Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone
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05-Jan-2026
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Stuart's featured album is Tangerine Dream's Rubycon.
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29-Dec-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Freak Zone Best of 2025
Stuart picks his favourite freakier tunes of the last twelve months.
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22-Dec-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - A Ghost Story for Christmas 2025
Stuart brings you spooky stories and creepy music to make you sleep with the lights on.
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15-Dec-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Freak Zone Carol Concert
Stuart brings you two hours of alternative, experimental and unusual Christmas carols.
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08-Dec-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
Stuart's featured album is Swedish artist Anna von Hausswolff's dark 2018 epic Dead Magic.
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01-Dec-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Brian Eno - Another Green World
Stuart's featured album is Brian Eno's transitional 1975 classic 'Another Green World'.
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24-Nov-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Steve Hanley, Stewart Lee and Captain Beefheart
Stuart talks to Steve Hanley and Stewart Lee about the Fall audiobook the Big Midweek.
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17-Nov-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Artificial Intelligence
Stuart's featured album is the 1992 Warp Records compilation Artificial Intelligence.
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10-Nov-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Patti Smith Forever: Art Time Punks
As Patti Smith's Horses turns 50, Stuart explores the artier side of Punk Rock.
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03-Nov-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Giles Giles & Fripp - The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles Giles & Fripp
The featured album is Giles Giles & Fripp's The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles Giles & Fripp.
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27-Oct-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Sunday: Halloween Horror Special
Escape into a world of vampires and monsters with the Freakzone Halloween special.
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20-Oct-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Stuart's featured album is Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise.
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13-Oct-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
Stuart's featured album is Song Cycle, Van Dyke Park's unique mix of American music.
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06-Oct-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Peter Hammill and The Return of the Durutti Column
Stuart chats to Peter Hammill of Van Der Graaf Generator about his solo albums.
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29-Sep-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Genesis - the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Stuart's featured album is Genesis' prog rock epic the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
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22-Sep-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron
Stuart’s Featured Album this week is Cauldron by Fifty Foot Hose.
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08-Sep-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Freak Zone goes Supersonic 2025
The Freak Zone makes its annual pilgrimage to the mighty Supersonic festival.
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01-Sep-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
Stuart’s featured album is Replica by Oneohtrix Point Never.
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25-Aug-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - 20th Century Classical Special
Stuart presents a 20th century classical special with special guest Elizabeth Alker.
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18-Aug-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Don Cherry’s Complete Communion
Stuart's featured album is jazz trumpeter Don Cherry’s Complete Communion.
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11-Aug-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool
Stuart's featured album is Gentle Giant's live album Playing the Fool.
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04-Aug-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Cardiacs - On Land And In The Sea
Stuart's featured album is Cardiacs' second record On Land And In The Sea.
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28-Jul-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - the Residents - Stars & Hank Forever
Stuart's featured album is the Residents - Stars & Hank Forever.
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21-Jul-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge
Stuart's featured album is Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge.
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14-Jul-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Gal Costa by Gal Costa
Stuart's featured album is Gal Costa's self titled Tropicália masterpiece from 1969.
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07-Jul-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Black Sabbath Sabbath
The Freak Zone celebrates the genius of Black Sabbath.
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23-Jun-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - La Dusseldorf - Viva
Stuart's featured album is Viva by La Dusseldorf, a motorik tour de force from 1978.
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16-Jun-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three
Stuart's featured album is Gryphon's Red Queen to Gryphon Three.
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09-Jun-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Captain Beefheart - Doc at the Radar Station
Stuart's featured album is Captain Beefheart's Doc at the Radar Station.
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02-Jun-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Alexander 'Skip' Spence - Oar
Stuart's featured album is Oar, the only solo album by Alexander 'Skip' Spence.
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26-May-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Todd Rundgren - Initiation
Stuart’s featured album is Todd Rundgren’s 1975 epic Initiation.
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19-May-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Stuart's featured album is Talk Talk's other masterpiece Laughing Stock.
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12-May-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Sunday: Ambient Special
Stuart celebrates Slow Sunday with an ambient special.
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07-May-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Stand By for Action - the music of Barry Gray
Stuart's featured album is Barry Gray's classic compilation Stand by for Action.
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28-Apr-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations
Folk meets electronica in Stuart's featured album, Buffy Sainte-Marie's Illuminations.
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21-Apr-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Bryan, Miles and Mogwai
Stuart chats to Bryan Ferry about Loose Talk, his new collaboration with Amelia Barratt.
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14-Apr-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Vinyl Weekender: Record Store Day Special
Stuart plays some of the freakier releases coming out for Record Store Day.
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08-Apr-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Funkadelic's Maggot Brain
Stuart's featured album is the far out funk masterpiece Maggot Brain by Funkadelic,
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31-Mar-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Manchester Birthplace of the Computer - Computer Special
As Manchester is the birthplace of the computer, Stuart presents a show about computers.
