Main content

Sweet cosmic late-night selections… with Zakia

Sweet cosmic late-night selections from Zakia for your weekly wind down. Plus, The Vernon Spring drops by to share a dream and some of his biggest musical inspirations.

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…

Time to clock in for your weekly visit to the world of Dream Time - 2 hours of sweet cosmic late-night selections from Zakia. There’s new music from Phi-Psonics, Trá Pháidín, Ganavya and Gabriel Brady, as well as a previously unreleased gem from the vaults of Francis Bebey and some sweet 70s goodness from Linda Perhacs, Laraaji and The Sylvers.

Plus, we hear from North London musician, composer and producer The Vernon Spring, with an exclusive track from his forthcoming record, some reflections on the magic of Curtis Mayfield, and a recent dream he had about Kendrick Lamar…

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 Kit Callin

A Reduced Listening production for BBC 6 Music

26 days left to listen

2 hours

Last on

Sunday 22:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

More episodes

Previous

Carnatic sounds and dreamy musical selections … with Zakia

Next

04/05/2025

See all episodes from Dream Time

Music Played

  • The Vernon Spring

    Strength of a Young Man

    • Strength Of A Young Man.
    • Lima Limo Records.

  • Phi‐Psonics

    Love Theme From Your Life

    • Expanding to One.
    • Gondwana Records.

  • Linda Perhacs

    Morning Colors

    • Parellelograms.
    • Kapp Records.

  • Francis Bebey

    Quand Le Soleil Est La (Alternate Drum Machine Version)

    • Trésor Magnétique (Magnetic Treasure).
    • Africa Seven.

  • Keiran Francis

    From Morning (DJ Squid mix)

    • Love is the most important thing (1).
    • Plates.

  • Breath

    After-Dinner Mint

    • Slow Down.
    • 2001.

  • Q‐Tip

    Do U Dig U

    • Kamaal the Abstract.
    • Battery Records.

  • The Vernon Spring

    Under a Familiar Sun

    • Under A Familar Sun.
    • RVNG Intl..

  • The Vernon Spring

    Norton

    • Under A Familar Sun.
    • RVNG Intl..

  • Kendrick Lamar

    Crown

    • Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers.
    • Interscope.

  • SAULT

    Air

    • AIR.
    • Forever Living Originals.

  • OK Jazz

    Yeba Nameki Komeka

    • Pas Un Pas Sans... The Boleros Of O.K. Jazz 1957-77.
    • Planet Ilunga.

  • Ignacio Maria Gomez

    Ile Penaro

    • Belesia.
    • Helico Music.

  • Laraaji

    Bethlehem

    • Celestial Vibration.
    • Numero Group.

  • Trá Pháidín

    cé mo dhuine siúl sa hi-vis

    • An 424 (Expanded).
    • Hive Mind Records.

  • Ganavya

    Sees Fire

    • Nilam.
    • LEITER.

  • Gabriel Brady

    Land and Sea

    • Day-blind.
    • Tonal Union.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    The Makings Of You

    • Curtis!.
    • Curtom.

  • Hana Amaya

    Blue Room

  • Hiroshi Yoshimura

    Maple Syrup Factory

    • Flora.
    • Temporal Drift.

  • Alan Graves

    Dissipating Front

    • A Possible Wind.
    • Bathysphere Records.

  • Antonina Nowacka

    Light Light

    • Sylphine Soporifera.
    • Mondoj.

  • Cole Pulice

    Fragments of a Slipstream Dream

    • Land's End Eternal.
    • LEAVING RECORDS.

  • Carl Pfeil

    Infinities

    • Dingling Dangling In The Morning And In The Evening.

  • Lamin Fofana

    Infinite-Regress Into Futures Past

    • Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol. 1.
    • Chromesthesia.

  • Maria Somerville

    October Moon

    • Luster.
    • 4AD.

  • Saito Koji

    Waiting In A Dream / Walk On Spring

    • Haruno.

  • Rindert Lammers

    Sleep Well Hiroshi Yoshimura

    • Thank You Kirin Kiki.
    • Western Vinyl.

  • The Sylvers

    Cry of a Dreamer

    • II.
    • MGM.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 22:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music