1

2

This month’s contributors:

Mandy Kemp Jam Recommends...................................4Charlie Murphy News Hound...................................6Katja Rackin Art Takeaway...................................10Josh Turner Walking Glasney Vale............................12Nicholas Heartland Far From The Madding Crowd...............14Mitch Syrett Just Oysters...................................16

Curated and compiled by

Louisa KimminsPeter Ridleyand Benjamin Woods

3

WELCOME TO THE TRADING POST

a creative exchange for Falmouth and Penryn

If you would like to contribute to a future issuesend an email to

hello@the-trading-post.co.uk

www.the-trading-post.co.uk

4

JAM RECOMMENDS

Turns out, there is a new Nils Frahm album! If you don’t know him yet, Frahm is a German composer and pianist who blends modern classical and electronica to produce stunning, often fragile soundscapes, which are totally immersive and captivating. From solo piano to percussive looping and effects, it can be spine chilling stuff. As his first collaboration and film soundtrack, the latest release is a bit different to previous recordings.

His new album, Music for the Motion Picture Victoria, is yet another stunner, although it hasn’t yet overtaken the live recordings of “Spaces” (including the hypnotic and ecstatic “Says’) or the glorious Felt in my affections. The opening track is a clubby slightly sinister DJ Koze track, but soon gives way to the trademark Nils Frahm atmosphere; an eerie interplay of piano, cello, guitar and viola. It says on the sleeve notes that they set up a screen in the middle of the studio, played the film on a loop and improvised over the top – amazing. You can sit in a darkened room and let it wash over you, or on headphones on a beach watching the sunset… But, maybe not driving down the A30 in a noisy van. So, go and listen to some Nils Frahm now – there’s plenty available to stream including the entire album “Screws”, downloadable from his website for free, that’s nice of him eh?

By Mandy Kemp

If there’s a new Nils Frahm album out then that will most likely

be my favourite thing to listen to right now...

5

MUSIC

Following a well recieved debut album (Blood Hot) championed by Creation Records founder Alan McGee, and (perhaps more importantly) a guest vocal appearence on Lost Dawn’s self titled debut album, Canadian songstress TESS PARKS spent a hot summer in a Berlin recording studio with ANTON NEWCOMBE (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) and came out of it with a collaborative record ‘I Declare Nothing’, which, following countless online demos and teasers, will finally surface at the end of June.

FOUR TET presents his latest offering in the form of 2 twenty minute tracks, creatively titled ‘Morning/Evening’. These will be released on July 10th.

COCTEAU TWINS will be putting out two re-mastered heavy-weight vinyls - the first consisting of their two 1985 EP’s ‘Tiny Dynamine / Echoes in a Shallow Bay’ and the second their slightly more accessible album (and a great entry point to those

who haven’t heard them) ‘The Pink Opaque’. Available July 17th.

Jam Records is on 32 High St,

Falmouth TR11 2AD

Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10 - 5

www.jamrecords.co.uk

01326 211722

KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR...

Southwest based DIY label Art Is Hard will be continuing their

super limited edition hand-cut singles club with releases from

Long Limbs and Skeleton Frames

(www.artishardrecords.limitedrun.com)

The Black Tambourines are due to release Domino, a new 12inch

single with 2 b-sides on Easy Action records some time this month

(www.easyaction.co.uk)

Also expect new albums from Tame Impala (Currents, 17th July),

Sleaford Mods (Key Markets, 24th July), Ezra Furman (Perpetual

Motion People, 6th July), Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge (12

Reasons To Die II, 10th July) and Omar Souleyman (Bahdeni Nami,

24th July)

6

CHARLIE MURPHY

It’s getting to that time again in Falmouth where the Uni year finishes, the air gets warmer and the place can seem less familiar than it did before. So many of the people who have become part of the make-up leave because their time at Uni is done, however for a while now there has been a core of people playing in bands with each other. Of all the negative connotations of the words ‘scene’ and ‘movement’ there are definitely positives as well in the sense that it can provide a constant in a time of flux. What is really important is that it’s inclusive and not in any way some kind of Mean Girls-esque clique; I certainly have found Falmouth to be a really welcoming place musically. Anyway, in this column I am going to try and keep people (if anyone cares) updated on what musicians in Falmouth are up to, as well as new additions to the music scene and people who maybe started here and are somewhere else now.

