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	CD Baby: RAOUL BJORKENHEIM AND NICKY SKOPELITIS: Revelator
		Nicky Skopelitis, a lifelong New York native, studied the trumpet as a child before gravitating to the guitar and a multitude of stringed instruments.
		Skopelitis' influence can also be heard on a multi-layered ambient-jazz excursion with legendary drummer Tony Williams (featuring Pharoah Sanders, Byard Lancaster and cornetist Graham Haynes) under the group name of Arcana, released on Axiom in 1997 as Arc of the Testimony.
		After two independent recordings titled Ritual and Alive (the latter a live document of a stripped-down power trio that led to performances with drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson), Krakatau was signed to the ECM label for a series of releases that began with the critically acclaimed Volition in 1993.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/raoulandnicky (987 words)

	Nicky Skopelitis MP3 Downloads - Nicky Skopelitis Music Downloads - Nicky Skopelitis Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Those familiar with guitarist Raoul Bjorkenheim from his work with the harder-edged Krakatau and with guitarist Nicky Skopelitis from his work with the very soft-edged CyberOctave label may be...
		Guitarist Skopelitis' dustpan approach to world music sweeps various ethnic instrumental grit and grime into the whirling blades of co-producer Bill Laswell's shop-vac.
		Next to Nothing was the first solo album by guitarist Nicky Skopelitis, long a member of Bill Laswell's "stable" of musicians and one who contributed a great deal to the unique sound that Laswell...
	www.mp3.com /nicky-skopelitis/artists/101642/discography.html (516 words)

	Nicky Skopelitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skopelitis is best-known as a guitarist, but he also performs on banjo, oud, lute and similar instruments.
		Though Skopelitis has recorded only two albums as a bandleader, (Ekstasis; Wake Up and Dream) he has appeared on dozens--perhaps hundreds--of recordings, often collaborating with prolific bass guitarist and producer Bill Laswell.
		Excerpts from an interview with Sonny Sharrock and Nicky Skopelitis, "New Sounds" #711, WNYC-FM, 9/9/91
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicky_Skopelitis (131 words)

	with Sonny Sharrock & Nicky Skopelitis, hosted by John Schaefer, 1991
		Nicky Skopelitis: That was just an outgrowth of this kind of idea of this project, really, as a duo, to play like that.
		It's an electric duet, Nicky Skopelitis and Sonny Sharrock.
		Nicky Skopelitis: So we're gonna do another one tomorrow.
	www.joemcphee.com /jny/sharrock/schaefer.html (1433 words)

	Next to Nothing - Nicky Skopelitis - Song Listings
		Next to Nothing was the first solo album by guitarist Nicky Skopelitis, long a member of Bill Laswell's "stable" of musicians and one who contributed a great deal to the unique sound that Laswell developed during the late '80s.
		Skopelitis disdains pyrotechnics, preferring to submerge himself in the music, but wields a remarkably sure hand, providing rich color and accents.
		Baker's typically heavy drumming may seem leaden to some, but provides both a compelling thrust and enough bedrock to anchor compositions that might otherwise appear a bit on the fluffy side.
	www.mp3.com /albums/14688/summary.html (473 words)

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		Nicky Skopelitis has made some great albums, but he's never been a lone gunman.
		An album like Revelator, put together with Raoul Björkenheim (and produced by, who else, Laswell), is business as usual for li'l Nicky.
		This time around, we got guitar duets accompanied by tabla and "sounds" (oh, that wacky Billy L!), and it should come as no surprise that Skopelitis comes up with beautiful accompaniments (and solos, too, mind you.
	www.lollipop.com /article.php3?content=issue57/nickyskopelitis.html (184 words)

	United For Opportunity
		But one essential trait they do share is an inexhaustible thirst for new directions and new sensibilities in music, and with Revelator â” a collaboration that, true to its title, attempts to reveal the unexpected as it also explores a slightly spiritual edge â” the guitar becomes a vehicle for two distinct voices.
		Other tracks are deeply vivid in their imagery; "Fresh Meat and Roses" conjures a sensuous nomadic dirge â” a humid trail through phantasmagorical mists of sound, the low end undulating like the constantly shifting dunes of the desert, while "Right As Rain" suggests acoustic rivulets flowing into some distant ocean.
		In this respect, Revelator lives up to its name as an ecstatic and illuminating musical statement, and as a revealer of creative secrets no one had really thought to try and decipher...until now.
	www.ufomusic.com /product.php?id=19 (682 words)

