Nostalgia 77

Benedic Lamdin is a British music producer, composer, songwriter and guitarist who releases music as Nostalgia 77. He has produced Nostalgia 77 albums since 2004, with a variety of other musicians, some of which are instrumental and some have guest vocalists.^[1] "His music encompasses everything from sample-based compositions to collaborations with real, live musicians".^[2] Lamdin has also written and produced for assorted singers, including Jamie Cullum, Alice Russell, and Jeb Loy Nichols.^[3][4] He also runs his own jazz record label, Impossible Ark.

In 2007, Lamdin won Jazz Album Of The Year at the BBC Radio One / Gilles Peterson Worldwide Winners.^[5]

Discography

Nostalgia 77 albums

• Songs for My Funeral (2004, Tru Thoughts)^[6]
• The Garden (2005)
• Everything Under The Sun (2007) – includes Beth Rowley^[7][8]
• Nostalgia 77 Sessions feat. Keith & Julie Tippett – with Keith Tippett and Julie Tippetts
• The Sleepwalking Society (2011) – vocals throughout by Josa Peit^{[2][1][9][10]}
• A Journey Too Far (2014) – includes Jeb Loy Nichols^[4]
• The Loneliest Flower in the Village (2023, Jazzman)

The Nostalgia 77 Octet albums

• Seven's & Eight's: Recorded Live at the Jazz Café (2006, Tru Thoughts)^[11]
• Borderlands (2006)
• Weapons of Jazz Destruction (2007)

Nostalgia 77 and the Monster albums

• The Taxidermist (2012, Tru Thoughts) – includes Matthew Bourne^[3][12]
• Measures (2014)

Nostalgia 77 compilation albums

• One Offs, Remixes & B-Sides (2008, Tru Thoughts)

Albums with others

• In The Kingdom Of Dub: Prince Fatty Meets Nostalgia 77 (2014) – with Prince Fatty
• Love & Poverty (2015) by Strange Faith (Lamdin, Jeb Loy Nichols and others)

Singles

• Prince Fatty Meets Nostalgia 77: Medicine Chest Dub / Seven Nation Army Dub feat. Dennis Alcapone
• Measures / Island In The Sun
• Walking Over / Hard Work In (Good Lovin Out)

Awards

• 2007: Jazz Album Of The Year, Worldwide Winners, BBC Radio One / Gilles Peterson^[5]