Dreamy carnival sounds... with Zakia
Zakia celebrates Notting Hill Carnival with a dreamlike journey through calypso, roots reggae and dub, and traces the global influence of sound system culture.
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 marks Notting Hill Carnival with a hazy, echo-drenched journey through the music and diasporas that have shaped its sound. From the waltzing Trinidadian calypso of Lionel Belasco, to classic dub and roots reggae from Augustus Pablo, Bunny Wailer, Jennifer Lara and Dennis Bovell鈥檚 soundtrack to the cult film Babylon. Plus, music that carries sound system culture into new territory: ZENA & SLICKnBOBBY exploring connections between Ethiopia and Jamaica, Tafi All Stars giving traditional Ghanaian rhythms the dub treatment, and Lokkhi Terra & Shikor Bangladesh Allstars bringing Baul folk music into dialogue with reggae.
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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Augustus Pablo
King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
- King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown.
- Yard Music.
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Agrupacion Chang贸
Entre Pat铆a y Sanquianga (Cerrero dub)
- Cerrero dubs.
- Llorona Records.
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Lionel Belasco鈥檚 Orchestra
Roses of Caracas Waltz
- Seven Skeletons Found In The Yard: Trinidad Calypsos 1928-1948.
- Mississippi Records.
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Lord Kitchener
Carnival in Town
- London Is The Place For Me 8 (Lord Kitchener In England, 1948-1962).
- Honest Jon's.
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ZENA & SLICKnBOBBY
Tryst (Kazanchis Dub)
- Tryst (Kazanchis Dub).
- Brownswood Recordings.
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ZENA, SLICKnBOBBY & Lokkhi Terra & Shikor Bangladesh Allstars
Ronger Duniya
- Bangla Rasta.
- Funkiwala.
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Stranger Cole & Jah Levy
I'm Living
- I鈥檓 Living.
- Half Moon.
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Cornell Campbell
Jah Jah Me Horn Ya
- Jah Jah Me Horn Ya,.
- Common Ground International.
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Aisha
Evil Spirits
- High Priestess.
- Ariwa.
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Dennis Bovell
Jazterpiece
- Babylon (The Original Soundtrack).
- Chrysalis.
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Bunny Wailer
Rasta Man (Dub D'sco)
- Dubd鈥檚co Vol. 1.
- Solomonic.
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Uffe
Not Around
- Not All The Stars EP.
- On the Corner.
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Tafi All Stars
Cantata
- Outside Rhythm.
- Autonomous Africa.
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Rhythm & Sound
Queen in My Empire (feat. Jennifer Lara)
- Queen In My Empire.
- Burial Mix.
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African Head Charge
Disciplined and Dignified
- Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi.
- On-U Sound.
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Mo Kolours & The Co-Operators
Soon Come
- Fruits of the Diaspora.
- Waggle Dance Records.
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Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari
So Long
- Grounation.
- Vulcan.
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Easy Star All-Stars
Speak to Me / Breathe (In the Air) (feat. Sluggy Ranks)
- Dub Side Of The Moon.
- Prior.
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unkle G
riding my bike to the studio (feat. unkle foriegn, unkle clay & unkle marco)
- Good Mother Lizard.
- EquiknoxxMusic.
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Fimber Bravo
Ancestral Heartbeat
- Con-Fusion.
- Moshi Moshi Music.
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Sofie Birch
Fluorit
- Bivabippabualukka.
- STROOM.
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Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Clouds in Tralfamadore
- The Vanishing Earth.
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JJJJJerome Ellis
Savannah Sparrow (for and after Kenita Miller)
- Vesper Sparrow.
- Shelter Press.
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Nailah Hunter
Bassin Bleu
- Bassin Bleu.
- Looking Glass.
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Nala Sinephro
Space 1
- Space 1.8.
- Warp.
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Teebs
Atoms Song (feat. Thomas Stankiewicz)
- Anicca.
- Brainfeeder.
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Laraaji
Meditation 1
- Ambient 3: Day of Radiance.
- Editions EG.
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Mona Baptiste
Calypso Blues
- London Is The Place For Me 2 (Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black.
- Honest Jon's.
Broadcast
- Sunday 22:00麻豆社 Radio 6 Music