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Shoegaze sounds… with Zakia

Join Zakia for a deep dive into the woozy world of shoegaze and dreampop, guided by the writer Simon Reynolds and his new book β€˜Still in a Dream’.

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.

Join Zakia for a deep dive into the woozy world of shoegaze and dreampop, guided by the writer Simon Reynolds and his new book β€˜Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994’. We’re taken on a swoony journey through the genre - filling our heads with the fog and losing ourselves in the blazing guitars of My Bloody Valentine, escaping into the ethereal magic of Cocteau Twins, and lucid dreaming with A. R. Kane.

Elsewhere Zakia plays more hazy sounds, including new music from FAUZIA, Barreleye, Reverse Death and Discovery Zone, as well as some dreampop deep cuts including Manila’s Daydream Cycle, Madrid’s Paperhouse and Hanoi’s ³Ύα»‘i.

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

  • Nabihah Iqbal

    Wait 4 U

    • Blue Magic Gentle Magic (lost songs).

  • Jazzless

    Something Warm About the Rain

    • Exotic Guitar Humidity.
    • Cinemascope.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Pitch the Baby

    • Heaven or Las Vegas.
    • 4AD.

  • Daydream Cycle

    My Luscious Star

    • Daydream Cycle.

  • FAUZIA

    Without Me

    • I Was Here For a Moment.
    • Mexican Summer.

  • Coti

    Theros

    • Theros.
    • Dark Entries Records.

  • Barreleye

    Fingers / Ivy

    • One Eyes Glitters.
    • Kit Records.

  • Kelora

    Tourmaline

    • Sleepers.
    • True Panther.

  • Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd

    Memory Gongs

    • The Moon & the Melodies.
    • 4AD.

  • My Bloody Valentine

    Sometimes

    • Loveless.
    • Creation.

  • Seefeel

    Climactic Phase #3

    • Quique.
    • Astralwerks.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Lazy Calm

    • Victorialand.
    • Vertigo Records.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Those Eyes, That Mouth

    • Love's Easy Tears.
    • 4AD.

  • Reverse Death

    Lilies on the Water

    • Reflectors, Vol. I (split).
    • Dead Currencies.

  • Connan Mockasin

    Reflectors, Vol. I (split)

    • Forever Dolphin Love.
    • Looking Glass.

  • Tortoise

    Works and Days

    • Touch.
    • International Anthem.

  • Paperhouse

    Ali Baba

    • ΄‘»εΎ±Γ³²υ.
    • Elefant Records.

  • From 2

    I Am a Bird

    • Indie Stock.
    • South of North.

  • ³Ύα»‘i

    ở Δ‘Γ’u (feat. Pilgrim Raid)

    • ³¦³σờ.

  • A.R. Kane

    sun falls into the sea

    • 69.
    • Rough Trade.

  • A.R. Kane

    Up

    • Up Home!.
    • Rough Trade.

  • Slowdive

    Shine

    • Blue Day.
    • Creation.

  • Slowdive

    ambient guitar demo

    • Pygmalion Demos.

  • feeble little horse

    Picture

    • Hayday.
    • Saddle Creek.

  • Discovery Zone

    Big Bang

    • Library Copy Do Not Remove.
    • RVNG.

  • Calibre

    Pigeon Luncheon

    • Tricklemore Sea.
    • Signature.

  • Stardust Multiplier

    creation - convergence

    • Convergence.
    • Personal Affair.

  • Sonic Youth

    Ambient Guitar & Dreamy Theme

    • Spinhead Sessions.

  • Go Hirano

    It will be filled with birds singing someday

  • Valerian (Her Voice Honeyed)

    Valerian (Her Voice Honeyed)

    • xuvetyn.
    • Projekt Records.

  • Matthew Young

    The Summer Girls

    • Undercurrents.
    • Drag City.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday 22:00
    ΒιΆΉΙη Radio 6 Music