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24-Mar-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Hatfield and the North - The Rotters Club
Stuart's featured album is The Rotters Club by Hatfield and the North.
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17-Mar-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come
Stuart's featured album is The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman.
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10-Mar-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Shelagh McDonald - Stargazer
Stuart's featured album is Shelagh McDonald's 1971 album Stargazer.
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03-Mar-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - My Sold Ground by My Sold Ground
Stuart's featured album is the 1971 self titled debut by German rock band My Sold Ground.
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24-Feb-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Stuart's featured album is Sufjan Stevens 2010 album The Age of Adz.
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17-Feb-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Freaky Valentine's Special
Celebrate Valentine's Day with two hours of tracks made by duos.
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10-Feb-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Phillip Glass's Glassworks
Stuart's featured album is Glassworks by modern classical giant Phillip Glass.
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03-Feb-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Haruomi Hosono - Watering a Flower
Stuart's featured album is a landmark of Tokyo ambient Haruomi Hosono's Watering a Flower.
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27-Jan-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - An Evening With Dando Shaft
Stuart's featured album is An Evening With Dando Shaft by Coventry's Dando Shaft.
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20-Jan-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Fred Frith - Guitar Solos
Stuart's featured album is Fred Frith's Guitar Solos, a landmark of experimental guitar.
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13-Jan-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Richard Dawson and Circle - Henki
Stuart's featured album is Henki, 2021's collaboration between Richard Dawson and Circle.
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06-Jan-2025
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Twelth Night Shakespeare Special
Its Twelfth Night so what better time for a Freak Zone Shakespearean Special?
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30-Dec-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Freak Zone best of 2024
Stuart picks some of his favourite left field and experimental music from 2024.
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23-Dec-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - A Ghost Story for Christmas 2024
Stuart returns for another celebration of the Christmas ghost story.
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16-Dec-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Master William Burchette's Psychic Meditation Music
Stuart ‘s featured album is Master William Burchette’s Psychic Meditation Music.
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09-Dec-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Pop Group - Y
Stuart's featured album is a post-punk classic from 1979, Y by the Pop Group,
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02-Dec-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született
Stuart 's featured album is Rossz Csillag Alatt Született by Venetian Snares.
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25-Nov-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Fruupp - The Prince of Heaven's Eyes
Stuart's featured album is The Prince of Heaven's Eyes by Belfast prog band Fruupp.
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18-Nov-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Barry Bermange & Delia Derbyshire - Inventions For Radio
The featured album is Delia Derbyshire and and Barry Bermange's Inventions for Radio.
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11-Nov-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Tudor Lodge by Tudor Lodge
Stuart's featured album is the 1971 eponymous debut album by folk trio Tudor Lodge.
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04-Nov-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Mort Garson's Mother Earth's Plantasia
Stuart shines the spotlight on Mort Garson's pioneering Mother Earth's Plantasia.
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28-Oct-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Nearly a Halloween special featuring the Stranger's Bleaklow
It's very nearly Halloween and this is very nearly a Halloween special .
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21-Oct-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Residents - Fingerprince
Stuart's featured album is Fingerprince by the Residents.
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14-Oct-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Nate Scheible - Fairfax
Stuart featured album is Nate Scheible's modern masterpiece Fairfax.
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07-Oct-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Sunday Special
Stuart brings you two hours of ambient and chilled music for Slow Sunday.
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30-Sep-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Spoken Word Special
Stuart curates a Spoken Word special program to herald in 6 Music's 'Way With Words' week.
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23-Sep-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Sun Ra's Lanquidity
Stuart's featured album is Sun Ra's Lanquidity
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16-Sep-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises
Stuart's featured album is Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises.
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09-Sep-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Freak Zone goes Supersonic 2024
The Freak Zone makes its annual pilgrimage to the mighty Supersonic festival.
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02-Sep-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Harold Budd and the Cocteau Twins - The Moon and the Melodies
Stuart's featured album is the Moon and the Melodies by Harold Budd and the Cocteau Twins.
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26-Aug-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Khan - Space Shanty
Stuart's featured album is a cult Canterbury masterpiece Space Shanty by Khan.
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19-Aug-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Freak Zone Dance special.
The Freak Zone brings you its own unique take on Dance Music.
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12-Aug-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Gastr del Sol - Camoufleur
Stuart's featured album is a landmark of Post Rock - Camoufleur by Gastr del Sol.
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05-Aug-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Keith Hudson - Pick A Dub
Stuart's featured album is Pick a Dub from the "Dark Prince of Reggae", Keith Hudson.
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29-Jul-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Freak La France!
It's the Freak Zone French Special!
