Nicky Skopelitis

Nicky Skopelitis is an American guitarist and composer from Greek heritage. He is best-known as a guitarist, but also performs 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.

Discography

• 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)
• 1998: with Raoul Bjorkenheim : Revelator (Douglas Music / innerhythmic)

Sideman

• 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
• 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)
• 2003: Pharoah Sanders & Graham Haynes: With A Heartbeat
• 2005: Neighborhood Legends Vol. 1 (Compilation)
• 2007: Dorian Cheah: ARA

External links/references

• 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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