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Rythmes Contemporains
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£8.50 + VAT
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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)
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BLACK ON WHITE GROUND
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GIANT LOCOMOTION |
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XENOS COSMOS |
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UNDERGROUND SESSION |
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MOUVEMENTS AQUATILES |
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THE SAVAGE ROSE |
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Dusty
Groove America / Mailorder Internet Shop, Chicago
Stunning and fantastic! This is a rare bit of funky
jazz, written by the legendary European composer Janko Nilovic --
Montenegran by birth, but best known to the world for his classic 60s
and 70s recordings in Paris. Rhythms Contemporains is an astounding
batch of baroque funky jazz tracks -- played with a complex sound that
recalls the best MPS moments of the early 70s electric years, and
filled with funky keyboards, wah wah guitars, and large complex rhythms
that push way way past the usual funk album! The overall vision of the
work is astounding -- and the CD is sure to be a treasure for anyone
who digs the work of European funky bandleaders like Gustav Brom, Erwin
Lehn, Peter Herbholzheimer, or Cortez. Great stuff throughout -- and
one of the freshest reissues we've heard in ages!
Lowlands
/ Belgium
Recordings from the 70's, gathering together 45 of
the best French musicians to be conducted by NILOVIC, pianist and
composer extraordinaire from Montenegro who has lived in France
since 1960. Combination of LALO SCHIFRIN, JOHN BARRY and the
great chase themes of the 60's and 70's. James Bond meets Dirty
Harry and Inspector Clouseau in a car race with Mister Bullit Mc
Queen and Bruce Lee …
ECHOES
magazine (April 2001, page 39) Elia Rulli
This Yugoslavian who based himself in France from the
'60s onwards, locked himself away in a suburban studio and delivered
this masterpiece. Ranging from classical to jazz to funk and beyond,
the overall effect is quite psychedelic, but in a good way. While each
song (well, they're more like opuses) has their own feels, this is an
album to experience the whole way through. Repeatedly.
RONNIE
SCOTT'S magazine (No.
131, page 10) Chrissie Murray
OK, imagine Pearl & Dean meets the Cinematic
Orchestra by way of Charles Mingus? Yugoslavian Nilovic, based in
France since 1960, worked ten hours a day creating this blazing jazz
'wall of sound' (1972). Briliant and thirty years ahead of his time.
JOHAN
DADA VIS (Disquarium)
My
rating: 4
points on 5. Wooow! the opening track just blew me away; you
really need to listen this with loud volume!. Big, beeeeeeeg big band
jazz with vocal chorus and electric guitars and strong rhythm section.
Sort of a jazz version of prog rock, but thankfully NOT free jazz. Very
ambitious and bombastic, but not pretentious. Heavy production, a wall
of sound, but still very clean sound, you can hear all the details. The
rhythm and dynamics change all the time, this is a very intruiging
listening experience! Only 6 tracks, but some long ones
RONNIE
(Disquarium)
It is a French library LP from around
1972 originally released on the MP2000 label. It is quite funky. Some
of it is very orchestral It is played by a 45 piece orchestra, It is a
bit like some seriously funked up Stan Kenton, sometimes a bit jazzy,
some of it is quite middle eastern, sounding often very weird,
accompanied by some nice guitars (with a curiously prog rock type of
sound occasionally) there is also a chorus of wordless vocals. It is
laced with lots of soundtrack style breaks in a sort of Lalo Schifrin
Manner (there may also be a hint of Deodato). The overall impression I
get is an LP which is listenable all the way through (with nothing in
the way of low points, or filler tracks). IT IS REALLY F***ING
FANTASTIC. It is a must buy for anyone who likes very groovy sounds.
Buy it. Superb-----really magic stuff---very unusual sounds indeed.
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