Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Episodes Episode guide
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31/08/2025
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.
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24/08/2025
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.
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17/08/2025
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.
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Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool
Stuart's featured album is Gentle Giant's live album Playing the Fool.
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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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the Residents - Stars & Hank Forever
Stuart's featured album is the Residents - Stars & Hank Forever.
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Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge
Stuart's featured album is Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge.
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Gal Costa by Gal Costa
Stuart's featured album is Gal Costa's self titled Tropic谩lia masterpiece from 1969.
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The Black Sabbath Sabbath
The Freak Zone celebrates the genius of Black Sabbath.
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La Dusseldorf - Viva
Stuart's featured album is Viva by La Dusseldorf, a motorik tour de force from 1978.
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Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three
Stuart's featured album is Gryphon's Red Queen to Gryphon Three.
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Captain Beefheart - Doc at the Radar Station
Stuart's featured album is Captain Beefheart's Doc at the Radar Station.
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Alexander 'Skip' Spence - Oar
Stuart's featured album is Oar, the only solo album by Alexander 'Skip' Spence.
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Todd Rundgren - Initiation
Stuart鈥檚 featured album is Todd Rundgren鈥檚 1975 epic Initiation.
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Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Stuart's featured album is Talk Talk's other masterpiece Laughing Stock.
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Slow Sunday: Ambient Special
Stuart celebrates Slow Sunday with an ambient special.
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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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Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations
Folk meets electronica in Stuart's featured album, Buffy Sainte-Marie's Illuminations.
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Bryan, Miles and Mogwai
Stuart chats to Bryan Ferry about Loose Talk, his new collaboration with Amelia Barratt.
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Vinyl Weekender: Record Store Day Special
Stuart plays some of the freakier releases coming out for Record Store Day.
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Funkadelic's Maggot Brain
Stuart's featured album is the far out funk masterpiece Maggot Brain by Funkadelic,
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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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Hatfield and the North - The Rotters Club
Stuart's featured album is The Rotters Club by Hatfield and the North.
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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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Shelagh McDonald - Stargazer
Stuart's featured album is Shelagh McDonald's 1971 album Stargazer.
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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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Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Stuart's featured album is Sufjan Stevens 2010 album The Age of Adz.
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Freaky Valentine's Special
Celebrate Valentine's Day with two hours of tracks made by duos.
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Phillip Glass's Glassworks
Stuart's featured album is Glassworks by modern classical giant Phillip Glass.
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Haruomi Hosono - Watering a Flower
Stuart's featured album is a landmark of Tokyo ambient Haruomi Hosono's Watering a Flower.
