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Nicky Skopelitis (02 Feb 1949 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (2)

Official

Album

  1. Next to Nothing 1989
  2. Ekstasis 20 Apr 1993

Relationships (11)

Performs As

  1. Ekstasis

Member Of

  1. Material
  2. Shin.e
  3. Axiom Funk
  4. Flying Mijinko Band
  5. Curlew
  6. Sacred System
  7. Toy Killers
  8. Niels and the New York Street Percussionists
  9. The Peter Brötzmann Tentet guitar
  10. Blind Light

Recordings by (20)

  1. Bad Blood 3:34 (1989)
  2. Black Eyes 4:32 (1989)
  3. Shotgun News 5:13 (1989)
  4. Altai 3:29 (1989)
  5. Ta Magika 4:33 (1989)
  6. Second Skin 5:52 (1989)
  7. Omens 7:21 (1989)
  8. Tarab 7:21 (20 Apr 1993)
  9. Meet Your Maker 5:57 (20 Apr 1993)
  10. Ghost Of A Chance 5:06 (20 Apr 1993)
  11. Proud Flesh 4:49 (20 Apr 1993)
  12. Sanctuary 5:59 (20 Apr 1993)
  13. One Eye Open 4:43 (20 Apr 1993)
  14. Heresy 5:38 (20 Apr 1993)
  15. Jubilee 4:41 (20 Apr 1993)
  16. Witness 7:32 (20 Apr 1993)
  17. Telling Time 5:01 (20 Apr 1993)
  18. Tarab Dub (Wasteland mix) 10:18 (09 Aug 1993)
  19. Mustapha 11:35 (1994)
  20. Introduction 1:04 (1996)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Cosmic Slop 5:16 Material (1975) synthesizer
  2. Holding On 4:46 Material (1982) guitar
  3. Don’t Lose Control 4:21 Material (1982) guitar
  4. Take a Chance 4:32 Material (1982) guitar
  5. Hardrock 6:09 Herbie Hancock (1984) guitar
  6. Sound‐System 5:53 Herbie Hancock (1984) guitar
  7. Buenos Aires 3:43 The Golden Palominos (1985) guitar
  8. Pata Piya (extended version) 6:35 Manu Dibango (1985) guitar
  9. Pata Piya (radio edit) ?:?? Manu Dibango (1985) guitar
  10. Uncut 6:51 Ginger Baker (1986) guitar
  11. Makuta 5:33 Ginger Baker (1986) guitar
  12. Faithless Heart 4:05 The Golden Palominos (1986) guitar
  13. Makossa '87 (Big Blow) 10:17 Manu Dibango (1986) synthesizer
  14. Dust to Dust 5:33 Ginger Baker (1986) guitar
  15. Makossa ’87 (Big Blow) 4:21 Manu Dibango (1986) synthesizer
  16. Something Becomes Nothing 5:06 The Golden Palominos (1986) solo, guitar
  17. (Something Else Is) Working Harder 5:18 The Golden Palominos (1986) guitar
  18. Makossa '87 3:51 Manu Dibango (1986) synthesizer
  19. Interlock 4:56 Ginger Baker (1986) guitar
  20. Show Me Your Love (America) 7:24 James Blood Ulmer (1987) guitar
  21. Wings 5:31 James Blood Ulmer (1987) guitar
  22. Lady Blue 6:17 James Blood Ulmer (1987) guitar
  23. I Belong in the USA 6:40 James Blood Ulmer (1987) guitar
  24. Black Sheep 3:44 James Blood Ulmer (1987) guitar
  25. I Got Your Message 4:16 The Epidemics (1987) guitar
  26. After Dark 6:18 James Blood Ulmer (1987) guitar
  27. Do What U Do 3:50 The Epidemics (1987) guitar

Vocals

  1. Don’t Lose Control 4:21 Material (1982)
  2. Rough 6:57 Herbie Hancock (1983) background vocals

Produced

  1. Ta Magika 4:33 Nicky Skopelitis (1989)
  2. Omens 7:21 Nicky Skopelitis (1989)
  3. Bad Blood 3:34 Nicky Skopelitis (1989)
  4. Shotgun News 5:13 Nicky Skopelitis (1989)
  5. Altai 3:29 Nicky Skopelitis (1989)
  6. Black Eyes 4:32 Nicky Skopelitis (1989)
  7. Second Skin 5:52 Nicky Skopelitis (1989)
  8. Sacrifice 4:43 Nicky Skopelitis & Sonny Sharrock (1991)
  9. First of Equals 5:11 Nicky Skopelitis & Sonny Sharrock (1991)
  10. Mescalito 3:28 Nicky Skopelitis & Sonny Sharrock (1991)

Programming

  1. Yes We Can Can 6:16 Sly & Robbie (1987) synthesizer
  2. Let's Rock 7:24 Sly & Robbie (1987) synthesizer
  3. Rhythm Killer 7:17 Sly & Robbie (1987) synthesizer
  4. Bank Job 3:55 Sly & Robbie (1987) synthesizer
  5. Acid Flesh 5:31 White Zombie (22 Mar 1989)
  6. Disaster Blaster 6:03 White Zombie (22 Mar 1989)
  7. Godslayer 7:14 White Zombie (22 Mar 1989)
  8. Revenge 4:22 White Zombie (22 Mar 1989)
  9. Demonspeed 5:22 White Zombie (22 Mar 1989)
  10. Power Hungry 5:13 White Zombie (22 Mar 1989)
  11. Murderworld 6:10 White Zombie (22 Mar 1989)

Credited as (15)

  1. Nicky Skopelitis
  2. Nicky Skopelitis & Bill Laswell
  3. Nicky Skopelitis & Sonny Sharrock
  4. Nicky Skopelitis, Μπάμπης Παπαδόπουλος & Φλώρος Φλωρίδης
  5. Raoul Björkenheim and Nicky Skopelitis
  6. Floros Floridis, Nicky Skopelitis & Okay Temiz
  7. Sonny Sharrock & Nicky Skopelitis
  8. Peter Brötzmann, Nicky Skopelitis, 羽野昌二
  9. Floros Floridis | Nicky Skopelitis | Okay Temiz
  10. Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis & Janet Rienstra
  11. Pharoah Sanders, Nicky Skopelitis, Bill Laswell, Trilok Gurtu & Janet Rienstra
  12. Pharoah Sanders, Nicky Skopelitis, Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell, Jeff Bova, Trilok Gurtu & Janet Rienstra
  13. Trilok Gurtu, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis & Janet Rienstra
  14. Raoul Bjorkenheim & Nicky Skopelitis
  15. Ginger Baker / Sonny Sharrock / Nicky Skopelitis / Peter Brötzmann / Jan Kazda

Works (13)

Wrote

  1. Eternal Drift
  2. Heaven
  3. Anything
  4. Wings
  5. Gun

Composed

  1. Black Swans
  2. Mektoub
  3. Under Black Skies
  4. Time Be Time
  5. Alamout
  6. South to the Dust
  7. Heart Of Darkness
  8. The Stone That Speaks

Links (8)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139836187
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91066571
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135077133
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91066571

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Skopelitis

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/60086

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000400836

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266409