Janko Nilovic – Un Couple Dans La Ville (1976, LP, Montenegro/ France)

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Janko Nilovic – Vocal Impressions (1971, LP, Montenegro/France)

Tracklist:
A1. Week-End À Chelsea 2:07
A2. Ta Voix Du Fond Des Ondes 3:03
A3. Improvisation Pour Deux Voix 2:32
A4. Cantate Pour Deux Cœurs 3:05
A5. Il Est Loin Le Printemps 2:37
A6. Atchika Boum 2:16
B1. Du Soleil Camarade 2:47
B2. À L'ombre De Notre-Dame 2:53
B3. Rêverie À St-Germain-Des-Près 3:00
B4. Funky Village 2:32
B5. La... La... That's It 2:58
B6. Ballade Pour Marie 2:22

Conductor [Orchestra] – Janko Nilovic
Music By – Dave Sucky, Janko Nilovic

Janko Nilovic ‎– Concerto Pour Un Fou (1977, LP, Montenegro/France)

Tracklist
A1. Moog Bach (2:23)
A2. Dans Ma Tristesse (3:35)
A3. Mexican Puppet (3:40)
A4. Toi Que J’aimais (3:48)
A5. L’enfance (3:30)
A6. Seuls Les Anges Sont Éternels (2:08)
B1. Concerto Pour Un Fou (2:45)
B2. From The Hill (3:15)
B3. Oh My Soul (4:20)
B4. Un Violon C’est Un Arbre (3:13)
B5. L’amour N’a Pas De Saison (2:55)
B6. Adios Bambina (2:20)


Recording sessions at the Hoche / Barclay studio. I used for the first time the Moog (big one!). More than an hour to install it! On this record, I had fun while keeping my seriousness because the keyboard partition was not caviar! I got out of it anyway. Like Giant, it was produced for commercial reasons but as we only sold five and a half copies, the big boss realized there and then a Library version (MP 82) which had success in that form. (J. Nilovic)

Janko Nilovic ‎– Psyc Impressions (1969, LP, Montenegro/France)

"My first record at Montparnasse 2000 (Editions & Productions). The director offered me a contract on ten records in the first place and again ten records to follow . The director gave me a free choice for the kind of music I was going to record; I chose the style « Jazz-Rock » for this first album. I did not believe it would eventually be a success, but as the days passed , a grand event changed the course of my career. I was driving my super Jaguar 3.8 liters (white) in the direction of my home in the Bois de Boulogne, and I put Europe 1 on the radio. What a great surprise: I heard the first piece on this record and suddenly a moment of panic seized me. So, I parked there and then and I head the second piece playing . A few tears of joy appeared when the whole of the record, both sides of the disc, went on the air. So far, some of my songs including one in collaboration with Michel Jonas :‘Les nuits sans lune’ that were successful at the time, and others songs were playing on radios but I never imagined hearing my entire record as a composer! So suddenly, I stopped the singers’ arrangements and devoted myself entirely to instrumental music". Janko Nilovic

Janko Nilovic ‎– Rythmes Contemporains (1974, LP, Montenegro/France)

Tracklist:
A1. Black On A White Ground  (6:32)
A2. Giant Locomotion  (8:10)
A3. Xenos Cosmos  (4:50)
B1. Underground Session  (10:10)
B2. Mouvements Aquatiles  (2:30)
B3. The Savage Rose  (5:04)

Musicians:
Bass – Antonio Rubio
Bass Trombone – Gérard Massot, Maurice Cevrero
Cello – Roland Pidoux
Choir – Giant
Drums – André Ceccarelli
Flute, Saxophone, Clarinet – Alain Hatot, Franck Torre, J.-Louis Chautemps, J. Calmette, Pierre Holassian
Guitar – Gérard Kawzenski, Jacky Giraudo, Jean-Pierre Alarcen, José Souk
Organ, Piano – Graziella
Percussion – Emile Serre, Jean Schultheis, Michel Zalonghi
Trombone – Daniel Bruley, Jacques Bolognesi, Pierre Goasguen
Trumpet – Freddy Hovsepian, Michel Barrot, Michel Poli, Pierre Gauthier, Tony Brenes, Tony Russo
Viola – Pierre Llinares
Violin – Catherine Bodet
Violin – Mireille Pidoux
Woodwind – J. J. Justafré, Yves Valada

Originally recorded for the Montparnasse 2000 Radio/TV/Film library with 45 of the then best French musicians in 1972-73 at the 'Des Dames Et Hoche', Paris. Here we have an obscure record of epic proportions. A Funky, Big Band Jazz onslaught of the highest standard. This is one of the most renowned ‘Library’ records to come out of Europe in the seventies.

Montenegrin poet, composer and pianist Janko Nilovic worked mostly on TV series soundtracks etc and most of his work was never actually released to public.
On ‘Rhythmes Contemporains’ we find an explosive presentation of masterful arrangements that are mostly Funk driven. Nilovic hand picked a massive 45 of the best musicians in France to work with on these sessions which explains the spectacular sounds and huge dynamic range of this very haunting and monumental recording.
The liner notes explain “Nilovic 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”.
This record has been sampled a gazillion times throughout the decades and is a favorite amongst record collectors. A very unique record well worth checking out. I have not been able to source the names of the personnel who played on this record, but all songs were arranged by Janko Nilovic himself.