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Summer breeze… with Zakia

Join Zakia as she brings in a rather auspicious moment in the year, when the sun stands still in its movement along the horizon, with sun-soaked selections and psychedelia.

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 as she brings in a rather auspicious moment in the year, solstice, when the sun stands still in its movement along the horizon. Zakia celebrates the first day of summer, the shortest night of the year, and the longest day, with sun-soaked selections, songs bidding for an embrace of nature, and plenty of psychedelia. There’ll be a zen buddhist cowboy song courtesy of Robbie Basho, tripped-out poetry from someone who many consider to be the original hippy, a free jazz ode to sun-dancing, plus new music from Sharada Shashidhar, BCMC and Kirk Barley.

Inspired by the idea of getting back to nature and living with the cyclical rhythms of the sun, we’re joined by helllhound, who have recently released an album inspired by their escape from the bustling city of LA to a Californian mountain village in the Sierra National Forest. They tell us about their dreams, their solstice plans, and the making of their new album.

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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Sun 21 Jun 202622:00
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Music Played

  • The Main Ingredient

    Summer Breeze

    • Euphrates River.
    • RCA Victor.

  • BCMC

    Boulevard Treats

    • Stash.
    • Drag City.

  • hellllhound

    there

    • Here in the Valley.
    • Constellation Tatsu.

  • Robbie Basho

    Rising Sun Song

    • Song of the Avatars: The Lost Master Tapes.
    • Tompkins Square.

  • Upupayāma

    Morning Temple

    • Honesty Flowers.
    • Fuzz Club Records.

  • Sunlight

    Light Without Heat

    • Creation of Sunlight.
    • Guerssen Records.

  • Henriette Eilertsen Trio

    So ro

    • Moder.
    • Motvind.

  • Jeanne Lee

    Sundance

    • Conspiracy.
    • Earthform.

  • Sharada Shashidhar

    One Foot on The Ground

    • A Foot on the Ground.
    • Colorfield Records.

  • White Feather

    Summer Days/Golden Haze

    • We Are The Children Of The Sun.
    • BBE.

  • William Tyler & Kieran Hebden

    Timber

    • 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s.
    • Eat Your Own Ears.

  • helllhound

    By the land

  • helllhound

    Venus in libra

  • helllhound

    The Pleiades

  • helllhound

    Here in the Valley

  • helllhound

    Downstream

  • helllhound

    Lullaby

  • Jessica Pratt

    Opening Night

    • Quiet Signs.
    • Mexican Summer.

  • Shira Small

    Gimme Magic

    • The Line Of Time And The Plane Of Now.
    • Numero Group.

  • eden ahbez

    Full Moon

    • Eden's Island (The Music Of An Enchanted Isle).
    • Del-Fi Records.

  • The Beatles

    Sun King

    • Abbey Road.
    • Apple.

  • Charles Esposito

    Solstice

    • In Real Time.
    • Audiolutions.

  • sparklmami

    in this body

    • in this body.
    • Verve Records.

  • Joni Mitchell

    The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

    • The Hissing of Summer Lawns.
    • Asylum Records.

  • Kirk Barley

    Knead

    • Arc.
    • Marionette.

  • Delia Derbyshire, Barry Bermange

    Colour

    • BBC's Third Programme.
    • BBC.

  • Modern Biology & Zekarisa Musele Thompson

    Growing Roots

    • Plants Can Dance.
    • A State of Flow.

  • APNI

    Yaar Vekho (feat. Matthewdavid & Stuart Bogie)

    • Yaar Vekho.
    • LEAVING RECORDS.

  • Nailah Hunter

    Into the Sun (Instrumental)

    • Lovegaze.
    • Fat Possum.

  • Anja Lauvdal, Espen Reinertsen & Christian Winther

    Nattravnen

    • Night As Day Day As Night.
    • SOFA.

  • Florian T M Zeisig

    Earth Loop

    • A New Life.
    • STROOM.

  • Merope

    Ei Dvipa

    • Salos.
    • STROOM.

  • Tokoro Wohnen

    A600w

    • Bing Industries.
    • Flaming Pines.

  • Nico Georis

    Lake-Eyes

    • Music Belongs To The Universe.
    • LEAVING RECORDS.

  • Martin Glass

    Centro Spirituale

    • The Martin Glass Affair.
    • Kit Records.

  • Vashti Bunyan

    Glow Worms

    • Just Another Diamond Day.
    • Philips.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Jun 202622:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music