Glasgow-based producers Cry Parrot hit Cafe Oto for the first time, presenting an exclusive two-night line-up of adventurous new music from the Scottish underground - supported by funds from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. For the last 7 years Cry Parrot has been playing an essential role in nurturing grassroots experimental and cross-genre music from the Scottish underground, as well as playing host to an array of global talent. Best known for their Music Language Festival – a Glasgow based multi-venue festival described by Clash magazine as "an invaluable snapshot of Scotland's music today, a scene that is still one of the most vibrant and diverse in Europe, if not the world" - they have celebrated the work of countless Scottish artists, and have toured their eclectic remit to Suoni Per Il Popolo in Montreal and MADE Festival in Umea.

Each night will see 3 acts play their Café Oto debut. Taking in experimental pop, free jazz, feral noise, Lynchian lounge, electronic primitivism and avante-garde solo meditations, expect two eclectic, thought-provoking nights of Scottish underground music, featuring Muscletusk, Whilst, Andrew Paine, Ela Orleans, Tut Vu Vu and The Final Five.

ELA ORLEANS

The 2nd evening welcomes a long-awaited Café Oto debut from the prolific Ela Orleans. Taking influence from 60’s psych, pastoral pop and Radiophonic workshop electronics, she creates an intimate, cinematic sound, often compared to Broadcast but also to her fellow contemporary and collaborator Dirty Beaches. Formerly a member of experimental pop act Hassle Hound, she has been working as a solo artist for over 10 years now, and released a slew of solo releases and collaborative EPs on the likes of ClanDestine Records, La Station Radar and Night People. Her album ‘Tumult in Clouds’ was recently awarded the Dead Albatross Music Prize, of which My Bloody Valentine, Lee Gamble, Andy Stott, Rhrodri Davies and Factory Floor were also nominated.



TUT VU VU

Self-described as the love child of Anaïs Nin and David Lynch, the metaphor is a near-perfect introduction to Tut Vu Vu's warped aural world, where baroque organ melodies sit alongside lounge-jazz drums, filthy bass lines, surf guitars and occasional swirling clarinets. They've supported everyone from Omar Souleyman to Blurt, and will be releasing a long-awaited debut record soon, too.

Tut Vu Vu from Dave Allen on Vimeo.