Janko Nilovic
Psyc' Impressions

Vadim Music

VAD040

  • Original Release Date: December 13, 2011

As Janko Nilovic confided to us a few years ago, Psyc’ Impressions holds a very special place within his exemplary discography. In fact, it kicked off his career. The year is 1969, the place Paris, and the musician is working mostly as an arranger for variety artists, while making his first foray into the world of library music. The young label Montparnasse 2000, looking for new composers to expand its young catalogue, offers him the chance to record a pop-coloured album with total ‘carte blanche’. It’s a golden opportunity, and one into which Janko throws himself into with gusto, helped by Dave Sucky. The result is immediate: a total TV and radio hit, with the entire album even being broadcast on Europe 1. A delighted Montparnasse 2000 offers him a very generous contract that leaves him artistic control over his work, a rare privilege for an un-established composer. He can therefore let his creativity run wild and immerse himself entirely in composing.

Thirsty to experiment, he mixes styles with glee, his Balkan roots bringing his compositions their unique flavour and a real touch of soul. Psyc’ Impressions is a concentrate of the crazy music from the end of the sixties, also introducing the mix of styles from the seventies. Elements of big band jazz, psychedelic, funk and rock meld themselves to a solid pop base. Guitars are dipped into an acid bath, bass and drums wind on to infinity, and swarms of brass kindle the live embers of a high-powered groove. As the ultimate testament to this record’s quality, American rapper and producer Jay Z happily sampled In the Space, which irrigates the length of his 2009 single release DOA

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