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Haruomi Hosono - Watering a Flower

Stuart's featured album is an ultra rare landmark of Tokyo ambient Haruomi Hosono's Watering a Flower. Plus Stereolab, Magma and contemporary classical music from Warrington.

"Hey Mr DJ, do you have any Icelandic Theremin doom ambient in the box?" Well, funny you should ask, because yes we do!

Other aural delights in the Freak Zone record box this week include Magma, Stereolab, leftfield Americana, Japanese jazz pop and, obviously, contemporary classical music from Warrington.

Plus Stuart's featured album is an ultra rare landmark of Tokyo ambient by one third of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Haruomi Hosono's Watering a Flower. It was originally commissioned in 1983 as back ground music for Japanese retailers Muji鈥檚 first stand alone store and initially only released on cassette. Since then it has since become a cult favourite, leading to a reissue in 2020鈥� on, of course, cassette.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 2 Feb 2025 20:00

Music Played

  • Syd Dale

    Man Friday

  • Eiko Ishibashi

    Coma

  • Space Blanket

    Grief And Gold Sparkles

  • Haruomi Hosono

    Talking

  • Hekla

    骋谤补虂尘颈苍苍

  • Magma

    Udu Wudu

  • Haruomi Hosono

    Growth

  • Stereolab

    Spark Plug

  • Cardiacs

    Helen And Heven

  • Gastr del Sol

    Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis

  • Kali Malone

    Moving Forward

  • Vacuus Otiosus

    The Fishcoke Launcher

  • Lewis Gill

    Sankey Valley Revery

  • 成人快手 Radiophonic Workshop & John Baker

    Radio Nottingham

  • The Tony Hatch Orchestra

    Man Alive

  • Haruomi Hosono

    Muji Original BGM

  • Connie Converse

    Man in the Sky

  • Wall of Voodoo

    Call Of The West

  • Artemis

    The Smile of the Snake

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Feb 2025 20:00