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Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Episodes

  1. Gilles Peterson sits in

    Gilles Peterson sits in for Stuart Maconie with a Brazilian Freak Zone special.

  2. This Heat

    Stuart's featured album is This Heat's debut record.

  3. Van Dyke Parks

    Stuart Maconie celebrates Song Cycle, an often overlooked album by Van Dyke Parks.

  4. Bas Jan

    Bas Jan chat to Stuart about their appearance at Supernormal Festival.

  5. Psychedelia with John Sinclair

    Stuart finds out how to live a psychedelic life with poet and activist John Sinclair.

  6. Anna Meredith

    Stuart chats to contemporary classical composer and electronic artist Anna Meredith.

  7. Daniel Patrick Quinn

    Stuart chats to eccentric British folk artist Daniel Patrick Quinn about his new record.

  8. Plaid

    Stuart is joined by Ed from the duo Plaid, plus his featured album is by Bengt Berger.

  9. Chris Watson: The Town Moor - A Portrait in Sound

    Stuart Maconie travels to the farthest-flung corners of left-field music.

  10. Aquasonic

    Stuart learns how to sing underwater from Aquasonic, plus his featured album is Faust IV.

  11. Orchestra of Spheres

    New Zealand psychedelic outfit Orchestra of Spheres chat about their new album.

  12. Early British Electronic Composers

    Stuart chats to Ian Helliwell, the author of a book on early British electronic composers.

  13. Bitchin Bajas

    Stuart Maconie chats to Bitchin Bajas, plus his featured album is Miles Davis's Agharta.

  14. Oliver Coates

    Stuart chats to cellist and electronic artist Oliver Coates and pays tribute to Tomita.

  15. Brian Eno

    Stuart Maconie presents a report from Brian Eno's studio about his new album, The Ship.

  16. Julianna Barwick

    Stuart Maconie talks to Julianna Barwick about her new album, Well.

  17. Stewart Lee's ATP

    Stuart has a report from Stewart Lee's ATP, a cross-genre festival of left-field music.

  18. Steve Davis: Snookerstar DJ

    Stuart Maconie chats to snooker champion and weird music enthusiast Steve Davis.

  19. The 1950s and John Cage

    Stuart explores the alternative side of music in the 1950s through the words of John Cage.

  20. Mike Patton and John Kaada

    Stuart chats to Faith No More's Mike Patton and Norwegian soundtrack composer John Kaada.

  21. The Music of Barry Gray

    Charles Hazelwood's All Star Collective perform the iconic music of TV composer Barry Gray

  22. Kink Gong

    Stuart chats to Kink Gong about the gong music ceremonies of south-east Asian communities.

  23. Merzbow

    Stuart's featured album is Tauromachine by illustrious Japanese noise-maker Merzbow.

  24. Andrew Weatherall

    Andrew Weatherall joins Stuart to talk about his new album, Convenanza.

  25. Tortoise

    Stuart chats to Chicago post-rockers Tortoise about their new album, The Catastrophist.

  26. The Freaky Side of the 6 Music Festival

    Stuart presents live music and chat from arch-drude Julian Cope at the 6 Music Festival.

  27. The Comet Is Coming

    Stuart Maconie chats to space funk band The Comet Is Coming about their new EP.

  28. Matmos

    Experimentalists Matmos showcase an album made entirely of washing machine sounds.

  29. The High Llamas

    A stroll through the unconventional side of music. With live sessions and hidden treasures

  30. Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson

    Jethro Tull's frontman Ian Anderson joins Stuart to talk about his TV special.

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