Janko Nilovic Soul Impressions

Recorded in 1975 and released
on the legendary library
music label Montparnasse
2000, Soul Impressions
condenses the entire
mastery and inspiration of
the brilliant Franco-Yugoslav
composer Janko Nilovic into
12 generous tracks. A total
adept when it comes to bubbling
studio sessions and
gleaming arrangements, our
man incessantly works furiously
and devotedly on his
music, throwing himself body
and soul into the creation of
one of the 70s most individual
and coherent musical
works. A chameleon of a
composer, capable of adapting
to practically all styles of
music, he uses the diversity
of his inspirations to stoke his
creative pulsations which
shape each of his compositions.
On Soul Impressions
we discover an incredible
kaleidoscope of influences
which diffract musical perspectives:
here pop dives
into torrents of fuzz, funk
takes on a psychedelic air,
jazz flirts with rock, and easy
listening contorts strangely
into the baroque. Between a
joyful Blaxpoitation aesthetic
(flute, wah-wahs and roaring
bass), great surges of almost
progressive acid (killer riffs
and spiralling solos) and surprising
breaks in tone and
rhythm, Nilovic gets the balance
right and gives what
might have remained a simple
library record the solid
foundations of a coherent
album. Time has made a
eurogroove classic of Soul
Impressions, maintaining its
high value on the collectors’
market and remaining one of
the most sought out records
in Janko Nilovic’s however
extensive discography.