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Dreamy dubbed out sounds inspired by Carnival…with Zakia

Zakia celebrates the Notting Hill Carnival, with dreamy dub selections. Plus, writer and broadcaster Edward George delves into the connections between dreaming and dub.

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…

It's Carnival weekend…Zakia celebrates by drawing for some of her favourite dub, reggae sounds and Nyabinghi rhythms. There are classics from King Tubby, Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, and Steel An’ Skin. Plus, lots of brand new releases to float away to…including from Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Takao, and Roger Ekman. As well as a song that was delivered to Zakia via the dream gods…

Zakia is helped along with her Carnival celebrations by the much admired writer, film-maker, writer and broadcaster, Edward George. Host and brilliant mind behind the radio series and listening project, the Strangeness of Dub on Morley College Radio, where he delves into the sound worlds of dub, seeing dub as a site of radical possibilities channelled through sound. On Dream Time, he tells us a bit about the mysteries of dub, and its connection with dreaming…and he transports us to his memory of the sound systems of Jah Shaka under the Westway in the late 70s, one of his favourite memories of the Carnival.

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Last on

Sun 24 Aug 202522:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Harry Mudie meets King Tubby

    Heavy Duty Dub (Original)

    • In Dub Conference Volume One.
    • Moondisc Records.

  • Cosmic Tones Research Trio

    Sankofa

    • The Cosmic Tones Research Trio.
    • Mississippi Records.

  • Aisha

    The Creator

    • The Creator.
    • Ariwa Sounds.

  • Gavsborg

    Dancing Crustacean at the Bus Station (feat. Toké)

    • 1 Hour Service.
    • Cassette Blair Records.

  • Gong

    Mandrake

    • Shamal.
    • Virgin Records.

  • Roger Ekman

    Besök Hos En Allmänpraktiserande Läkare (Specialitet Nervösa Besvär)

    • Ångest.
    • BBE Records.

  • Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari

    Sam's Intro

    • Tales Of Mozambique.
    • Dynamic Sounds.

  • Adrian Sherwood

    The Well is Poisoned

    • The Collapse of Everything.
    • On-U Sound Records.

  • Joe Armon‐Jones & Nubya Garcia

    Nubya's Side of Town

    • Wrong Side of Town.
    • Aquarii Records.

  • Anthony Joseph

    Satellite (feat. ESKA)

    • Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back.
    • Heavenly Sweetness.

  • Madosini & DZM Project

    Bafazi (Dub)

    • Power To The Women.
    • M.E.L.T. 2000 Records.

  • Alice Coltrane & John Coltrane

    Peace on Earth

    • Infinity.
    • Impulse!.

  • Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

    Stardust Take One

    • Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: 1923-1934.
    • Columbia.

  • Bim Sherman & Sound Iration

    Dream Version Part III

    • Dream.
    • Partial Records.

  • Rhythm & Sound

    No Partial

    • Rhythm & Sound.
    • Rhythm & Sound Records.

  • Chip Wickham

    Lost Souls

    • The Eternal Now.
    • Gondwana Records.

  • Takao

    Music Room (feat. Yumea Horiike)

    • The End of the Brim.
    • EM Records.

  • Steel an’ Skin

    Afro Punk Reggae (Dub)

    • Reggae is Here Once Again.
    • EM Records.

  • Pharoah Sanders

    I Want To Talk About You

    • Welcome to Love.
    • Timeless.

  • Mal Waldron

    All Alone

    • Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert.
    • Tompkins Square.

  • Aziz & Friends

    Wave Four

    • Waves of Peace.
    • Morning Trip Records.

  • Lau Ro

    Orvalho

    • Sitting on the Moon.
    • Mexican Summer.

  • Alice Damon

    Waterfall Winds

    • Windsong.
    • Morning Trip Records.

  • Johnny Osbourne

    We Need Love

    • Truths and Rights.
    • Studio One.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Aug 202522:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music