Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Episodes Episode guide
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Miles Davis
Stuart revisits the trumpeter's controversial 1972 jazz fusion record, 鈥極n The Corner鈥�.
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Grouper
Featuring music from Grouper's 2008 record, Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill.
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Experimental Manchester
Celebrating experimental and underground music from Greater Manchester and its environs.
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George & Yoko
Stuart celebrates the weirder side of the two great artists from the Beatles family.
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Experimental Explorations with Madlib
Featuring music from 鈥楽hades of Blue鈥�, the 2013 remix album of Blue Note Records鈥� archives
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Experimental Explorations with Pauline Oliveros
Two hours of experimental and avant-garde music.
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Experimental Explorations with Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Featuring music from the ensemble's playful1978 record, 鈥楽hiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)'.
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Experimental Pop Awards
Stuart celebrates the interface between leftfield underground music and mainstream pop
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Experimental Explorations with Eberhard Weber
Featuring music from the German double bassist and composer's 1979 album, Fluid Rustle.
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Experimental Explorations with Ivor Cutler
Stuart celebrates the recent centenary of one of Britain鈥檚 great eccentrics.
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Video Game Soundtracks Special
Two hours of nostalgic and transportive lesser-known music from the world of video games.
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Experimental Explorations with The Cosmic Jokers
Stuart revisits the German kosmische band The Cosmic Jokers鈥� 1974 album, Galactic Joke
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Through The Decades Special
Stuart escapes from the present by celebrating leftfield music of the 80s, 90s, 00s & 10s.
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New Year, New Age Special
Two hours of tranquil music from the new age genre to aid recovery from the festive period
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Folk Horror Christmas Special
Light the fire and huddle round for two hours of eerily beautiful experimental music.
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Experimental Explorations with The Necks
Featuring music from the Australian improvised trio's 2017 genre-defying album 鈥楿nfold鈥�.
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Experimental Explorations with Juan Gerin
Stuart revisits the multi-instrumentalist's 1971 avant-garde psychedelic jazz opus, Tacet.
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Experimental Explorations with Aphex Twin
Stuart revisits Aphex Twin鈥檚 debut album from 1992, 鈥楽elected Ambient Works 85-92鈥�.
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Experimental Explorations with The Residents
Featuring music from the American art rock group's 1978 album, Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen.
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Experimental Explorations with Supersilent
Featuring music from the avant-garde improvisational electroacoustic band's 2013 album, 6.
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Experimental Explorations with Fela Kuti
Stuart revisits the king of afrobeat's joyous and influential album from 1973, Afrodisiac.
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Experimental Explorations with 大象传媒 Drama Workshop
Stuart celebrates the 大象传媒's centenary with the bizarre and unsettling 1969 album, Seasons
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Hauntology Halloween Special
Two hours of experimental music haunted by cultural memory and aesthetics of the past
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Experimental Explorations with Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana
Featuring music from the pair's blissful collaborative album from 1974, Illuminations.
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Experimental Explorations with Pharoah Sanders
We pay tribute to legendary free jazz saxophonist with tracks from his 1971 album Thembi.
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Slow Sunday: A Freak Zone Aquatic Special
Two hours of hypnotic and soothing experimental music featuring water themes and sounds.
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Way With Words Special
Two hours of spoken word-infused experimental music for 6 Music's poetry mini season.
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Experimental Explorations with Unsound Festival
We meet the co-directors of Unsound Festival in Krak贸w.
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Experimental Explorations with Elodie Lauten
Featuring music from the composer's haunting 1985 pop opera album, The Death of Don Juan.
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Experimental Explorations with Faust
Stuart celebrates the kosmiche band's bizarre sonic collage album from 1973, Faust Tapes.
