JANKO NILOVIC-Rhythmes Contemporains Yugoslavia-new LP-

JANKO NILOVIC

Rhythmes Contemporains

Yugoslavian Funky Jazz Masterpiece

SEALED LP

VADIM REISSUE

NEW LP 180-g -

JANKO NILOVIC - 
Rythmes Contemporains
Reissue 
Vadim music

From original master tapes - From original artwork - Numbered & Limited.

reissue one of the most ambitious and costly records to come out of 70s library music, the legendary Rythmes Contemporains from the brilliant Janko Nilovic.

This complex and protean work shines out particularly from the rich discography of this Yugoslavian composer, and according to his many fans across the world, is one of his greatest achievements. The year is 1972 and Janko Nilovic is in his most creative period.

The label Montparnasse 2000, trusting him entirely, give him the means to make his ambitions a reality, allowing him to put together a gigantic big band comprising 45 musicians, including the gifted drummer André Ceccarelli, percussionist Jean Schultheis and Catherine Laura on lead violin. And so everything is in place to make these recordings an exceptional moment that embodies elegance.

The result is beyond the wildest expectations and the 6 tracks pressed into the heart of this rare vinyl resound music of incredible strength and coherence.

A whirlwind of notes and epic rhythms which go crazy, calm down then stir once more at the command of Nilovic who truly gives his all.

Between baroque jazz, symphonic pop and mutant funk, Rythmes Contemporains seems to want to make its own rules that defy conventions, siding with visions of the likes of David Axelrod or Lalo Schifrin.

Like a magnificent flash and a visionary patchwork, Nilovic solidly brings together the drive of these 45 musicians and fully embraces the energy of his era, the main ambition of this, in fact timeless, masterpiece.

When I heard Gilles playing Xenos Cosmos a few years ago I was stunned. I walked around the room repeating: this is a masterpiece, this is a masterpiece! I was amazed to find a Yugoslavian musician that I had never heard of. It took a while to solve the mystery. Janko Nilovic is a pianist, poet and composer extraordinare from Montenegro who has lived in France since 1960. He is one of those musicians who devote themselves to music fanatically. He isolated himself from the rest of the world to create his own universe in a Parisian suburb, consisting of his instruments, local musicians and composers. At least 10 hours a day of experimenting and searching for the right composition resulted in a great number of published works, but most of them are on library labels not available for sale. His opus stretches from Classical, Jazz and Funk to Pop, Psyche and Easy Listening. He touches all these styles in a characteristic way. Nilovic - poet as well as musician - creates poetic musical images by bending the edges of styles, cross-pollinating them.  Janko recorded many albums for the MONTPARNASSE 2000 library label which specialises in music for Radio and T.V., musical illustrators and Film Music clubs. Rythmes Contemporains is my favourite from that series. It was recorded in 1972-73 in the Paris studio "Des Dames Et Hoche". This magnificent project gathered 45 of the then best French musicians to be conducted by Nilovic,. He composed all the songs  and made all the arrangements. All the compositions are his perceptions of  the surrounding environment: Black On White Ground represents the contrasts of  modern life. Giant Locomotion is a description of a big city, with all its lights, noise, colours, wide avenues and 24 hour life. Xenos Cosmos is a homage to space heroes; Underground Session evokes jams in the corridors of the Paris Metro; Movement Aquatiles is about nature's metamorphoses; The Savage Rose reflectsLatin American colours. All these musical paintings are vivid and uplifting. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.  (Zeljko Kerleta, 2000)