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Nostalgia 77, aka Ben Lamdin, first burst onto the scene with his heavy, new funk based sound in 2002. His hard work and prolific creation process has led to the release of many outstandingly high quality albums in a relatively short amount of time, containing a diverse and varied fusion of styles and influences from more mellow, solemn, moody yet beautiful offerings to more upbeat, heavy funk, hip-hop based beats mixed with dusty old jazz, obscuro funk and psych bits and pieces.

Following on from this success The Nostalgia 77 Octet were formed to bring his craftsmanship to the stage with a nine piece live band who have since gone onto release 4 outstanding albums .

The latest project from Nostalgia 77 is an intriguing collaboration with bona fide legends of contemporary jazz and avant-garde experimental music, Keith and Julie Tippett. Entitled ‘Nostalgia 77 Sessions featuring Keith And Julie Tippett’, the album came out in April 2009; it is a collection of beautiful original material that spans blues, jazz and soul music, threaded through with experimental flourishes, and represents a journey of musical discovery for all the artists involved.

Its time to once again dig deep into the crate of records marked horizontal for this months podcast. Filled with tracks by the 5 Corners Quintet , the Robert Mitchell Trio , Tosca , Carlos Nino , Jazzanova and a radical reworking of an Oasis track (part 3 of a 5 part version of 'Falling Down') its time to huddle around the open fire and relax..............

Its September , its my birthday and its time for a new mix.Re-edits , original Disco and Electro and some classic 1980s action - Japan , Greg Wilson , Orange Juice , Fonda Rae , Gino Soccio

Biography by Heather Phares

The brilliantly named Cinematic Orchestra is led by composer/programmer/multi-instrumentalist Jason Swinscoe, who formed his first group, Crabladder, in 1990 as an art student at Cardiff College. Crabladder's fusion of jazz and hardcore punk elements with experimental rhythms inspired Swinscoe to further explore the possibilities of sampling, and by the time of the group's demise in the mid-'90s, he was DJing at various clubs and pirate radio stations in the U.K. The music he recorded on his own at the time melded '60s and '70s jazz, orchestral soundtracks, rhythm loops, and live instrumentation into genre-defying compositions, as reflected on his contribution to Ninja Tune's 1997 Ninja Cuts 3 collection and his remixes of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Coldcut tracks. The Cinematic Orchestra built on this musical blueprint, letting a group of live musicians improvise over sampled percussion or basslines. The Orchestra included saxophonist/pianist Tom Chant, bassist Phil France, and drummer Daniel Howard, who also recorded the Channel One Suite and Diabolus EPs for Ninja Tune with Swinscoe. The project's full-length debut, Motion, arrived in 1999 to great acclaim, which culminated in the Cinematic Orchestra's performance at the Directors' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony for Stanley Kubrick later that year in London. After the collection Remixes 1998-2000, their second album, Every Day, followed in 2002, with vocal features for Fontella Bass and Roots Manuva. Man with a Movie Camera, a 2003 release on CD and DVD, offered a 1999 film score Cinematic Orchestra had provided for the re-airing of a 1929 Soviet documentary, while four years later Ma Fleur was released. Live at the Royal Albert Hall arrived in spring 2008.

Summers here (well it was til the massive downpour today!!!!) and to get you in the mood a mix of some of Zero 7s' finest work - album tracks , remixes , their own remixes of other artists work (Mos Def , Terry Callier , Lenny Kravitz , NERD) and rare E.P tracks

Sit back and enjoy

Greetings Podcast fans,

We are back on a mellow tip this month for some serious laid back sounds to sit in th garden / park / beach and chill to. Theres some stuff from the Death Proof Soundtrack and Marvin Gayes brilliant 'Trouble man' masterpiece as well. Other artists include Scrimshire , Liz Parks , Rick James , Moody , Coyote , Auteur Jazz and many others

Sit back and Enjoy ,
David