Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Episodes Episode guide
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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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Gazelle Twin - Pastoral
Stuart's featured album is Pastoral, the third album by electronic musician Gazelle Twin.
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The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights
Stuart's featured album is the Walker Brothers' 6th and final album Nite Flights.
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Charles Lloyds's Forest Flower
Stuart's featured album is Charles Lloyd's jazz masterpiece Forest Flower.
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Slow Sunday: The Freak Zone Al Fresco
Stuart celebrates Slow Sunday by taking the show outside.
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Cluster - Zuckerzeit
Stuart's featured album is kosmische musik classic Zuckerzeit by Cluster.
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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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The Freakier Side of Record Store Day
Stuart plays some of the more leftfield and experimental Record Store Day releases.
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The High Llamas' Hawaii
Stuart's featured album is Hawaii, the 1996 avant pop classic from the High Llamas.
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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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Mad Professor - Beyond the Realms of Dub
Stuart's featured album is a classic of British dub by Mad Professor.
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Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Stuart's featured album is a landmark of German electronica - Tangerine Dream's Phaedra.
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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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Industrial Revolutions
It's a Freak Zone industrial special exploring the music of Industry.
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Split Enz Mental Notes
Stuart's featured album is Split Enz's 1975 antipodean debut Mental Notes.
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A Tribute to Damo Suzuki
Stuart plays tribute to the late, great Can vocalist Damo Suzuki.
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Laurie Anderson's Big Science
Stuart's featured album is Laurie Anderson's debut album Big Science.
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Sunday Love Songs
As Valentine's Day nears Stuart brings you some romantic music... Freak Zone style.
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Ralph Records
Stuart looks at Ralph Records, the label run by Freak Zone favourites the Residents.
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Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency
The featured album is pioneering fusion album Emergency by the Tony Williams Lifetime.
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Dominique Lawalree's First Meeting
Stuart's featured album is Dominique Lawalree's minimalist mediation First Meeting.
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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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Yes - The Yes Album
Stuart's featured album is Yes's 1971 prog rock masterpiece the Yes Album.
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Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone
Stuart celebrates the tradition of the Christmas ghost story. Listen with the lights on.
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Fred Frith - Gravity
Stuart's featured album is Gravity by leftfield guitarist Fred Frith.
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Tonto's Expanding Headband - Zero Time
Stuart's featured album is by pioneering electronic pop act Tonto’s Expanding Headband.
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Loka - Passing Place
Stuart's featured album is Loka's Passing Place, an overlooked gem from 2011.
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Science Fiction Special with Garth Marenghi
Stuart celebrates 60 years of Dr Who with a science fiction special.
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Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidenanda
Stuart's featured album is Alice Coltrane's jazz classic Journey In Satchidenanda.
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The Bonzo Dog Band - Keynsham
Stuart's featured album is Keynsham by Dadaist pop pranksters the Bonzo Dog Band.