Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone
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Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone: Pat Metheny and ECM Records
Stuart's featured album is Pat Metheny's debut record Bright Sized Life.
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FreakZone: Graham Massey and ECM Records 16 Jun 13
Celebrating the 70th birthday of Manfred Eicher, founder of the iconic European jazz label ECM. Best known for its hi-fidelity recordings and fair treatment of musicians, regular guest Graham Massey joins Stuart with his favorites from the early years of the label.
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FreakZone: Jazz and Heavy Metal 09 Jun 13
It may sound like the ultimate headache to some, but John Doran from The Quietus explains his love for the exhilarating sonic crossover of contemporary jazz with heavy metal. Featuring examples from the last 20 years from John Zorn's Naked City to the new single from Italian jazzers Mombu.
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FreakZone: Huw Stephens on Leftfield Welsh Music 02 Jun...
This week Stuart says "croeso" (Welsh for "welcome") to Radio 1's Huw Stephens who shares some of his favourite tracks from the current crop of leftfield Welsh language music. From electronica to a "Welsh Bob Dylan", Huw presents some of the best strange and beautiful sounds currently coming out of his Welsh homeland.
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FreakZone: Tubular Smells 26 May 13
Andy Votel takes a sideways glance at the Virgin Records legacy to warm up for Stuart's big interview with Richard Branson in the Freak Zone. Marking 40 years since the release of Mark Oldfield's Tubular Bells, the first ever release on Virgin Records Andy plays some suitably bonkers records featuring the unique sound of the tubular bell.
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FreakZone: Secret Side of Krautrock 19 May 13
Stuart Maconie introduces you to some lesser known krautrock coming out of Germany from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Featuring tracks from Ash Ra Temple, Birth Control and Brainticket.
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FreakZone: American home-made recordings
Jonny Trunk, founder of Trunk Records joins Stuart with American home-made records. Starting with a hip and swinging jazzy number from The Silhouettes it all goes downhill from there. Getting progressively worse but increasingly intriguing Jonny finishes with a deadpan, completely out-of-tune and totally brilliant song called I Can’t Hide My Feelings From You.
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