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22-Jul-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Mark Fry's Dreaming With Alice
Stuart's featured album is Mark Fry's "Dreaming With Alice".
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15-Jul-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Eric Chenaux's Skullsplitter
This week, Stuart's featured album is Eric Chenaux's Skullsplitter.
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08-Jul-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music for Nine Postcards
Stuart's featured album is Hiroshi Yoshimura's ambient landmark Music for Nine Postcards.
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24-Jun-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Welcome to Freakbury
Stuart brings you Freakbury, - a celebration of music that is both leftfield - and live!
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17-Jun-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - John Zorn's Naked City
Stuart's featured album is John Zorn's art jazz film noir grindcore mash up Naked City.
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10-Jun-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Jorge Ben Jor - A Tábua de Esmeralda
Stuart's featured album is Jorge Ben Jor's Brazilian masterpiece A Tábua de Esmeralda.
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03-Jun-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Gazelle Twin - Pastoral
Stuart's featured album is Pastoral, the third album by electronic musician Gazelle Twin.
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27-May-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights
Stuart's featured album is the Walker Brothers' 6th and final album Nite Flights.
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20-May-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Charles Lloyds's Forest Flower
Stuart's featured album is Charles Lloyd's jazz masterpiece Forest Flower.
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13-May-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Sunday: The Freak Zone Al Fresco
Stuart celebrates Slow Sunday by taking the show outside.
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06-May-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Cluster - Zuckerzeit
Stuart's featured album is kosmische musik classic Zuckerzeit by Cluster.
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29-Apr-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Michael Nyman by the Michael Nyman Band
Stuart's featured album is Michael Nyman, the second album by the Michael Nyman Band.
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22-Apr-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Freakier Side of Record Store Day
Stuart plays some of the more leftfield and experimental Record Store Day releases.
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15-Apr-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The High Llamas' Hawaii
Stuart's featured album is Hawaii, the 1996 avant pop classic from the High Llamas.
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08-Apr-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Kevin Ayers's Joy of a Toy
Stuart's featured album is Joy of a Toy, the solo debut album by Kevin Ayers.
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01-Apr-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Mad Professor - Beyond the Realms of Dub
Stuart's featured album is a classic of British dub by Mad Professor.
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25-Mar-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Stuart's featured album is a landmark of German electronica - Tangerine Dream's Phaedra.
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18-Mar-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Rachel's The Sea and Bells.
Stuart's featured album is Rachel's chamber post rock gem The Sea and Bells.
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11-Mar-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Industrial Revolutions
It's a Freak Zone industrial special exploring the music of Industry.
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04-Mar-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Split Enz Mental Notes
Stuart's featured album is Split Enz's 1975 antipodean debut Mental Notes.
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26-Feb-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - A Tribute to Damo Suzuki
Stuart plays tribute to the late, great Can vocalist Damo Suzuki.
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19-Feb-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Laurie Anderson's Big Science
Stuart's featured album is Laurie Anderson's debut album Big Science.
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12-Feb-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Sunday Love Songs
As Valentine's Day nears Stuart brings you some romantic music... Freak Zone style.
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05-Feb-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Ralph Records
Stuart looks at Ralph Records, the label run by Freak Zone favourites the Residents.
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29-Jan-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency
The featured album is pioneering fusion album Emergency by the Tony Williams Lifetime.
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22-Jan-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Dominique Lawalree's First Meeting
Stuart's featured album is Dominique Lawalree's minimalist mediation First Meeting.
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15-Jan-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - It's not Blue Monday, its Stu Funday!
Join the Freak Zone antidote to Blue Monday - which we're calling Stu Funday.
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08-Jan-2024
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Yes - The Yes Album
Stuart's featured album is Yes's 1971 prog rock masterpiece the Yes Album.
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25-Dec-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - A Ghost Story for Christmas
Stuart celebrates the tradition of the Christmas ghost story. Listen with the lights on.
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18-Dec-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Fred Frith - Gravity
Stuart's featured album is Gravity by leftfield guitarist Fred Frith.
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11-Dec-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Tonto's Expanding Headband - Zero Time
Stuart's featured album is by pioneering electronic pop act Tonto’s Expanding Headband.
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04-Dec-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Loka - Passing Place
Stuart's featured album is Loka's Passing Place, an overlooked gem from 2011.
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27-Nov-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Science Fiction Special with Garth Marenghi
Stuart celebrates 60 years of Dr Who with a science fiction special.
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20-Nov-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidenanda
Stuart's featured album is Alice Coltrane's jazz classic Journey In Satchidenanda.
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13-Nov-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Bonzo Dog Band - Keynsham
Stuart's featured album is Keynsham by Dadaist pop pranksters the Bonzo Dog Band.
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06-Nov-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe
Stuart brings you the record that launched vapourwave - Macintosh Plus's Floral Shoppe.