	Unison - Shin Terai - music REVIEW
		Bernie Worrell sets up the Shin Terai experience with a welcoming organ piece "Clue." Next the positive vibe of the record is established with "Dinner of Heaven." Bill Laswell's bass is happy and Nicky Skopelitis' rhythm guitar and sitar is nothing but a good time.
		Just when you thought you were safe from the groove, the band lays it on you again with the next song "Tag of War." Huge, deep foundation will pull you down into its core.
		Skopelitis rhythm in "Dream Catcher" mesmerizes me and then Bucket slices his electric guitar in like a machete.
	www.fearsmag.com /REVIEWS/music/shinterai/shinterai.htm (249 words)

	No Material: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Guitarist Nicky Skopelitis was the creative force and musical center of the band, forming the hub between the e… More »
		Issued under Ginger Baker's name, the working title for this band was No Material, appropriate given the thrown-together nature of the group and the fact that their performances, all three of them, were totally improvised.
		Guitarist Nicky Skopelitis was the creative force and musical center of the band, forming the hub between the essentially rock-oriented leanings of Baker and bassist Jan Kazda and the explosively free tendencies of the Last Exit front line of Brotzmann and Sharrock.
	www.music.com /release/no_material/1 (538 words)

	Bill Laswell Discography
		Fortunately, a preview cassette of Nicky Skopelitis' ‘Ekstatis’ (Axiom) managed to fit into my Toyota's seldom used tape player, but I could never keep straight which track I was listening to.
		Contributing to the unholy mess are Foday Musa Suso on kora, oudist/violinist Simon Shaheen, gospel organist Amina Claudine Myers, percussionists Zakir Hussain, Aiyb Dieng and Guilherme Franco, and, consistently providing the most bracing moments, Bachir Attar (leader of the Master Musicians of Jajouka) raising hell on the plague-of-locusts vernacular oboe, the rhaita.
		Skopelitis keeps his head down most of the time, supplying frippertronic sine waves one moment, chording beautiful rhythms the next, but never hogging the limelight just because his name happens to be on the cover.
	www.silent-watcher.net /laswell/sasz/ekstasis.html (505 words)

	M Records 520487601013 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Within certain musicians such as Okay Temiz, Nicky Skopelitis and Floros Floridis, emotion is not produced anymore as a result of a momentary impulse but on the contrary, even as it emerges from the soul, emotion is subconsciously filtered by an advanced and totally mastered technique.
		American guitarist Nicky Skopelitis (of Greek origin) has dived to the depths of New York avant-garde, bringing up to a surface () dozens of answers to the question of how to create contemporary music without betraying one´s rock background and without falling into the trap of rigid formalism.
		As for Nicky Skopelitis, I first met him in Germany about 10 years ago.
	www.fmp-online.de /fmpcds/eM_Records_520487601013.htm (764 words)

	The Golden Palominos - Music Downloads - Online
		In its primary live incarnation, the band was an avant-funk supergroup comprised of Fier and another drummer, David Moss, saxophonist John Zorn, guitarist Arto Lindsay, and a pair of bassists, Bill Laswell and Jamaaladeen Tacuma; on their self-titled 1983 debut, the Palominos were augmented by Fred Frith, Nicky Skopelitis and Mark Miller.
		On 1989's moody A Dead Horse, Fier again shifted gears, settling on a constant lineup of Laswell, Skopelitis, Kidney, and ex-Information Society vocalist Amanda Kramer along with a handful of guests, including former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor.
		This Is How It Feels, a sophisticated concept album inspired by the Graham Greene novel The End of the Road followed in 1993; along with core members like Laswell, Skopelitis, Worrell, and Kramer, the record spotlighted vocalists Lori Carson and Lydia Kavanaugh as well as bass great Bootsy Collins.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/537/The-Golden-Palominos/10939230.html (331 words)