NEWS HOUND

I am gonna start with the imminent release of ‘Freedom’ by The Black Tambourines. They finished this record two summers ago and its been a classic amongst my friends and I ever since. Due to a myriad of factors, one of which probably being the pace of Falmouth. it hasn’t been released until now on Easy Action Records, which is run by Carlton (more on him next month). Stylistically ‘Freedom’ is varied, almost every track is subtly different from the last. This being said though, to me it is at its core a punk album even down to its title, for some freedom is the mantra of punk rock. The album has circulated amongst friends and sound tracked the last couple of years, so its really cool that people will finally get to hear it. It’s also a testament to the quality of the album that the band are still happy with it two years later, this is always a really good sign.

Lost Dawn have definitely put other bands around to shame in terms of productivity, my band Red Cords could certainly learn a thing or two. Their debut album was released a couple months back and it deeply rules. I had the pleasure of playing extra guitar for them at their album release, where they played

7

MUSIC

the album in its entirety. Since then they have started work on a new mini-album which from what I have heard passing through the studio is nearly finished. I would be greatly surprised if the inclusion of new member Joel hasn’t influenced the E.P, as it’s had a pretty big impact on their live show, making it way more jammy and expansive.

My band Red Cords have a new E.P coming out probably around September called ‘Vile Guy’. We finished it last summer and it was recorded by Ben Woods (Lost Dawn, Golden Dregs) and Sam Stacpoole (The Black Tambourines, Holiday Ghosts, Golden Dregs). We are going to make a video for the title track with Passman of ‘Headluv and Passman’ fame, which is pretty exciting. It’s taken us ages to get the E.P sorted for release but hopefully no one will hate it so much that

they throw up from anger.

That is all for this month, but there are tonnes more to mention i.e. Golden Dregs, Holiday Ghosts, Cosmic, Katja Rackin, Troubador (the place), The Isabelles, Olive Haigh, Selfish Son and those no good, goddamn, pesky Spankees; but I didn’t want to put too much in the first update that it blurred. In the mean time Charlie Murphy (news hound) will be hounding people in general and not even necessarily for news.

8

Following a string of sell-out shows at MONO, The Trading Post are bringing to the mix a group from a little further afield...

Saharan Desert blues-rock will takeover Falmouth later this month with Ezza, a groove-Tuareg three piece from Northern Africa via France, whose rebellion fuelled rhythms will transport you straight to the dunes of The Great Desert.

Coming from a family of Tuareg blacksmiths in Niger, frontman Goumour ‘Omar’ Adam learnt his trade from his parents, and as a child immersed himself amongst Tuareg musical icons before moving to Toulouse where he formed Ezza with bassist Menad Moussaoui (Algeria) and drummer Stéphane Gratteau (France). The word Ezza (which is the last letter of the Tifinagh alphabet) is the symbol of the free man and of resistance, ideals that are becoming increasingly more significant under Northern Africa’s troubled political climate.

With soul-stirring melodies and infectious rhythms, the group’s three-piece dynamic produces a more contemporary sound than previously associated with Saharan music, ushering in the next generation of North African rock and roll whilst still maintaining the detail and beauty of the likes of Tinariwen and Ali Farke Touré.

THE TRADING POSTPRESENTS:

EZZA

The group will play MONO in Falmouth on Monday July 27th in support of their recently released second album ‘Alkher’, following their UK live debut at this years WOMAD Festival.