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30-Oct-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Donovan - A Gift From A Flower to a Garden
Donovan joins Stuart to talk about his 1967 album A Gift From A Flower to a Garden.
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23-Oct-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Sea Nymphs - On Dry Land
Stuart's featured album is On Dry Land by Cardiacs offshoot the Sea Nymphs.
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16-Oct-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
This week, Stuart's 'Featured Album' is Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall.
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09-Oct-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Sunday: The Freak Zone Harvest Festival.
Stuart brings you an autumnal celebration celebration of all things agricultural.
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02-Oct-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Modern Jazz Quartet - Third Stream Music
Stuart's featured album is the Modern Jazz Quartet's classic Third Stream Music.
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25-Sep-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Albion Band - Rise Up Like The Sun
Stuart's featured album is a landmark of modern folk rock by the Albion Band.
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18-Sep-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Sheila Chandra - Abonecronedrone
Stuart's featured album is Abonecronedrone by mesmerising vocalist Sheila Chandra
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11-Sep-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Supersonic Special
Stuart presents a special show recorded at the Supersonic Festival in Birmingham.
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04-Sep-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Happy (belated) Birthday Gavin Bryars
Stuart presents a special show marking composer Gavin Bryars' 80th year .
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28-Aug-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Holger Czukay - Movies
Stuart's featured album is Can's bass maestro Holger Czugay's solo album Movies.
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21-Aug-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Plone - For Beginner Piano
Stuart's featured album is For Player Piano the 1999 debut album by Plone.
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14-Aug-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Phew - Phew
Stuart shares a featured album by Japanese electronic musician Phew.
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07-Aug-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - BBC Records Special
Stuart celebrates the wonders of BBC Records with author Tim Worthington.
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31-Jul-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Momus - Tender Pervert
Stuart's featured album is Tender Pervert by intellectual art pop maestro Momus.
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24-Jul-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Dusk Special
Take the show out doors to soundtrack the journey from daylight into nighttime.
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17-Jul-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Fresh Maggots go Supersonic
Stuart's featured album is psychedelic folk classic Fresh Maggots by Fresh Maggots.
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10-Jul-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Britpop - A Bizarre Collection Of Antiques And Curios
Stuart celebrates Britpop with some very British musical mavericks and eccentrics.
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03-Jul-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Anna Meredith and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Stuart talks to Anna Meredith ahead of the Manchester International Festival.
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19-Jun-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Groundhogs - Hogwash
Stuart's featured album is the Groundhogs' 1972 album Hogwash in tribute to Tony McPhee.
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14-Jun-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - B.E.F. - Music for Stowaways
Stuart's featured album is "lost" electronic classic Music for Stowaways by B.E.F.
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05-Jun-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Stereolab - Dots and Loops
Stuart's featured album is Stereolab's Dots and Loops.
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29-May-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - La Dusseldorf - La Dusseldorf
Tonight's featured album is German kosmische musik classic La Dusseldorf by La Dusseldorf.
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22-May-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Sweetness & Light
Two hours of sweet & radiant music curated to obverse the recent Heavy & Intense program.
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15-May-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Pole
Featuring music from the German electronic producer's dub influenced 1999 album, 2
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08-May-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - King Crimson
Stuart celebrates the band's 'Larks' Tongues in Aspic' album on its 50th anniversary.
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01-May-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Heavy & Intense
Two hours dark and intoxicating music to throw ahead to 6 Music's All Day Rage.
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24-Apr-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Rare Vinyl
Two hours of the most coveted experimental albums in light of 6 Music’s Vinyl Weekender.
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17-Apr-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Caretaker
Featuring music from the artist's 2011 ambient album, An Empty Bliss Beyond This World.
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10-Apr-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Miles Davis
Stuart revisits the trumpeter's controversial 1972 jazz fusion record, ‘On The Corner’.
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03-Apr-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Grouper
Featuring music from Grouper's 2008 record, Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill.
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20-Mar-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Manchester
Celebrating experimental and underground music from Greater Manchester and its environs.
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13-Mar-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - George & Yoko
Stuart celebrates the weirder side of the two great artists from the Beatles family.
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27-Feb-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Deep Listening with Pauline Oliveros
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.
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20-Feb-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Featuring music from the ensemble's playful1978 record, ‘Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)'.
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13-Feb-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Pop Awards
Stuart celebrates the interface between leftfield underground music and mainstream pop
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06-Feb-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Eberhard Weber
Featuring music from the German double bassist and composer's 1979 album, Fluid Rustle.
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30-Jan-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Ivor Cutler
Stuart celebrates the recent centenary of one of Britain’s great eccentrics.
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23-Jan-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Video Game Soundtracks Special
Two hours of nostalgic and transportive lesser-known music from the world of video games.