	Fodderstompf \| PiL People \| Album Session Players (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Skopelitis later contributed to Jah Wobble's 'Heaven And Earth' album (1995).
		Skopelitis has worked with Bill Laswell since 1983, playing on records by the likes of Bambaataa, The Golden Palaminos and Ginger Baker.
		Mainly known as a drummer and percussionist, Dieng has worked on various Laswell projects since 1984 including Nicky Skopelitis 'Ekstasis' album (1993) and Ginger Baker's 'Middle Passage' album (1992); both of which featured Jah Wobble.
	www.fodderstompf.com /MEMBERS/SESSION/albu.html (1813 words)

	eBay - Product Info - eBay - CD: Ekstasis (UPC: 731451451829) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Personnel includes: Nicky Skopelitis (6- and 12-string guitars, slide guitar, dobro, sitar, baglama); Simon Shaheen (oud, violin); Foday Musa Suso (kora, doussongoni); Bachir Attar (flute, ghaita); Amina Claudine Myers (Hammond B-3 organ); Joseph...
		...Nicky Skopelitis manages to bring a third-world sensibility to play inside a rock/funk groove without patronizing any of the musicians or sounds he loves so dearly....
		...[Skopelitis has] never sounded better, splashing hard solos, 12-string arpeggios, and spiralling synthesized drones across Laswell's and Wobble's persistent world-funk grooves...
	product.ebay.com /Ekstasis_UPC_731451451829_W0QQfvcsZ1226QQsoprZ3138547 (254 words)

	Lycos Music
		All songs written or co-written by Nicky Skopelitis.
		Alternative Press (8/93, p.88) - "...Skopelitis understands the power of subtlety and flirtation...he's where you least expect him, guiding the procedings.
		Musician (10/93, p.92) - "...Nicky Skopelitis manages to bring a third-world sensibility to play inside a rock/funk groove without patronizing any of the musicians or sounds he loves so dearly...."
	entertainment.lycos.com /music/album.php?id=144142 (175 words)

	Domestic (U.S.) Releases
		With Bill Laswell, Karl Berger, Brandon Ross, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Nicky Skopelitis, DXT, and Roc Raida.
		With Pharoah Sanders, Bernie Worrel, Nicky Skopelitis, DXT, DJ Rob Swift, Aiyb Dieng and Jerome Brailey.
		Readings by Nicky Skopelitis, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Lori Carson, Umar Bin Hassan, Suzanne Vega, Abiodun Oyewole, Wallace Shawn, Lady Kier, Iggy Pop, George Clinton, and many more.
	music.hyperreal.org /labels/axiom/others.html (701 words)

	Nicky Skopelitis - AOL Music
		Excerpts from an interview with Sonny Sharrock and Nicky Skopelitis,...
		Nicky Skopelitis Revelator reviews and sound clips on the ARTISTdirect Network.
		Download, listen and watch Nicky Skopelitis music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
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	Jambands.com \| CD Reviews \| Revelator - Nicky Skopelitis and Raoul Bjorkenheim \| 2001-11-21
		Revelator - Nicky Skopelitis and Raoul Bjorkenheim
		On the contrary, some of these sounds are far from soothing.
		Skopelitis (guitars, baglama, electric sitar), Bjorkenheim, Bill Buchen (tablas, water drum, log drum) and Laswell (mysteriously credited with "sounds") paint an impressionistic picture that runs the gamut of human emotions, from peacefulness, to downright evil.
	www.jambands.com /CDReviews/content_2001_11_21.02.phtml (602 words)

	CD Review of Raoul Bjorkenheim and Nicky Skopelitis - Revelator on Innerhythmic @ jazzreview.com
		Nicky Skopelitis (guitars, baglama, electric sitar), Raoul Bjorkenheim (guitars, bowed guitar, percussion), Bill Buchen (tablas, water drum, log drum), Bill Laswell (sounds)
		Guitarists Nicky Skopelitis and Raoul Bjorkenheim have, with the help of percussionist Bill Buchen and Bill Laswell (credited with “sounds”), put together an instrumental album that draws from electronica, the rhythms of India, other Asian drones, and 70s progressive rock spaciness of Yes or King Crimson.
		It’s interesting and not unpleasant, but will likely appeal to a small but rabid audience.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=2693 (371 words)

