TRACKLIST:
Cheney Lane
Changes
Green Blade of Grass
You and Me
The Hunger
After Ararat
Freedom
Seven Nation Army Feat. Alice Russell
The Garden


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After 2004’s beautifully mournful debut `Songs For My Funeral’`, `Nostalgia 77`’s new offering, '`The Garden`' is set for release in late March on Tru Thoughts throughout Europe, and `Ubiquity Records` in the USA. This LP sees multi- instrumentalist/producer Nostalgia 77 explores his love of 60's and 70's jazz, soul, funk and Afrobeat sounds; decidedly moving away from hip-hop production towards investigating his love of spiritual jazz styles. Having worked with some fine musicians, `The Garden'`fuses live instrumentation with computer programming, forging a unique and highly accomplished sound.

Nostalgia 77 first burst onto the scene with his heavy, new funk based sound in 2002. Unleashing a string of club friendly tracks on Tru Thoughts’ hugely influential 7Sevens imprint, he then followed suit with his seminal debut LP entitled ‘Songs For My Funeral’ in February 2004. Swiftly moving away from the distinctive raw funk of his previous singles, ‘Songs For My Funeral’ saw him branching out to explore a more downtempo and jazz infused style. The success of the album thus encouraged him to progress with this approach for his second album offering, ‘The Garden’. A style which he describes as “a combination of soul and jazz composition with computer based production techniques”.

“Coming from producing hip hop style beats I'd always heard snippets of jazz tracks I loved. This LP was a way of doing some jazz tracks which did what I wanted from start to finish.”

Nostalgia 77 is aiming for an edgy sound whilst continuing to search for a more personal expression. His influences include free and spiritual jazz ; Sun Ra, Coltrane, AACM , Don Cherry, Ornett Coleman , Archie Shepp, Mingus, Max Roach, British Jazz musicians like Keith Tippet and Graham Collier, as well as 60's funk and soul and Afro sounds.


Feedback to "The Garden" LP :

"An impressive follow up." Straigth No Chaser

"I’d like to hear this on stage now." Echoes Magazine

"Expertly played and programmed. Essential music." Soul Generation

"Startlingly good second album. Definitely another one for the treasure chest." The List

" An absolutely wonderful jazz fusion LP with a full live jazz combo. Feeling every track on this. Big Up to the Tru Thoughts Crew!!!'' Kev Beadle, Solar Radio

"Excellent LP. Been looking forward to this for a while. Love the whole album, very strong and consistant throughout. Will be in my record box for a long time to come." Simon S, Break Reform

"Awesome! A brave musical move for the artist and the label but an excellent one at that! Taking the N77 sound to the next level without losing any of the grittyness. Charting at Number One. LP of The Year!" Ben Smith, Best Kept Secret

“Beautiful album, everlasting quality. Will play it for many many years to come. We need more music like this.” Zeljko Kerleta, Cosmic Sounds