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16-Jan-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with The Cosmic Jokers
Stuart revisits the German kosmische band The Cosmic Jokers’ 1974 album, Galactic Joke
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09-Jan-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Through The Decades Special
Stuart escapes from the present by celebrating leftfield music of the 80s, 90s, 00s & 10s.
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02-Jan-2023
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - New Year, New Age Special
Two hours of tranquil music from the new age genre to aid recovery from the festive period
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26-Dec-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Folk Horror Christmas Special
Light the fire and huddle round for two hours of eerily beautiful experimental music.
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19-Dec-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with The Necks
Featuring music from the Australian improvised trio's 2017 genre-defying album ‘Unfold’.
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12-Dec-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Juan Gerin
Stuart revisits the multi-instrumentalist's 1971 avant-garde psychedelic jazz opus, Tacet.
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05-Dec-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Aphex Twin
Stuart revisits Aphex Twin’s debut album from 1992, ‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’.
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28-Nov-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with The Residents
Featuring music from the American art rock group's 1978 album, Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen.
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21-Nov-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Supersilent
Featuring music from the avant-garde improvisational electroacoustic band's 2013 album, 6.
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14-Nov-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Fela Kuti
Stuart revisits the king of afrobeat's joyous and influential album from 1973, Afrodisiac.
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07-Nov-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with BBC Drama Workshop
Stuart celebrates the BBC's centenary with the bizarre and unsettling 1969 album, Seasons
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31-Oct-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Hauntology Halloween Special
Two hours of experimental music haunted by cultural memory and aesthetics of the past
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24-Oct-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana
Featuring music from the pair's blissful collaborative album from 1974, Illuminations.
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19-Oct-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Pharoah Sanders
We pay tribute to legendary free jazz saxophonist with tracks from his 1971 album Thembi.
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10-Oct-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Sunday: A Freak Zone Aquatic Special
Two hours of hypnotic and soothing experimental music featuring water themes and sounds.
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03-Oct-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Way With Words Special
Two hours of spoken word-infused experimental music for 6 Music's poetry mini season.
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26-Sep-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Unsound Festival
We meet the co-directors of Unsound Festival in Kraków.
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05-Sep-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Elodie Lauten
Featuring music from the composer's haunting 1985 pop opera album, The Death of Don Juan.
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29-Aug-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Faust
Stuart celebrates the kosmiche band's bizarre sonic collage album from 1973, Faust Tapes.
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22-Aug-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Max Tundra
Stuart revisits the pioneering producer's album from 2008, Parallax Error Beheads You.
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15-Aug-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Linda Perhacs
Featuring the sounds of the psychedelic folk singer's album from 1970, Parallelograms.
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08-Aug-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Scott Walker and Sunn O)))
Stuart celebrates the dramatic vocal-led drone metal album from 2014, Soused.
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01-Aug-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Mahmoud Ahmed
Stuart revisits the legendary artist's groovy Ethio jazz album from 1975, Eré mèla mèla'.
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25-Jul-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Stuart features the American composer and modular synth exponent's 2017 album 'The Kid'.
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18-Jul-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Supersonic Festival Special
Highlights from Freak Zone's time at the Birmingham experimental music & arts festival.
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11-Jul-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Bengt Berger
Stuart revisits the Swedish musician's ethno jazz album from 1981, Bitter Funeral Beer.
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04-Jul-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Robert Fripp
Featuring the music of the British guitarist and composer's 1979 album Exposure.
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20-Jun-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations Loud & Proud Special
Stuart celebrates the most exciting experimental and underground LGBTQ+ artists.
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13-Jun-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Quiet Sun
Featuring the music of the progressive rock jazz fusion band's 1975 album Mainstream.
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06-Jun-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Vangelis
Stuart revisits the late influential electronic producer's Blade Runner soundtrack album.
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30-May-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Herbie Hancock
Stuart explores Herbie Hancock’s free jazz group Mwandishi's self titled album from 1971.
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23-May-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Oval
Featuring the sounds of the German group's influential 1994 glitch techno album Systemich.
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16-May-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Sunday: Nature Special
Two hours of immersive and relaxing music inspired by and featuring the natural world.
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09-May-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Ivor Cutler
Stuart revisits the eccentric cult artist's bizarre and beautiful 1974 album Dandruff.
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02-May-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Intense & Heavy Special
A two-hour multi-genre freak out to warm up for 6 Music's All Day Rage.
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25-Apr-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Charles Mingus
Stuart explores the jazz titan's 1972 album Let My Children Hear Music.
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18-Apr-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Nico
Featuring the sounds of the German singer songwriter's 1969 album The Marble Index.
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11-Apr-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - with Vashti Bunyan
Stuart chats to the iconic artist about her new memoir Wayward: Just Another Life to Live.
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28-Mar-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Stuart revisits the psychedelic rock band's 1968 album, A Child's Guide To Good & Evil.
