Nicky Skopelitis is an American guitarist and composer from Greek heritage. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles He is best-known as a guitarist, but also performs on banjo, oud, lute, keyboards and other instruments. The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments The oud ( عود ʿūd, plural أعواد, a‘wād; kaban; Persian: بربط barbat; ud Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck (either Fretted or unfretted and a deep round back or more specifically to an instrument from A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard.
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. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem
Discography
- 1989: Next To Nothing (Venture Records)
- 1991: Faith Moves (CMP Records)
- 1993: Ekstasis (Axiom)
- 1998: Ekstasis - Wake Up And Dream (Cyber Octave)
- 1998: 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)
- 1987: Sly & Robbie: Rhythm Killers
- 1987: James Blood Ulmer: America: Do You Remember The Love?
- 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. Curlew is an experimental Free jazz group founded by Saxophone player George Cartwright in 1979. Material is a musical group formed in 1979 and led by Bass guitarist Bill Laswell. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. World Destruction redirects here For the video game see World Destruction Michibikareshi Ishi. Public Image Ltd ( PiL) were an English musical group formed in 1978 by vocalist John Lydon, Guitarist Keith Levene Afrika Bambaataa (born Kevin Donovan on April 17, 1957) is an American DJ from the South Bronx, who was instrumental in the Sly and Robbie are one of Reggae 's most prolific and long lasting production teams James "Blood" Ulmer (born 2 February 1942 in St Matthews South Carolina) is an American Jazz and blues James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter Swans was an influential American Post-punk band active from 1982 to 1997 led by singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The Golden Palominos were an American musical group headed by Drummer and Composer Anton Fier, first formed in 1981. A. Z.
- 1994: Anton Fier: Blind Light
- 1995: Axiom Funk: Funkcronomicon (Compilation)
- 1995: Julian Schnabel: Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud
- 1999: Shin Terai: Unison
- 2001: Gigi: Gigi
- 2002: The Meta Collection (Compilation)
- 2003: Pharoah Sanders & Graham Haynes: With A Heartbeat
- 2005: Neighborhood Legends Vol. Anton Fier, aka "Andy Fisher" (born June 20, 1956) is an American Drummer, Composer and Bandleader. Julian Schnabel (born 26 October 1951) is a American Artist and Filmmaker. Shin Terai is a Japanese musician and producer most known for his work with Bill Laswell and Buckethead. Ejigayehu Shibabaw, or Gigi as she is popularly known is one of the most successful contemporary Ethiopian singers worldwide Pharoah Sanders (born October 13, 1940 Graham Haynes (born 16 September[[ 960]] at 925 pm in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Cornetist Trumpeter and 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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