Nicky Skopelitis








Nicky Skopelitis is an American guitarist and composer of Greek descent, best known as a guitarist. He also has performed on banjo, oud, lute, keyboards and other instruments. Although Skopelitis has recorded few albums as a bandleader, he has appeared on many more recordings, often collaborating with prolific bass guitarist and producer Bill Laswell. Until 1987 or so, he used the spelling "Scopelitis" for his last name.




Contents






  • 1 Discography


    • 1.1 Leader or co-leader


    • 1.2 Sideman (incomplete)




  • 2 External links





Discography



Leader or co-leader



  • 1989: Next to Nothing (Venture Records)

  • 1991: with Sonny Sharrock: Faith Moves (CMP Records)

  • 1993: Ekstasis (Axiom)

  • 1993: Ekstasis Live

  • 1998: Ekstasis: Wake Up And Dream (Cyber Octave)

  • 2001: with Raoul Björkenheim : Revelator (Innerhythmic)

  • 2009: Nicky Skopelitis, Babis Papadopoulos & Floros Floridis - Well, Anything Can Happen (Puzzlemusic, Greece)

  • 2011: Floridis-Skopelitis - Okay Temiz, Three Of A Sort (Morgenland)



Sideman (incomplete)



  • 1981: Curlew: Curlew

  • 1982: Material: One Down

  • 1983: Herbie Hancock: Future Shock

  • 1984: Herbie Hancock: Sound-System

  • 1984: Time Zone: World Destruction (Single)

  • 1986: Public Image Ltd.: Album

  • 1986: Afrika Bambaataa: Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)

  • 1986: Ginger Baker: Horses And Trees

  • 1987: Sly & Robbie: Rhythm Killers

  • 1987: James Blood Ulmer: America - Do You Remember the Love?

  • 1987: Ginger Baker: No Material

  • 1988: Herbie Hancock: Perfect Machine

  • 1988: Iggy Pop: Instinct

  • 1988: Gettovetts: Missionaries Moving

  • 1989: White Zombie: Make Them Die Slowly

  • 1991: Swans: White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity

  • 1991: The Golden Palominos: Drunk With Passion

  • 1993: Material: Live In Japan

  • 1993: Divination: Ambient Dub Volume I

  • 1994: Hakim Bey: T.A.Z.

  • 1994: Anton Fier: Blind Light

  • 1991: The Golden Palominos: Pure

  • 1995: Axiom Funk: Funkcronomicon (Compilation)

  • 1995: Julian Schnabel: Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

  • 1997: Arcana: Arc Of The Testimony

  • 1999: Shin Terai: Unison

  • 2001: Gigi: Gigi

  • 2002: The Meta Collection (Compilation)

  • 2002: Brötzmann Peter, Scopelitis Nicky, Hano Shoji, Organized Chaos (Konnex Records)

  • 2003: Pharoah Sanders & Graham Haynes: With A Heartbeat

  • 2005: Neighborhood Legends Vol. 1 (Compilation)



External links




  • Nicky Skopelitis discography at Discogs

  • Excerpts from an interview with Sonny Sharrock and Nicky Skopelitis, "New Sounds" #711, WNYC-FM, 9/9/91

  • Downtown Composer Collective profile


  • Review on Next To Nothing in Rolling Stone


  • Review on Faith Moves in Rolling Stone










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