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21-Mar-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Faust
Stuarts explores German komische band Faust's psychedelic album from 1973, Faust IV.
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14-Mar-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.
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07-Mar-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - with Half Man Half Biscuit
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.
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28-Feb-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Two Hours of Experimental and Avant-Garde Music.
Supersonic Festival join the show to speak about this year's thrilling left-field line up.
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21-Feb-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Voices
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde vocal music with special guest Erland Cooper.
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14-Feb-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Two Hours of Experimental and Avant-Garde Music
A mix of the best contemporary left field music and underground cult classics.
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07-Feb-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Two Hours of Experimental and Avant-Garde Music
A mix of the best contemporary left field music and underground cult classics.
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31-Jan-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Two Hours of Experimental and Avant-Garde Music
A mix of the best contemporary left field music and underground cult classics.
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24-Jan-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations
Strange and unsettling sounds from all genres of music.
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17-Jan-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with The United States of America
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.
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10-Jan-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Turn And Face The Strange: A Celebration of David Bowie
A two hour show embracing the oddness of David Bowie.
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03-Jan-2022
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Weirdest Sounds of 2021.
Stuart celebrates the best experimental and avant-garde music released in 2021.
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27-Dec-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Boxing Day Easy Listening
A two-hour sonic cocktail of easy listening, exotica and space age bachelor pad music.
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20-Dec-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Freaky Beatles
Stuart explores the Freaky side of the Fab Four.
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13-Dec-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations at the Seaside
Two hours of experimental songs to soundtrack dark coastal landscapes.
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06-Dec-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Art Bears
Two hours of left field sounds featuring Ligeti and Tortoise.
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29-Nov-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with La Düsseldorf
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.
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22-Nov-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Celebrating Delia Derbyshire Day
Celebrating the women who make groundbreaking experimental electronica.
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15-Nov-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with James Holden
Stuart celebrates James Holden's 2013 album The Inheritors.
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08-Nov-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Talk Talk
Stuart explores Talk Talk's final album, Laughing Stock.
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01-Nov-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Halloween Special With John Carpenter
Stuart is joined by director and composer John Carpenter, for a Freaky Halloween special.
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25-Oct-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Faust
Stuart poses five questions to members of legendary experimental rock band Faust.
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18-Oct-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Unsound Festival
Stuart explores Poland's Unsound Festival.
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11-Oct-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Sunday Special
A two hours playlist of experimental music, themed around peace and reconciliation.
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04-Oct-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Laurel Halo
Celebrating the 2012 debut allbum 'Quarantine' from electronic musician Laurel Halo.
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27-Sep-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Contains Strong Language
The Freak Zone is live from the BBC's Contains Strong Language Festival in Coventry.
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20-Sep-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Joanna Newsom
Two hours of left field and avant-garde music.
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20-Sep-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Ernest Hood
Celebrating the dreamy, proto-ambient music of Ernest Hood.
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20-Sep-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations in TV Themes
Two hours of cult tv themes with author Rob Young.
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20-Sep-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Moondog
Two hours of experimental music and a featured album from Moondog.
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20-Sep-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations with Van Der Graaf Generator
Two hours of experimental music and an in depth chat with VDGG's Peter Hammill.
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26-Jul-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Experimental Explorations in Japan
We celebrate the left field music scenes of Japan.
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19-Jul-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Alice Coltrane's Kirtan: Turiya Sings
Alice Coltrane's Kirtan: Turiya Sings is our Featured Album.
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12-Jul-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Euro 2020 Special
24 tracks representing the 24 teams that competed in Euro 2020.
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05-Jul-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - French Frith Kaiser Thompson
Our featured album is Invisible Means by experimental quartet French Frith Kaiser Thompson
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28-Jun-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Way Out West
Stuart explores the radical, left field and progressive music of England's West Country.
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21-Jun-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Summer Solstice Special
Music designed to listen to outdoors across the 2021 Summer Solstice.
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14-Jun-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Jean Guérin's Tacet
We revisit Jean Guérin's surreal masterpiece ‘Tacet'.
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07-Jun-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Feed Me Weird Things
Squarepusher's debut record Feed Me Weird Things is our Featured Album.
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31-May-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Funkadelic
Featuring the music of the 1970 psychedelic album Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow.
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24-May-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Caroline Catz on Delia Derbyshire
Stuart chats to the director of a new docudrama about Delia Derbyshire’s life and work.
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17-May-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Sunday: Stargazing Special
Stuart soundtracks your twilight astral contemplations as the stars come out.
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10-May-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Nico
Stuart looks back on the German musician's dystopian and ominous 1970 album Desertshore.
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03-May-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Featured label: Youth
Stuart hears from DJ Andrew Lyster, founder of the experimental Manchester-based label.
