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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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] External links/references

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