Tickets are only £6 and can be purchased at HAND and MONO in Falmouth, or online via the-trading-post.co.uk

9

THE TRADING POST PRESENTS: EZZA

10

KATJA RACKIN

Katja is an

artist, musician

(Holiday Ghosts)

and writer from

Iran via Sweden,

and is a 4-year

strong Falmouth

r e s i d e n t .

She is about to

start an MA in

I l l u s t r a t i o n

at Falmouth

U n i v e r s i t y .

This piece will

be the cover

for The Black T a m b o u r i n e s u p c o m i n g

album release

‘ F r e e d o m ’ .

MEDIUM: Paper

c o l l a g e .

11

ART TAKEAWAY

12

WALKING GLASNEY VALLEYBy Josh Turner

When Bishop Walter Bronescombe, the founder of Glasney College, first visited the Valley in 1265, he saw the glowing light of Heaven radiating from the earth, with clusters of clergymen clad in white robes, burning candles and praising God. Most historians attribute these visions to gases emanating from the boggy marshes that filled the Valley before the river was routed to the sea, but for Bronescombe this was a vision from God, and a sign that the Valley was a holy place; a place to be protected and put to use for the greater good of the population of Penryn.

This idea that Glasney Valley should be protected has been important to its survival, as throughout its history Glasney has been a contested space, often caught between opposing groups on different sides of history. In the 14th century, Henry VIII declared himself Head of the Church and began dissolving England’s Catholic institutions, including Glasney College. The King assigned this task in Cornwall to William Body who, shortly after he destroyed the College in 1548, was murdered at his home in Helston by two men, William Kylter and Pascoe Trevian. This then led to the Prayer Book Rebellion a year later, in which the people of Cornwall revolted against the King and the reformation of the Church, which they felt compromised their culture and traditions. At present, the local community, led by the Glasney Green-Space Regeneration Project, are fighting to keep the Valley a public place, protesting against the building of private sector housing on the land.

The contested nature of the Valley is evident, too, in walking the route of the river towards the viaduct and on into its open fields. The space seems to exist in two states, constantly battling with each other for control over the landscape. The first of these is enclosed, bordered, almost claustrophobic – a dark, dense woodland, flanked on one side by the river, and on the other by a high-rise bank, littered with nettles and fallen logs. It’s loud, with the buzz of insects and the gurgling river, and smells dank, of mould and moss. This is the Glasney that greets you, as you enter the Valley off the bottom of St Thomas Street in Penryn, walking its path in the opposite direction to the flow of the river. Puncturing these woodland areas are clearings, glades, and fields, offering relief from the dark, sheltered spaces formed by the overhanging trees. In contrast to the earthy scent of the woodland areas, these clearings smell fresh and clean, of cut grass and wild garlic. The first of these is at the end of the Valley’s initial path: a circular lawn, benches, and totem

13

tree-trunks. The viaduct cuts an imposing figure here, too, the arches as doorways to the rest of the Valley. Beyond it the route resets itself: first, a series of rough paths with trees and overgrown weeds, a new one appearing as the previous becomes overgrown, all of which lead by some roundabout route to another open space, a fern-filled field overlooked by the houses at the top of the bank. Beyond this, again, there is much more of the Valley to explore.

At present the future of Glasney Valley is still unknown. Cornwall Council will be publishing its draft allocations for the Penryn housing development plan sometime this summer, after which there will be a period of public consultation – only then will a decision be made. In the meantime, be sure to make the most of this historic green space, as no one is quite sure how much longer you will be able to. You can find out how to get involved with the Glasney Green-Space Regeneration project at the links below.

http://glasneygreenspace.com/https://www.facebook.com/GGSRP

PLACES

WALKING GLASNEY VALLEY

14

On Wednesday 22 July the Poly is bringing a cinema classic back on the big screen in beautiful high definition; the original film adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel “Far From the Madding Crowd”. Julie Christie and Terence Stamp were immortalised by The Kinks in ‘Waterloo Sunset’ and cast as lovers in this epic love story in 1967.