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26-Apr-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Micachu & The Shapes
Featuring the sounds of the band’s clattering avant-pop debut Jewellery from 2009.
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19-Apr-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Stuart revisits the artist’s meditative ambient synth album from 1986, Keyboard Fantasies.
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05-Apr-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Hudson Mohawke
Featuring the sounds of the maximalist electronic producer’s melodic 2009 album Butter.
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29-Mar-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Freaky Side of the 6 Music Festival
Stuart features his highlights from past festivals ahead of 2021’s virtual edition.
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22-Mar-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Labradford
Stuart looks back on the Virginian post-rock band’s 1999 landmark album E Luxo So.
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15-Mar-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Dance Records
Stuart hears from GG Skips, co-founder of the London-based DIY arts and music label.
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08-Mar-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Meredith Monk
For International Women’s Day, Stuart looks back on the artist’s 1981 album Dolmen Music.
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01-Mar-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Coil
Stuart revisits the experimental duo’s surreal 1991 album Love's Secret Domain.
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22-Feb-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Remembering SOPHIE
In light of the visionary artist’s recent passing, Stuart celebrates their album Product.
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15-Feb-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Be Good To Yourself
Stuart presents an adventurous playlist of soothing and healing soundscapes.
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08-Feb-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Jean-Cohen Solal
Featuring the sounds of the jazz flautist’s audacious 1973 album Captain Tarthopom.
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01-Feb-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - MF Doom
In light of the rapper’s recent passing, Stuart celebrates his 2004 album Madvillainy.
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25-Jan-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Flying Saucer Attack
Featuring the Bristolian DIY duo’s melancholic ‘rural psychedelia’ album Further.
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18-Jan-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Chris and Cosey
Stuart revisits the innovative duo’s dark and pulsating cold-synth album, Trance.
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04-Jan-2021
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Best New Music of 2021
Stuart looks at the most exciting experimental tracks & artists to watch out for in 2021.
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28-Dec-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Best of 2020
Stuart selects his favourite experimental & underground music released over the past year.
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21-Dec-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Freak Zone Advent Calendar
Stuart counts down Christmas with a selection of numerically themed experimental tracks.
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14-Dec-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Lost Map Records
Stuart hears from Johnny Lynch, founder of the remote micro-imprint Lost Map Records.
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07-Dec-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - 06/12/2020
Stuart Maconie travels to the furthest flung corners of left-field music.
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30-Nov-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Donald Byrd
Stuart revisits the jazz trumpeter’s spiritual and joyous 1964 album A New Perspective.
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23-Nov-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Plaid
Stuart revisits the British duo’s expansive and playful 1997 IDM album Not for Threes.
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16-Nov-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Trees
Featuring the British psychedelic folk rock band’s 1970 debut The Garden of Jane Delawney.
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09-Nov-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Sabres of Paradise
Featuring the experimental electronic ensemble’s brooding 1994 album Haunted Dancehall.
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02-Nov-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Fright Night
Spooky stories and spine-chilling music, recorded around a crackling campfire.
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26-Oct-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - 25/10/2020
Stuart Maconie travels to the furthest flung corners of left-field music.
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19-Oct-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Khan
Stuart revisits the Canterbury progressive rock band’s elaborate 1972 album Space Shanty.
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12-Oct-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Ozric Tentacles
Stuart hears from Ed Wynne of the rock band about their new album Space For The Earth.
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05-Oct-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Oneohtrix Point Never
Featuring the experimental electronic producer’s cinematic and intricate album Replica.
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28-Sep-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - PC Music
AG Cook talks about his label PC Music. And Silver Apples' 1968 debut is a featured album.
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21-Sep-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - John Coltrane
Stuart celebrates the 60th anniversary of the jazz saxophonist’s Giant Steps album.
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14-Sep-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Them There Records
Stuart hears from Carl Brown, founder of the experimental pop label Them There Records.
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07-Sep-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Eartheater
The experimental vocalist and producer talks about her delicate and fantastical new album.
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31-Aug-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Freak Zone Carnival
Stuart gets the bank holiday party started with floorfillers from around the world.
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24-Aug-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Laurie Anderson
Featuring the avant-garde singer and composer’s playful art pop album, Mister Heartbreak.
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17-Aug-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Tim Hecker
Stuart revisits the electronic artist’s mournful dark ambient album Ravedeath, 1972.
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10-Aug-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Clay Pipe Music
Stuart speaks to Frances Castle, founder of the beautiful bespoke London-based label.
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03-Aug-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Remembering Tim Smith of Cardiacs
Remembering the unique songwriting of Tim Smith and his band Cardiacs.
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27-Jul-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Swell Maps
Stuart revisits the British post-punk band’s clattering record Jane From Occupied Europe.
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20-Jul-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Remembering Ennio Morricone
Stuart revisits the late composer’s score to the film The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.
