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Whimsical dreams with Zakia… ft. Haruomi Hosono

Zakia leads us on another musical journey to soundtrack your dreams, and we hear from the Japanese music legend Haruomi Hosono on his latest album and his inner world.

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 reaches for whimsical and electronic selections, inspired by her very special guest - the Japanese legend Haruomi Hosono. Now 79 years old, Hosono has been a pioneer since his musical beginnings in the 1960s, including with his trailblazing group Yellow Magic Orchestra. Hosono has had a huge impact on genres from pop and electronic music to techno and ambient. Artists like Cameron Winter, Thundercat and Aphex Twin have all cited him as one of their musical heroes. Hosono talks about his latest album Yours Sincerely, his first new music in seven years, as well as his dreams and a piece of music that inspires him.

Elsewhere, Zakia plays lots of new music, including from Regina Collage, ddwy, Misha Panfilov and Tashi Dorji, and marks some special birthdays, including John Coltrane, Linda Lewis and Tim Maia. Plus lots of Japanese selections inspired by Hosono, from Frank Chickens to Hiroshi Yoshimura, as well as a previously unreleased soundtrack to a Werner Herzog documentary.

We want to hear your dreams! Send in tales of your sleepy adventures to dreamtime@bbc.co.uk...

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Music Played

  • Linda Lewis

    Light Years Away

    • Woman Overboard.
    • Arista.

  • Misha Panfilov

    When I See You (It Feels Wonderful)

    • Where the Birds Fly.
    • Funk Night.

  • Yellow Magic Orchestra

    Insomnia

    • Solid State Survivor.
    • Alfa.

  • Regina Collage

    Svitlo

    • Horizont.
    • do you have peace?.

  • ddwy

    Drink the Real Flowers

    • Tell Me, Told You.
    • Public Possession.

  • Haruomi Hosono

    Anemo Wheel

    • Yours Sincerely.
    • Ghostly International.

  • Popol Vuh

    Main Theme (ML Buch Variation)

    • The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner OST.
    • Latency.

  • Greg Foat

    Shirahama Beach

    • everyone.
    • Blue Crystal Records.

  • Frank Chickens

    Revolution

    • Club Monkey.
    • Flying Records.

  • Kenichiro Isoda

    TANEKOMA

    • EPILOGUE.
    • Oath.

  • Haruomi Hosono

    Humming Dream of Love

    • Yours Sincerely.
    • Ghostly International.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7

  • Hiroshi Yoshimura

    Deep Echoes

    • Quiet Echoes.
    • Temporal Drift.

  • Tashi Dorji + Faith Coloccia

    Short Lived Echo

    • And Their Power Was Alive.
    • Whited Sepulchre Records.

  • L’Rain

    With Time

    • fata morgana.
    • Mexican Summer.

  • John Coltrane

    Alabama

    • Live at Birdland.
    • Impulse.

  • John Carroll Kirby

    Rain Walking

    • Piano Works 2016-2026.
    • Stones Throw.

  • Michael Atherton

    Sunshower

    • Windshift.
    • Infinite Expanse.

  • Simon Anholt

    Autumn

    • Paul Hillery presents We Are The Children of the Setting Sun.
    • BBE.

  • Colin Stetson, Brìghde Chaimbeul

    Snowfall

    • All the light in the world.
    • Invada.

  • Flora Yin Wong & Jerzy Mączyński

    The Other Side (feat. Laila Sakini)

    • The Double.
    • Accidental Meetings.

  • Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola

    for the dragonflies

    • Sonando Gravedad.
    • Notice Recordings.

  • Maharishi Yogo + Doc No

    Night sky trumpet

  • the sun, waterhole

    the sun, waterhole

  • Gwenno Morgan

    iâ / toddi

    • gwreiddiau.

  • Haruomi Hosono

    talking

    • Watering a Flower.

  • Tim Maia

    O Caminho Do Bem

    • Tim Maia Racional, Vol. 2.
    • Seroma.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday22:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music