Headstrong and independent, farmer Bathsheba Everdene is among the most modern of 19th century heroines. Christie’s performance wonderfully underlines her as a woman at odds with the conventions of the time.

By Nicholas Heartland

Bathsheba unexpectedly inherits a large farm in rural Dorset. Struggling to manage it herself, she captivates the hearts and minds of three very different men: an honest and hardworking sheep farmer, a wealthy but tortured landowner, and a reckless and violent swordsman. But as emotions become entangled, free spirited and innocent folly soon leads to devastating tragedy.

The film contains a number of standout set-pieces, such as Stamp’s powerful, almost Freudian display of swordsmanship. But what resonates so deeply is the way in which Schlesinger and

cinematographer Nicolas Roeg frame the passions and tragedy at the film’s heart against the patterns of rural life and the harsh, sodden beauty of the Dorset landscape.

Almost 50 years on, this restoration reveals the film as an immersive piece of cinema with Hardy’s cruel ironies and bleak lyricism fully intact.

Screening Wednesday

22 July at 2pm and

7pm. Book tickets at

the Poly box office

(10:00-17:00, Monday to

Saturday), by calling

01326 319461 or online

at

www.thepoly.org

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (1968)DIR. JOHN SCHLESINGER | UK (1968) 168 MINS | CERT 15

15

FILM

MORE FILMSscreening at the Poly

FORCE MAJEUREDir: Ruben Őstlund – SWEDEN –

119mins (15)

Wednesday 8th July 7:30pm

A critical favorite and word-of-mouth

sensation at last year’s Cannes Festival,

where it took the Jury Prize in Un Certain

Regard, this wickedly funny and precise-

ly observed psychodrama tells the story

of a model Swedish family-handsome

businessman Tomas, his willowy wife

Ebba and their two blond, pre-teen chil-

dren-on a skiing holiday in the French

Alps. The sun is shining and the slopes

are spectacular but, during lunch at a

mountainside restaurant, an avalanche

turns everything upside down.

ALSO SHOWING...

At the Phoenix: True Story (James Franco, Jonah Hill, July 17th) | Self/Less (Ben Kingsley, Ryan Reynolds, July 17th) | Southpaw (Rachel McAdams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rita Ora, July 24th) | Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation (Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, July 30th) | Hot Pursuit (Reese Witherspoon, July 31st)

www.merlincinemas.co.uk

At the Poly: Sing-Along Grease (July 4th) | Queen and Country (Richard E Grant, Callum Turner, July 13th/14th) | Slow West (Michael Fassbender, July 20th/21st)

www.thepoly.org

LAMBERT AND STAMPDir: James D. Cooper – UK – 117 mins (15)

Wednesday 15th July 7:30pm

This documentary tells the remarkable sto-

ry of Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert, aspir-

ing filmmakers from opposite sides of the

tracks who set out to find a subject for their

underground movie, leading them to discov-

er, mentor and manage the iconic band that

would become known as The Who.

THE CONNECTIONDir: Cédric Jimenez – FRANCE – 135mins

(15)

Saturday 4th July - Tuesday 7th July

The Connection, aka La French, is France’s

take on William Friedkin’s 1971 film The

French Connection. This European version

from French writer, producer and director

Cédric Jimenez begins in 1975 and follows

the real-life story of French police magis-

trate Pierre Michel.

Marseille, 1975. Young investigating magis-

trate Pierre Michel has just come from Metz

with his wife and children, and has been as-

signed to deal with organised crime. He de-

cides to tackle the French Connection, a ma-

fia organisation that exports heroin around

the world. He refuses to listen to reason

and embarks on a personal crusade against

Gaëtan Zampa, an iconic underworld figure

and apparently untouchable godfather. But

he soon realises that if he wants results, he is

going to have to change his methods.

