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Carnatic sounds and dreamy musical selections … with Zakia

Zakia wraps up the bank holiday weekend with some meditative sounds to send you off into a world of 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…

Tumble down the rabbit hole with Zakia for another cosmic journey into Dream Time, and her selections of meditative, dreamy sounds. There’s an Indian film score from Tamil composer and violin player, T.K. Ramamoorthy; a dreamy gem found in a dusty record shop in a back street of Bangkok, plus an old favourite record found amongst Zakia’s house move, alongside new music from Barney Keen, Paul Jones, and Garoa.

And, elsewhere, we hear from special guest Sarathy Korwar, a percussionist who fuses traditional Indian music with contemporary improvisation. Born in the US, Sarathy spent his early years in Chennai, India, and is now a key fixture on the London jazz scene. Sarathy whisks us down the portal, taking us away with him to the backseat of his beat-up old car, and his memories driving around the streets of Pune, India, in the summer of 2007, with his cassette deck blaring out one track in particular…

We want to hear your dreams! Send in tales of your sleepy adventures to [email protected] or text them to 03700 100 600

Produced by Cat Gough

A Reduced Listening production for BBC 6 Music

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Sun 20 Apr 2025 22:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Flock

    Edge of Empty

    • Flock II.
    • Strut.

  • Garoa

    A Sandália Quadrada de Lampião

    • Voa.
    • Sucata Tapes.

  • Barney Keen

    Figure Out

    • Harbinger.
    • Touching Bass.

  • Stereolab

    Rainbo Conversation

    • Dots and Loops.
    • Warp.

  • Star Teen Rhythm

    Who Knows My Love

    • Dreamy Music.
    • Haishan Records.

  • T.K. Ramamoorthy

    Gowla

    • Fabulous Notes And Beats Of The Indian Carnatic-Jazz.
    • Odeon.

  • Sarathy Korwar

    Remember Begum Rokheya (Live in Mumbai)

    • Kalak (Live in Mumbai).
    • The Leaf Label.

  • Adele Sebastian

    Desert Fairy Princess

    • Desert Fairy Princess.
    • UGMAA.

  • Paul Jones

    When Do We Just Float Away?

    • When Do We Just Float Away?.
    • PRAH Recordings.

  • Bob Dylan

    Don't Think Twice

    • The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
    • Columbia.

  • Jim White and Marisa Anderson

    Bitterroot Valley Suite I: Water

    • Swallowtail.
    • Thrill Jockey Records.

  • Ananda Shankar

    Renunciation

    • Ananda Shankar And His Music.
    • Mr Bongo.

  • Hamsi Boubeker

    Tafete

    • Le Chant Des Profondeurs.
    • Frederiksberg Records.

  • Sonlife

    On The Surf

    • Night Ride EP.
    • DSPPR.

  • Phil Cook

    Ambassador Cathedral

    • Appalachia Borealis.
    • Psychic Hotline.

  • The Vernon Spring

    Esrever Ni Rehtaf (feat. aden)

    • Under a Familiar Sun.
    • Lanugo Fur / RVNG Intl.

  • Sarathy Korwar

    Dreaming

    • Day to Day.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Nū

    Tezetaye

    • Tezetaye.
    • Highly Contagious.

  • Carlos Niño & Friends

    Delightfulllll - Waterfall (feat. Iasos)

    • Flutes, Echoes, It's All Happening!.
    • LEAVING RECORDS.

  • Alice Coltrane and Charlie Hayden

    For Turiya

    • Closeness.
    • Horizon.

  • Yara Asmar

    Jumana

    • synth waltzes and accordion laments.
    • Hive Mind Records.

  • Cia Himiân Lí

    Vual ka tu rbo ki nay / Sin, tī Thôo-bah--ni̍h

    • Vual / Sin Thé (oral / without tea).
    • tsss tapes.

  • Macie Stewart

    Stairwell Before and After

    • Spring Becomes You Spring Becomes New.
    • International Anthem.

  • Lovesong

    Let Us Be One

Broadcast

  • Sun 20 Apr 2025 22:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music