There seems to be a competition going on between Quantic and Nostalgia 77 to see who can release the most music in a short space of time, and it’s pretty much neck and neck at the moment. A few weeks ago the breathtaking album “The Impossible Equation” was released – and on vinyl only which was nice – and now we have “Borderlands”. The Nostalgia 77 Octet is the live incarnation of Benedic Lamdin’s solo project. In February the band locked themselves away in a cottage in Wales to rehearse and record this album and by the sounds of it, that must have been quite a week. Inspired by the sounds of soul, funk, gospel and classic jazz of the 60’s and 70’s, it all comes together beautifully for a modern world. Jazz at its best for the twenty-first century.
