01. Along lands ends (Excerpt 1)
01. Along lands ends (Excerpt 2)
02. Short cut 1
03. Fullmoon night on dunboy bay
04. Short cut 2
05. Deep valleys of subconsciousness
06. Short cut 3
07. Glastonbury gate
08. Short cut 4
09. Dartmoor

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Reviews:

"Nostalgia, usually consiting of Mathias Grassow, Rüdiger Gleisberg and Carsten Agthe with the addition of few guests depending on each album, has always came with own distinctive sound on each of their previous 3 albums. Their newest album, "Echoes From The Borderland", is no exception to this rule as it blends several styles and uses ingredients from all their existin g works, mostly from orchestrally dramatic "The House On The Borderland" or darkly droning "Beyond Horizon". On the top of that Nostalgia again searches for the new challenges in their compositions, this time it's introduction of raw guitar experiments by Torsten Hirsch of Agrypnie and by John Haughm of Agalloch bands. Deeper tight mysterious drones with hidden choirs open "Along Lands End" that later traverse into more massive mid-paced industrialized tribal/ritual rhythms. Over 15-minute long apocalyptic opening! Credited for his contribution to this piece is also Tomas Weiss, Mathias Grassow's fellow explorer. Next shorter "intermission" track is entitled "Short Cut 1", actually this kind of piece follows after each longer compostion on this album (4 short cuts are featured) and is mostly centered around more cinematic drifts and crispy acoustic strings, quite relieving after "heavy weight" main compositions. "Fullmoon Night On Dunboy Bay" blends darker industrial sounds with post rock or gothic doom infl uenced rough sound of processed guitars. "Deep Valleys Of Subconsciousness" unveils quite mysteriously with deeper, more monumental drones that are later enriched by crying guitars and also by throat singing. Truly amazing piece and definitely one of the highlights on this greatly adventurous journey! Slower "Glastonbury Gate" returns again to more threatening terrains, just like the closing marching "Dartmoor", both based on rough industrialized soundwalls. Not easy listening session when comparing, for example, to chilled-out "Arcana Publicata Vilescunt" album, but, as already mentioned, Nostalgia's members again arrived with new venturing album showcasing their refined, challenging and spectral artistry supported by attractive digi sleeve packaging by Databloem." (Richard Gürtler, Bratislava, Slovakia)

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"Its been quiet for Matthias Grassow, at least from the corner I am in. But he's back here with an album with his 'band' Nostalgia. It started in 2000 with Grassow and Rüdiger Gleisberg and later on Carsten Agthe became the third member. He plays percussion and didgeridoo. 'Echoes From The Borderland' is their fourth album. If you know Grassow's music, then you know where to place him: a long time voice in the world of ambient music, in more specific that area where it meets up with tribal influences, orchestral settings and even psychedelics and post rock. At least on this new one, as I must admit I don't think I heard the previous three records. Slow moving, immensely layered ambient music build around heavily processed guitars and a barrage of analogue synthesizers. Percussion is kept to a minimum, and has a more or less serving function. The didgeridoo is far away, if anywhere at all. Its not easy to say if it is present at all. Slow, meditative music, but also with a great darkness to it. An album of sad music me thinks. More autumn/winter music than for the bright summer, but perhaps also an album that works well when the hot day is over and dawn sets in. It ends with the Nadja inspired (although less 'metal') bang of 'Dartmoor' - an unsettling night is ahead. Scary spaciousness." (Vital Weekly)