DJ Chart: Fielding Hope (Cry Parrot)

Fielding Hope, better known by his DJ alias Cry Parrot (also the banner under which he promotes live events and gigs in Glasgow and beyond) is one of the lynchpins of the underground music scene in Scotland. Having collaborated with Glasgow Film Festival in 2012, bringing techno godhead Jeff Mills to town to live soundtrack Fritz Lang's The Woman In The Moon, and curated the Music Language Festival across several Glasgow venues last month, he knows a thing or two about eclectic, ground-breaking music.

Forthcoming Glasgow shows from Cry Parrot feature recent Warp signing Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, with support from Luke Fowler and Richard Youngs (CCA, 1 Oct), and next month, Bill Orcutt of the band Harry Pussy (The Glad Cafe, 1 Nov). Fielding Hope will be DJing at the birthday party for Glasgow's Stereo on 9 Nov.

Here, he presents a selection of tracks that never leave his record bag while he's manning the decks at Nice 'n' Sleazy's, Distill and other Glasgow haunts.

Heatsick – Snakes and Ladders [Soul Jazz / Sound Of The Universe]
"While everyone has been trying to save up for a 303, 808 or 909, Heatsick has been making some of the most original outsider house using just a beat-up Casio keyboard, a loop pedal and a few fx. This is a great body music cut recently released on Sounds of the Universe."

C.U.B.S. – We Don't Need No Carpet Beggars [Music + Noise] 
"Groovy German post-punk from 1983 with Contortions-esque guitar stabs and vocals that grow more feral as the track goes on. Ideal for getting the freaks on the dancefloor."

Tumblack – Caraiba [Island]
"Found this beauty while crate-digging in Montreal. Wild, super funky afro-disco from the West Indies. Enough polyrhythmic percussion, bombastic instrumentals and chanting to get people tranced out and spilling their drinks... "

Tropic of Capricorn – Helen Gilchrist [Clan Destine]
Face-melting acid courtesy of two members of Glasgow's Golden Teacher, released on the ace Clan Destine Trax. Played this at a 50-capacity rave in Sheffield and I've been struggling to find a similarly intense occasion to play it out again. 

Tullio de Piscopo – Stop Bajon (Primavera) [ZYX]
"Soulful sun-tinged percussive Italian disco from 1984 – great for getting a party started. One of my favourite jazz artists Don Cherry guests on this and you can feel the warmth of his playing throughout the track. "

Whilst – Umgebung [unreleased]
"A few of my friends have started an ace new kraut-flavoured analogue disco/house/jazz band after a few jams in the Green Door Studio. They've got a release coming out later this year on Optimo and I'm sure lots of folks are going to get excited about it..."