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Healing jazz and swirling synths… with Zakia

Dive into mystical musical dream realms with your trusty guide Zakia Sewell - celestial selections from healing jazz, swirling synths and more. Plus words from musician Tony Njoku.

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…

Dive into mystical musical dream realms with your trusty guide Zakia Sewell’s celestial selections. There’s healing jazz from London’s Levitation Orchestra, fuzzy lo-fi sounds from Rio de Janeiro band °Ώ°ω³άΓ£ and some Oklahoma bossa nova from Steve Weichert. Plus Zulu guitar from South Africa’s Madala Kunene and Sibusile Xaba, Ethio-jazz tinged swirling synths from Kibrom Birhane and some Philadelphia soul from The Stylistics.

We’re also taken down the portal by London-raised, Margate-based singer, songwriter, pianist and producer Tony Njoku. He shares his recurring dreams of a cuttlefish and its deep symbolism, as well as a piece of music that transports him to a special memory in Cornwall.

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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Sun 23 Nov 2025 22:00
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Music Played

  • The Stylistics

    People Make The World Go Round

    • The Stylistics.
    • Avco Records.

  • Don Cherry and Latif Khan

    Untitled / Inspiration From Home

    • Music / Sangam.
    • Heavenly Sweetness.

  • Brian Nasty

    I Have So Much To Tell You (feat. Sofie Royer)

    • I Have So Much To Tell You (single).
    • Big Dada.

  • Narrator

    Troposphere

    • RADIOWEAVER.
    • life is beautiful records.

  • Tony Njoku

    DEPLETED (feat. Tricky)

    • ALL OUR KNIVES ARE ALWAYS SHARP.
    • Studio Njoku.

  • Steve Weichert

    Storm

    • Steve Weichert.
    • Barky Records.

  • Sam Prekop

    Showrooms

    • Sam Prekop.
    • Thrill Jockey.

  • Kibrom Birhane

    VORTEX αŠ α‹™αˆͺቡ (feat. Esy Tadesse)

    • LISANÉ BAHIR.
    • Flying Carpet Records.

  • Sarathy Korwar

    On A Perfect Day

    • There Is Beauty, There Already,.
    • Otherland.

  • °Ώ°ω³άΓ£

    Soft

    • Slacker.
    • K.

  • Juana Molina

    Desinhumano

    • DOGA.
    • Sonamos.

  • Hubert Laws

    Forlane

    • Romeo & Juliet.
    • Columbia.

  • Tony Njoku

    O.T.B.O.F.

    • ALL OUR KNIVES ARE ALWAYS SHARP.
    • Studio Njoku.

  • Tony Njoku

    Biafra

    • Last Bloom EP.

  • Stephen Drury

    In a Landscape

  • Tortoise

    In Sarah, Mencken, Christ And Beethoven There Were Women And Men

    • TNT.
    • City Slang.

  • Madala Kunene & Sibusile Xaba

    Usho Njalo

    • kwaNTU.
    • Mushroom Hour Half Hour.

  • Annarella and Django

    Pluie Melancholique

    • Jouer.
    • We Are Busy Bodies.

  • Levitation Orchestra

    Sanctuary

    • Sanctuary.
    • 5dB Records.

  • Himera

    Oh How You Look When You're Asleep

    • Now I Know What Dreams Are Made Of.
    • unseelie.

  • Ange Halliwell

    Trilogy (feat. Malibu)

    • Spirit are you here ?.

  • Klinck Trio

    Lullaby

    • My Hair Is Everywhere.
    • VIERNULVIER Records.

  • Drexler

    Kirrikee

    • Kirrikee (single).

  • Tashi Dorji

    Gathering

    • low clouds hang, this land is on fire.
    • Drag City.

  • Julianna Barwick & William Tyler

    Drift of the Jenny

    • Drift of the Jenny.
    • Across the Horizon.

  • Donny Hathaway

    Someday We'll All Be Free

    • Extension of a Man.
    • Atco Records.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Nov 2025 22:00
    ΒιΆΉΙη Radio 6 Music