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Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Episodes

  1. Anna Meredith and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

    Stuart talks to Anna Meredith ahead of the Manchester International Festival.

  2. The Groundhogs - Hogwash

    Stuart's featured album is the Groundhogs' 1972 album Hogwash in tribute to Tony McPhee.

  3. B.E.F. - Music for Stowaways

    Stuart's featured album is "lost" electronic classic Music for Stowaways by B.E.F.

  4. Stereolab - Dots and Loops

    Stuart's featured album is Stereolab's Dots and Loops.

  5. La Dusseldorf - La Dusseldorf

    Tonight's featured album is German kosmische musik classic La Dusseldorf by La Dusseldorf.

  6. Sweetness & Light

    Two hours of sweet & radiant music curated to obverse the recent Heavy & Intense program.

  7. Pole

    Featuring music from the German electronic producer's dub influenced 1999 album, 2

  8. King Crimson

    Stuart celebrates the band's 'Larks' Tongues in Aspic' album on its 50th anniversary.

  9. Heavy & Intense

    Two hours dark and intoxicating music to throw ahead to 6 Music's All Day Rage.

  10. Rare Vinyl

    Two hours of the most coveted experimental albums in light of 6 Music’s Vinyl Weekender.

  11. The Caretaker

    Featuring music from the artist's 2011 ambient album, An Empty Bliss Beyond This World.

  12. Miles Davis

    Stuart revisits the trumpeter's controversial 1972 jazz fusion record, ‘On The Corner’.

  13. Grouper

    Featuring music from Grouper's 2008 record, Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill.

  14. Experimental Manchester

    Celebrating experimental and underground music from Greater Manchester and its environs.

  15. George & Yoko

    Stuart celebrates the weirder side of the two great artists from the Beatles family.

  16. Experimental Explorations with Madlib

    Featuring music from ‘Shades of Blue’, the 2013 remix album of Blue Note Records’ archives

  17. Experimental Explorations with Pauline Oliveros

    Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.

  18. Experimental Explorations with Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

    Featuring music from the ensemble's playful1978 record, ‘Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)'.

  19. Experimental Pop Awards

    Stuart celebrates the interface between leftfield underground music and mainstream pop

  20. Experimental Explorations with Eberhard Weber

    Featuring music from the German double bassist and composer's 1979 album, Fluid Rustle.

  21. Experimental Explorations with Ivor Cutler

    Stuart celebrates the recent centenary of one of Britain’s great eccentrics.

  22. Video Game Soundtracks Special

    Two hours of nostalgic and transportive lesser-known music from the world of video games.

  23. Experimental Explorations with The Cosmic Jokers

    Stuart revisits the German kosmische band The Cosmic Jokers’ 1974 album, Galactic Joke

  24. Through The Decades Special

    Stuart escapes from the present by celebrating leftfield music of the 80s, 90s, 00s & 10s.

  25. New Year, New Age Special

    Two hours of tranquil music from the new age genre to aid recovery from the festive period

  26. Folk Horror Christmas Special

    Light the fire and huddle round for two hours of eerily beautiful experimental music.

  27. Experimental Explorations with The Necks

    Featuring music from the Australian improvised trio's 2017 genre-defying album ‘Unfold’.

  28. Experimental Explorations with Juan Gerin

    Stuart revisits the multi-instrumentalist's 1971 avant-garde psychedelic jazz opus, Tacet.

  29. Experimental Explorations with Aphex Twin

    Stuart revisits Aphex Twin’s debut album from 1992, ‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’.

  30. Experimental Explorations with The Residents

    Featuring music from the American art rock group's 1978 album, Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen.

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