Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Episodes Episode guide
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Music for Macbeth and South American psych
Third Ear Band鈥檚 Music For Macbeth; psych-funk from Paraguay and a rarity by Isao Tomita
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Kevin Ayers, ancient Greek folk and eco-hauntology
Kevin Ayers' first solo album, instruments from ancient Greece and eco-friendly hauntology
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Ambient drone and Pakistani pop
Stuart Maconie welcomes you to his curio cabinet of music from the cutting edge
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2018: What A Year It鈥檚 Been
The music has been outstanding. Stuart looks at the standout experimental releases of 2018
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Festive Freakiness
Penny and Rose from The Surround Collective talk about their annual Christmas compilation
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Ten trombones, two Turkish acts and one Flied Egg
Ten trombones perform underground, two tracks from Turkey and one Japanese Flied Egg.
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Psych-folk and powerful dark elegance
Tyrannosaurus Rex鈥檚 early folk; violin-guitar duo M茅sange and Irmin Schmidt鈥檚 piano music
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A Portrait of the Artist
Unusual and interesting portraiture on album sleeves for 6 Music鈥檚 Art is Everywhere
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A Tribute to Hardy Fox of The Residents
Stuart celebrates the unmistakable sound of The Residents and their co-founder Hardy Fox
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With Randall Dunn
Randall Dunn, experimental music鈥檚 go-to producer on his new solo record
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Pagan surrealism and the new sound of Istanbul
Driving drums and pagan surrealism by Map 71 plus Gaye Su Akyol, the new sound of Istanbul
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Millennial pop, psychedelic sounds and post-metal
Straight forward lyrics from a millennial perspective, calming post-metal and psychedelia
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Slow Sunday Slo-Mo Soundtrack
Put something unusual on the TV, mute it and listen to this slow-motion soundtrack instead
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Black Experimental Music
Stuart plays experimental music by black artists as part of 6 Music鈥檚 Black Power season.
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With Hekla
Icelandic theremin player Hekla joins Stuart and reggae meets jazz on the featured album
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Talk Talk鈥檚 last album, English prog-rock and prepared piano
Featuring Talk Talk鈥檚 Laughing Stock, Greenslade reissued and Warp sign Kelly Moran.
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How does creativity transfer across artforms?
Visual artist and musician Alexander Tucker on how creativity transfers across artforms
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Celebrating 10 years of The Quietus
John and Luke co-founders of the independent online music magazine The Quietus join Stuart
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Alice Coltrane and other female jazz practitioners
After finding a scandalous quote about Alice Coltrane, Stuart honours female jazz players
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Vintage Synthesizers
Stuart plays modern records that use vintage synths and the originals that inspired them.
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With Oliver Coates
A curiosity cabinet of experimental music; cellist Oliver Coates joins Stuart.
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26/08/2018
Sunday night indulgence for experimental music listeners
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Anna Meredith
Anna Meredith joins Stuart, orchestral jazz grooves and Jim O'Rourke's new ambient record
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12/08/2018
The future of music is here and Stuart Maconie is your guide
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Oneohtrix Point Never
Stuart Maconie travels to the furthest flung corners of left-field.
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Half Man Half Biscuit
Stuart interviews Nigel of Half Man Half Biscuit, and J Dilla's Donuts is featured album.
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Gaika
Gaika chats to Stuart about the future of black music in Britain.
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Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone
Stuart Maconie travels to the furthest flung corners of left-field music.
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Pram
Stuart chats to experimental pop band Pram, back with a new album after 10 years.
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Judy Dyble
Stuart talks to the legendary folk singer songwriter Judy Dyble.
