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Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Episodes

  1. 13/07/2025

    Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.

  2. Black Sabbath Sabbath

    The Freak Zone marks the last ever gig by the legendary Black Sabbath.

  3. La Dusseldorf - Viva

    Stuart's featured album is Viva by La Dusseldorf, a motorik tour de force from 1978.

  4. Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three

    Stuart's featured album is Gryphon's Red Queen to Gryphon Three.

  5. Captain Beefheart - Doc at the Radar Station

    Stuart's featured album is Captain Beefheart's Doc at the Radar Station.

  6. Alexander 'Skip' Spence - Oar

    Stuart's featured album is Oar, the only solo album by Alexander 'Skip' Spence.

  7. Todd Rundgren - Initiation

    Stuart鈥檚 featured album is Todd Rundgren鈥檚 1975 epic Initiation.

  8. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

    Stuart's featured album is Talk Talk's other masterpiece Laughing Stock.

  9. Slow Sunday: Ambient Special

    Stuart celebrates Slow Sunday with an ambient special.

  10. Stand By for Action - the music of Barry Gray

    Stuart's featured album is Barry Gray's classic compilation Stand by for Action.

  11. Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations

    Folk meets electronica in Stuart's featured album, Buffy Sainte-Marie's Illuminations.

  12. Bryan, Miles and Mogwai

    Stuart chats to Bryan Ferry about Loose Talk, his new collaboration with Amelia Barratt.

  13. Vinyl Weekender: Record Store Day Special

    Stuart plays some of the freakier releases coming out for Record Store Day.

  14. Funkadelic's Maggot Brain

    Stuart's featured album is the far out funk masterpiece Maggot Brain by Funkadelic,

  15. Manchester Birthplace of the Computer - Computer Special

    As Manchester is the birthplace of the computer, Stuart presents a show about computers.

  16. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters Club

    Stuart's featured album is The Rotters Club by Hatfield and the North.

  17. Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come

    Stuart's featured album is The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman.

  18. Shelagh McDonald - Stargazer

    Stuart's featured album is Shelagh McDonald's 1971 album Stargazer.

  19. My Sold Ground by My Sold Ground

    Stuart's featured album is the 1971 self titled debut by German rock band My Sold Ground.

  20. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz

    Stuart's featured album is Sufjan Stevens 2010 album The Age of Adz.

  21. Freaky Valentine's Special

    Celebrate Valentine's Day with two hours of tracks made by duos.

  22. Phillip Glass's Glassworks

    Stuart's featured album is Glassworks by modern classical giant Phillip Glass.

  23. Haruomi Hosono - Watering a Flower

    Stuart's featured album is a landmark of Tokyo ambient Haruomi Hosono's Watering a Flower.

  24. An Evening With Dando Shaft

    Stuart's featured album is An Evening With Dando Shaft by Coventry's Dando Shaft.

  25. Fred Frith - Guitar Solos

    Stuart's featured album is Fred Frith's Guitar Solos, a landmark of experimental guitar.

  26. Richard Dawson and Circle - Henki

    Stuart's featured album is Henki, 2021's collaboration between Richard Dawson and Circle.

  27. Twelth Night Shakespeare Special

    Its Twelfth Night so what better time for a Freak Zone Shakespearean Special?

  28. The Freak Zone best of 2024

    Stuart picks some of his favourite left field and experimental music from 2024.

  29. A Ghost Story for Christmas 2024

    Stuart returns for another celebration of the Christmas ghost story.

  30. Master William Burchette's Psychic Meditation Music

    Stuart 鈥榮 featured album is Master William Burchette鈥檚 Psychic Meditation Music.

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