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

As 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)

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

External links/references

• 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