16

JUST OYSTERS

Americans are better at eating oysters than us. To be fair they are better at eating in general; they get a lot of it done and they’ve got the diabetes to prove it. Fat jokes aside, they enjoy oysters without the bullshit. They’re served in bars, pizzas places, and on the street, with $1 oyster happy-hours not uncommon. UK oyster consumption can often be an overly grandiose affair. Take Falmouth Oyster Festival for example; you can never get a table in the marquee because the yacht club have set up camp to drink warm Veuve Clicquot from plastic cups and pour oysters down their throat without so much as a chew.

I clearly have a vested interest/grudge/complex about this because we serve oysters out of our kitchen, in a bar. Long live the free press. But we see them as something you can have with chips and a pint, no dinner jacket required. I also keep them on our menu because I genuinely believe that oysters are one of nature’s greatest edible achievements, and this is demonstrated by the fact that chefs, for the most part, leave them well alone.

With all eyes on produce and provenance, chefs these days often talk about getting hold of great produce and doing as little to it as possible. However, the temptations of dehydration, rehydration, smoking, curing, pickling and maceration are often too great and it’s rare to be served something that really has been left alone,

and when we’re talking about white radish and beef-brisket, I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing. But even the most talented chefs in the country will often serve oysters simply shucked to order, on ice, with optional mignonette seasoning. This is because oysters in their purest form are hard to beat: fresh, clean and with a marine flavour so definite feels like you’ve stuck your head in the harbour.

Our oyster man and owner of Fal Oyster Ltd, Chris ‘Ranger’, collects wild oysters from the beds of the Fal River using traditional, non-invasive shallow dredging from sail or oar powered boats. Native Fal oysters are smaller, sweeter and more delicate than Pacific Rock Oysters such as the Porthilly’s that are available year round in Cornwall. Being a chef means I am writing this 45 minutes away from my already extended deadline at 3AM with no prayer of an interview with Ranger, but I can say with some confidence that he would echo my view that oysters don’t need to come with a fanfare. He’s been grafting on the Fal River for 8 years to bring wild Cornish oysters to bars and restaurants across Cornwall and has decided to cut out the middlemen with his new Ostraca pop-up oyster bar and restaurant. Built from a converted shipping container, the Ostraca unit is dropped onto various stunning Cornish locations where Ranger serves oysters and shellfish alongside local beers and wines. It’s currently set up on

By Mitch Syrett

17

JUST OYSTERS

Crinnis Beach near St Austell, so go and get into some Cornish bi-valves and have beer while your doing it, content in the knowledge that you’ll be sticking it to the stuffy, exclusive, oyster-quaffing man, man.

Go to faloyster.co.uk for info and booking for the

Ostraca pop-up.

Angus & Mitchell’s oysters are available 7 days a week from their resident kitchen at MONO, 4 Killigrew Road,

Falmouth.

Insta: angusandmitchell Tweet: AngusandMitch

FOOD

WHY NOT TRY...

Kacho

Japanese eatery, serving Ramen, Soba, Udon, and Sushi! Sushi set and evening meals are only available though bookings a day or earlier in advance.

5 High StreetFalmouth07974 527031

OPENING TIMESTues – Sat 12-3 for lunchesFri & Sat 6-11 for dinner

18

Th 2/7 MUSIC Oh! Darling Club Night from 10:30pm @ MONO Sa 4/7FILM Sing-Along Grease. Tickets £10 7:30pm @ the Poly

FILM The Connection. Until 7th July @ the Poly

MUSIC Rosie and the Goldbug 9pm. Tickets £6 @ Miss Peapods

We 8/7FILM Fore Majeure 7:30pm @ the Poly

Th 9/7TALK Once upon a time in the West Country with Tony Hawks. 8pm @ the Poly

Fr 10/7FILM Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) is a docu-mentary film that examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation’s Cap-ital. Featuring Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Scream, Void, Faith, Rites of Spring, Mar-ginal Man, Fugazi, and others. 7:30pm @ The Fish Factory

