The Garden

The Garden is a deeply personal exploration of
Ben Lamdins aka Nostalgia 77s passion for
60s and 70s jazz, soul, funk, and Afrobeat.
Ben Lamdins creations range from heavy funk,
to hip-hop based beats mixed with dusty old
jazz, obscure funk, and psych bits and pieces.
Fusing live instrumentation with the expert beat
programming, The Garden features guest
appearances by many of the musicians who
would later join the Nostalgia 77 Octet.
These new directions lead Ben to a style he
describes as a combination of soul and jazz
with computer based production techniques.
Coming from producing hip hop style beats he
had always heard snippets of jazz tracks he
loved, so the fuller musical expression of
actually making his own jazz music was
inevitable.
This album also includes Nostalgia 77s first
vocal track an incendiary cover version of
Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes,
starring none other than the talented Alice
Russell.