajā.
    • Research Records.

  • Isik Kural

    Motorcycles and Cherry Wind

    • Motorcycles and Cherry Wind.
    • Rvng Intl.

  • Taylor Deupree

    An Absence of Time

    • An Absence of Time.

  • Yoichi Kamimura

    Utawai

    • Utawai.

  • Hinako Omori

    will you listen in (earth loop reimagined)

    • will you listen in (earth loop reimagined).

  • Harikuyamaku

    fly into...

    • fly into….

  • HUG, Gyan Riley, Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson

    Homunculus in the Foliage

    • HUG.
    • Luaka Bop.

  • The London Ambient Orchestra

    Breathe

    • Live from Camden.
    • Past Inside the Present.

  • Nobuhiro Okahashi

    Solemn

    • Between Frost and Promise.
    • ROHS! RECORDS.

  • Nailah Hunter

    We

    • We.

  • Yves Montand

    Les Feuilles Mortes

    • Les Feuilles Mortes.
    • Parlophone.

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    BBC Radio 6 Music