EVENT Salad Days: A decade of Punk in Washington DC - After Party. Post Film Screening DJ set at MONO with DJs Lee Mcintyre (Sonic Lodge), Chris Crabb (Lovebuzz) & Charlie Stanley (Ordinary Boys) 10:30pm - 1:30am @ MONO

Sa 11/7MUSIC Count Bobo: They record their music with vintage, analogue equip-ment live and straight to tape at ‘The Tape Rooms’ studio, emulating

the Jamaican sound from the Sixties and Seventies. Tickets £6/7 9pm @ Miss Peapods

Mo 13/7 - 14/7FILM Queen and Country @ the Poly

Tu 14/7 - 20/7ART Paper, Paint and ClayAn exhibition of collage, sculp-ture, painting and ceramics.SONIA BATEMAN shows a papier mache series entitled EARTH WOMEN. JENNY WEBBE shares a body of ab-stract work in oils on canvas, papier mache sculptures and ceram-ics @ the Poly

We 15/7FILM Lambert and Stamp 7:30pm @ the Poly

Th 16/7MUSIC Love Buzz: Evans The Death, The Black Tambourines and The Isa-belles. £5 @ MONO

DANCE Deiopea Theatre presents: Tide. Tickets £8 (adult), £6 (con-cessions & Poly Members) + £1 Poly fund per ticket. 7.30pm @ the Poly

Fr 17/7COMEDY Kernow King. Tickets £15 8pm @ the Poly

Mo 20/7 - 27/7ART Show Me the Place – Mandy Farrar and Allan Brack.The exhibition follows their pas-sionate journey of art and recovery and their firm belief that ‘Art Saves Lives!’. It also pays a special homage to the inspirational music and poetry of the great Leonard Co-hen. @ the Poly

EVENTS CALENDER

19

JULY EVENTS

ADVANCED BOOKING ADVISED...

The Southwest’s leading DIY label Art Is Hard celebrate their 5th Birthday on

August 29th with a party at the Stag and Hounds and The Exchange in Bristol,

featuring Falmouth favourites The Black Tambourines and Something Anorak | Looe

Festival takes place from September 18th - 20th featuring The Buzzcocks, Johnny

Marr and Jools Holland alongside The Red Cords, Lost Dawn and The Falmouth Soul

Sensation | Postpunk legends WIRE will be playing a very intimate set at Mono on

October 23rd

FILM Slow West @ the Poly (20/7 + 21/7)

We 22/7FILM Far From The Madding Crowd. 2pm and 7pm @ the Poly

Fr 24/7MUSIC Scarlet Rascal. Up and coming Bristolians Scarlet Rascal come to Falmouth to play MONO with their own brand of Indie/Interpol influ-enced trance rock. Fresh from Great Escape festival and Hookworms sup-port. £4 7:30-11pm @ MONO.

MUSIC Broken Brass Ensemble. Com-bining the traditional New Orleans brass with hiphop, balkan, funk, fanfare (and much more) into a blazing mixture of energy. Tickets £8 @ Miss Peapods

Sa 25/7MUSIC Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock.Two of Scotland’s greatest jazz artists, saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Brian Kellock, team up to bring to Cornwall and the Poly a beautiful and imaginative acoustic jazz duo on saxophone and the love-ly Poly grand piano. The press de-

scribes their groove as ‘bewitching layers of delicacy’, ‘full flight, spontaneous invention’ and ‘sheer artistry’. Tickets in advance: £10 (adults), £8 (students and children under 16) On the door: £12. 8pm @ the Poly

Su 26/7MUSIC Jazz night @ The Ferryboat Inn from 8pm

Mo 27/7MUSIC Trading Post & MONO presents EZZA. Tuareg Blues from the heart of the Sahara desert. Tickets £6. 8pm @ MONO

If you would like to submit an event,

please email hello@the-trading-post.

co.uk

20

www.the-trading-post.co.uk