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13-Jul-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - PAN records
Stuart speaks to Bill Kouligas, founder of the innovative multidisciplinary Berlin label.
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06-Jul-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Edu Lobo
Stuart revisits the smooth and uplifting tropicalia record Cantiga De Longe from 1970.
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29-Jun-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Arca
The experimental electronic artist talks about her frenetic and transformative new album.
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22-Jun-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Freak Zone Al Fresco
Recorded in Stuart’s local woodland at dusk with the sounds of the neighbourhood
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15-Jun-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Glitterbeat Records
Stuart speaks to the co-founder of the vibrant label about what makes it so special.
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08-Jun-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Spoils Of War
Stuart delves into the mysterious self-titled album from the 1960’s psychedelic rock band.
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01-Jun-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus
Stuart has a rare chat with the enigmatic experimental Liverpudlian ensemble.
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25-May-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Dungeon Synth
Stuart explores his new favourite genre linked to black metal and fantasy literature.
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18-May-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Eurovision Experiment
What if Eurovision truly was a celebration of the weirdest experimental pop records?
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11-May-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Stuart luxuriates in their atmospheric, ambient electronic album After The Heat.
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04-May-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Pan Sonic
Stuart revisits the Finnish electronic trio’s glitchy and rhythmic 1995 debut album Vakio
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27-Apr-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Shabazz Palaces
Ishmael Butler shares his thoughts on why it’s so hard to find experimental hip hop.
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20-Apr-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - 19/04/2020
Stuart Maconie travels to the furthest flung corners of left-field music.
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13-Apr-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Hopelessly Devoted To You
Join us for an Easter Sunday spiritual voyage with devotional music from around the world.
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06-Apr-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Pere Ubu
Stuart blows the dust off American post-punk band Pere Ubu’s 1978 album Dub Housing.
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30-Mar-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Anne Briggs
Stuart revisits the elusive folk artist’s hugely influential album The Time Has Come.
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23-Mar-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - My Mother Said
A selection of strange sounds discovered via a connection with the women that raised us
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16-Mar-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom
Stuart returns to the theatrical minimalist electronic album Daytime Viewing from 1979.
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02-Mar-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Herbie Hancock
Stuart looks back on the American pianist’s 1971 experimental fusion jazz album Mwandishi.
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24-Feb-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Katie Gately
Stuart chats to the experimental electronic artist about her dark and intense new album.
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17-Feb-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Shabazz Palaces
Stuart revisits the avante-garde and experimental hip hop duo’s 2011 debut Black Up.
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10-Feb-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Keeley Forsyth
Stuart speaks to the experimental singer about her haunting and personal debut album.
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03-Feb-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Olivia Louvel
Stuart chats to the digital sound artist about a new compelling sculpture-inspired work.
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27-Jan-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - David Thomas Broughton
Stuart celebrates the triumphant debut by the eccentric avant-garde folk artist.
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20-Jan-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus
Stuart features an enigmatic experimental music collective formed in Liverpool in 1985.
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13-Jan-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Sun Also Rises
Stuart celebrates a newly reissued spellbinding folk album from 1965 by The Sun Also Rises
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06-Jan-2020
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - BodyVice
Stuart hears about BodyVice, a 360 degree interrogation of chronic pain.
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30-Dec-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Best of 2019
Stuart selects his favourite freaky releases from the past 12 months.
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23-Dec-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Freak Zone Christmas Snowball
Accumulating musicians down a snowy hill, Stuart presents a festive Freak Zone snowball
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16-Dec-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - 15/12/2019
Stuart Maconie travels to the furthest flung corners of left-field music.
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09-Dec-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Deathprod
Stuart talks to Helge Sten, aka Deathprod.
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02-Dec-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Deep Listening
Stuart guides you through the practise of deep listening pioneered by Pauline Oliveros.
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25-Nov-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Sofia Jernberg
Sofia Jernberg talks about singing without language.
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18-Nov-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Ka Baird
Ka Baird talks about her music that sounds simultaneously ancient and futuristic.
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11-Nov-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Gentle Giant
Stuart talks to his favourite band from his teenage years, Gentle Giant
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05-Nov-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Jerusalem In My Heart
Lebanese-Canadian musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh talks about creating a modern Arabic sound
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05-Nov-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Slow Motion Soundtrack
Stuart Maconie presents a slow motion soundtrack to your Sunday evening.
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05-Nov-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Lingua Ignota
Stuart explores the music of Lingua Ignota, a formidable and singular new talent.
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05-Nov-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Mute Records’ roster do John Cage’s 4’33”
Goldfrapp, Wire, Richard Hawley and more record their own versions of John Cage’s 4’33”.
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05-Nov-2019
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Harpe Diem
Stuart seizes the day and celebrates adventurous harp players.
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