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Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Episodes

  1. Pere Ubu

    Stuart blows the dust off American post-punk band Pere Ubu鈥檚 1978 album Dub Housing.

  2. Anne Briggs

    Stuart revisits the elusive folk artist鈥檚 hugely influential album The Time Has Come.

  3. My Mother Said

    A selection of strange sounds discovered via a connection with the women that raised us

  4. Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom

    Stuart returns to the theatrical minimalist electronic album Daytime Viewing from 1979.

  5. Herbie Hancock

    Stuart looks back on the American pianist鈥檚 1971 experimental fusion jazz album Mwandishi.

  6. Katie Gately

    Stuart chats to the experimental electronic artist about her dark and intense new album.

  7. Shabazz Palaces

    Stuart revisits the avante-garde and experimental hip hop duo鈥檚 2011 debut Black Up.

  8. Keeley Forsyth

    Stuart speaks to the experimental singer about her haunting and personal debut album.

  9. Olivia Louvel

    Stuart chats to the digital sound artist about a new compelling sculpture-inspired work.

  10. David Thomas Broughton

    Stuart celebrates the triumphant debut by the eccentric avant-garde folk artist.

  11. The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus

    Stuart features an enigmatic experimental music collective formed in Liverpool in 1985.

  12. The Sun Also Rises

    Stuart celebrates a newly reissued spellbinding folk album from 1965 by The Sun Also Rises

  13. BodyVice

    Stuart hears about BodyVice, a 360 degree interrogation of chronic pain.

  14. Best of 2019

    Stuart selects his favourite freaky releases from the past 12 months.

  15. Freak Zone Christmas Snowball

    Accumulating musicians down a snowy hill, Stuart presents a festive Freak Zone snowball

  16. Irmin Schmidt鈥檚 Solo Piano Music

    Stuart dips into Irmin Schmidt's solo piano work.

  17. Deathprod

    Stuart talks to Helge Sten, aka Deathprod.

  18. Deep Listening

    Stuart guides you through the practise of deep listening pioneered by Pauline Oliveros.

  19. Sofia Jernberg

    Sofia Jernberg talks about singing without language.

  20. Ka Baird

    Ka Baird talks about her music that sounds simultaneously ancient and futuristic.

  21. Gentle Giant

    Stuart talks to his favourite band from his teenage years, Gentle Giant

  22. Jerusalem In My Heart

    Lebanese-Canadian musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh talks about creating a modern Arabic sound

  23. Slow Motion Soundtrack

    Stuart Maconie presents a slow motion soundtrack to your Sunday evening.

  24. Lingua Ignota

    Stuart explores the music of Lingua Ignota, a formidable and singular new talent.

  25. Mute Records鈥� roster do John Cage鈥檚 4鈥�33鈥�

    Goldfrapp, Wire, Richard Hawley and more record their own versions of John Cage鈥檚 4鈥�33鈥�.

  26. Harpe Diem

    Stuart seizes the day and celebrates adventurous harp players.

  27. Left-Field Languages

    Stuart celebrates obscure languages at Contains Strong Language festival.

  28. Plunderphonics

    Stuart explores the art of altering existing audio recordings to make new compositions.

  29. Tibetan Book of the Dead

    Stuart features music to guide you through death to rebirth.

  30. The Utopia Strong

    Kavus Torabi & Michael J York talk about their project with Steve Davis, The Utopia Strong

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