Cooling cosmic selections… with Zakia
Zakia takes us on another mystical musical voyage, with cosmic selections to help keep our cool. Plus, we hear from artist Sparklmami on her musical inspirations and her 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.
Zakia takes us on another mystical musical voyage, with cosmic selections to help keep our cool in this heat. There are sound collages from Melbourne’s Synergy Trilogy, cosmic folk songs from Bengal’s Mohammed After Hussain and some oldtime banjo from Emile Grimshaw. There’s a hefty dose of sunny Brazilian jazz from the likes of Joyce Moreno and Hermeto Pascoal, and new releases including Beverly Glenn Copeland, Husha Husha and Lau Ro.
Plus, we’ll be heading down the Portal with the Texas-born and Chicago-based musician, visual artist and self-confessed dreamer Sparklmami, whose debut album in this body came out earlier this month. She shares a couple of her musical inspirations, as well as some of her dreams and how they’ve influenced her work.
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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Minnie Riperton
Only When I'm Dreaming
- Come to My Garden.
- GRT.
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Blue Earth Sound
Missouri Midnight
- The St. Louis Sessions EP.
- DeepMatter Records.
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sparklmami
Running
- in this body.
- Verve.
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Stelvio Cipriani
Mary's Theme
- Femina Ridens (Colonna Sonora Originale).
- Four Flies Records.
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The Spike Drivers
Strange Mysterious Sounds
- Ted Lucas Images of Life.
- Reprise Records.
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Louis Matute
Santa Marta
- Dolce Vita.
- Naïve Believe.
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Joyce
Descompassadamente
- Natureza.
- Far Out Recordings.
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Hermeto Pascoal
Bebe
- A Música Livre De Hermeto Pascoal.
- Sinter.
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Lau Ro
Mito Do Fim
- Lau.
- Mexican Summer.
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Synergy Trilogy
W Life
- Synergy Trilogy.
- Infinite Expanse.
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Mohammed After Hussain & PAQ
The Day Our Souls United (Attate Mishaia Atta)
- Hive Mind Records.
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Henri Texier
Amir
- Amir.
- Eurodisc.
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eric demuro
Dreamsteam
- Simulacra.
- Bastard Jazz Recordings.
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sparklmami
in this body
- in this body.
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sparklmami
it was 5am
- in this body.
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sparklmami
no te vayas
- in this body.
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sparklmami
Quisera
- in this body.
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Piero Piccioni
Love Will Find A Way
- Il Dio Sotto La Pelle (The Original Complete Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Easy Tempo.
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Flora Purim
Love Lock
- Warner Records Inc..
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Beverly Glenn‐Copeland
Light of the Heavens
- Transgressive.
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Diggs Duke
3rd Street Rag (Take 2)
- We Call It Ragtime.
- Following Is Leading.
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Lucho Muñoz
Pasional
- The Paths Of Pain (The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960-68).
- Honest Jons.
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Emile Grimshaw
You and a Canoe
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Husha Husha
How Would the Moon Dance?
- Here Come The Waterworks.
- We Are Busy Bodies.
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Abdullah Ibrahim & Johnny Dyani
Ntsikana's Bell
- Good News from Africa.
- Cameo Records.
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Tepe Gawra
E. Tholoi
- Epigraphy.
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Timoteo Carbone Hansson
Water Dance II / Circle
- Gwethilu: Songs For The Dark Lake.
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afromerm
seasketch (shetland residency)
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Emily A. Sprague
Sing To
- RVNG.
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Eli Wewentxu & Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė
y así pasó, me dormí.
- Después de llover.
- STROOM.
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Tomo Katsurada & Jonny Nash
Nagare Ni
- At The Emerald Pool.
- Melody As Truth.
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X.Y.R.
an ordinary miracle
- An Ordinary Miracle.
- Not Not Fun Records.
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d york
Granular Rain, Pt. 1
- Granular Rain.
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Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers
Bound for Canaan
- Songs From The B. F. White Sacred Harp.
- Death is not the End.
Broadcast
- Sunday22:00BBC Radio 6 Music
