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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 21 AUGUST 2016 38 This Week Let the falcon fly Working quietly for over a decade to craft their own tribute to the classic rock sound of the 60s and 70s, Falcon's Flying Circus are finally about to unleash their first album, courtesy of Reciprocal Records. The four-piece speak to TEODOR RELJIC about what led up to their self-titled debut, which will be launched on August 27 You got together as a band in 2005. What were your original intentions back then, and did they change over time? Back then, our main intention was to simply play as much as we could. We chose going down to our rehearsal space over anything else. We loved it. We happened to be a small group of people who had similar interests in old school music – the golden age of rock: 60s and 70s rock music – which was not something easy to come by back then. We didn't just want to play the music but live the whole experience of it all and in our own way, we did. Eleven years down the line, we have evolved a lot together and worked a lot more on our own original mate- rial coming up to this point to releasing this album which is a collection of our whole journey together, with songs written over the years, from the very beginning until very recently. What kind of influences do you bring to the table, and how do they help craft your particular sound? Individually, we all bring some- thing different to the table, with styles ranging from blues, rock, funk, soul to progressive rock. Putting all this together is what has nurtured and evolved into our own little style, so to speak. What are some of the challeng- es of maintaining a band within the Maltese scenario? How have you stayed afloat so far? The challenges are vast but we do it for the same reasons as when we started this in the begin- ning: for the music and our love for it. We are also proud to have stuck strong together throughout these years regardless of the many trends we have seen come and go. A lot of intention has gone into the band. We didn't just want to make commercial music to be- come 'successful' but to re-awak- en an era of rock music we loved! On that note, what do you make of the local musical scene? What would you change about it? Well, not too much to be de- sired. I must say we live in an age of marketing now where its more about the amount of likes you have on Facebook rather than the music itself. The prob- lem isn't necessarily Malta, times have changed everywhere. At least you can definitely say we don't do it for the money, because there's hardly any! In small coun- try like Malta it's important for musicians to work together, to raise the standard together. That alone would contribute to mak- ing things a whole lot better and bring things up to an even better standard. What can we expect from your debut album? This album is something we've worked on for a while now and are very excited to hear what re- sponse we'll receive seeing as our music can now be heard on de- mand which was not available be- fore. We feel we have contributed something different to the scene especially for those classic rock lovers out there. Our album can now be purchased at reciprocal- records.com directly from us on Facebook or at the album launch gig, where we have a special set ready just for the occasion. What's next for you? Once this album is released we have planned to get back to work- ing on new material maybe even release another album soon. Who knows, just as we have matured our music has too so it'll be inter- esting for us to see what's coming next. Falcon's Flying Circus will be launching their debut album on August 27 at Zion, Marsaskala. They will be supported by Fuzz- honeys. Entrance is €7, €12 with CD. Doors open at 20:30 Falcon's Flying Circus first got together in 2005 and are now ready to launch their debut album Art should be made for the future Following the MCAST Fine Arts students end-of-year exhibition – this year entitled 'Leave a Mark' TEODOR RELJIC speaks to their students about their progress through the course, and how they plan to develop their work and aesthetic in the future. This week, he speaks with Julia Galea When did you first decide to pursue the visual arts, and how did you first set about following this passion? I have had a passion for art in general from a very young age, starting initially with an affinity for drawing, which later developed into other media and processes. After completing my O-Levels it was a natural progression to go to MCAST and pursue a career in Fine Arts. How would you describe your experience at MCAST, and how has it affected your progress as an artist? I believe that my practice has progressed considerably at the MCAST Institute for the Creative Arts. Being an MCAST student has provided me with the facilities (i.e. workshops and studios) which make it possible for one to try new things, experiment and push their practice further. Could you speak about your contribution to 'Leave a Mark'? How did you interpret the brief, and what do you hope to express with the work you've presented? The work produced for the Leave a Mark is a reaction to a brief which aims to drive students to find their artistic identity. My work focuses on the idea of time in space, and with this installation I aim to chal- lenge the viewer's perception by focusing on different interpreta- tions of the idea of time – and how it operates in space. I have explored an unconventional relation to time – one which is directly consequen- tial to human intervention – this is explored through the interactive nature of the work. With this work I aim to express my ideas on time – and how the 'present' is not a state in itself but a continuous flow, created from the tension between the past and the future. I believe that art should be made for the future, built from ex- periences and knowledge from the past, and not for the present, which invariably becomes the past by the time one has seen the artwork. 'Untitled 0' by Julia Galea Julia Galea