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		Anton Fier: percussion; Bill Laswell: basses; Robert Kidney: guitar, vocals; Nicky Skopelitis: guitar; Amanda Kramer: keyboards, vocals; Jeff Bova: keyboards; Aiyb Dieng: percussion; Bernie Worrell: keyboards; Chuck Leavell; Larry Saltzman: guitar; Mick Taylor: guitar.
		Nicky Skopelitis: guitars; Ginger Baker: drums: Bill Laswell: bases; Simon Shaheen: violin, oud; Fred Frith: violin; Aiyb Dieng: percussion
		Anton Fier: drums; Bill Laswell: bass; Nicky Skopelitis: guitar; Richard Thompson: guitar; Carla Bley: Hammond organ; Michael Stipe: vocals; Henry Kaiser: guitar; Bob Kidney: vocals, guitar; Bernie Worrell: keyboards; Syd Straw: vocals; Chris Stamey: vocals; Mike Hampton: guitar; John Lydon: vocals; Jack Bruce: vocals, harp; Arto Lindsay: guitar, vocals.
	music.hyperreal.org /labels/axiom/disco8990.html (1079 words)

	gmane.music.laswell
		He confirmed that the Greek label [Label M] that put this out (and also several other recordings featuring Floridis and/or Temiz) is out of business.
		We're now DEFINITELY not able to get more, so if you like Nicky's work as much as we do, don't hesitate!It's not just something to complete your collection with - It's a truly fantastic trio recording, full of rare color and power.
		In response to many requests for this rare gem [all titles released on Virgin UKs AMBIENT sub-label were formally out of print by 1999], we have been able to locate a few copies on the shelf of an import distributor who wasn't even aware they had them - we took them all.
	blog.gmane.org /gmane.music.laswell/day=20020717 (687 words)

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		By Anton Fier, Bob Mould, & Island Music, Inc., employer for hire of Nicky Skopelitis.C.O. corres.Island Music, Inc., Nicky Skopelitis Music, Almost Loaded Music, Granary Music & Windswept d.b.a.
		By Anton Fier, Amanda Kramer, & Island Music, Inc., employer for hire of Nicky Skopelitis.C.O. corres.Island Music, Inc., Nicky Skopelitis Music, Almost Loaded Music, Elric Music & Windswept d.b.a.
		By Anton Fier, Michael Stipe, & Island Music, Inc., employer for hire of Nicky Skopelitis.C.O. corres.Island Music, Inc., Nicky Skopelitis Music, Almost Loaded Music, Night Garden Music & Windswept d.b.a.
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	Mick Harris Discography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This album is a collection of stories of Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses, featuring readings by Nicky Skopelitis, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Lori Carson, Umar Bin Hassan,Suzanne Vega, Abiodun Oyewole, Wallace Shawn, Lady Kier, Iggy Pop, George Clinton and more.
		(6) Jeff Bova and Alex Haas : keyboards, sounds; (8) John Zorn : saxophones, vocals; Bill Laswell : bass, samples; Mick Harris : drums, vocals, samples; (12) Viggo Mortensen : effects; (13) Nicky Skopelitis : guitar; (14) Liu Sola : vocals.
		Note : All text from 'Classical Myths That Live Today', by Frances E. Sabin, unless otherwise indicated (by the first name in parenthesis).
	www.mickharris.net /discography/collections/myth.html (126 words)

	CURLEW / CUNEIFORM RECORDS
		Pippin would become Curlew's drummer for the next six years.
		In addition to the personnel on the original album, there is 30' of never-heard bonus live material included which was recorded a year before the recording of the album, and which features Cartwright, Cora, guitarist Nicky Skopelitis, drummer Anton Fier and bassist Otto Williams.
		We remastered it for better sound than the original issue, and repackaged it as well, with great liner notes by Michael Decapite.
	www.cuneiformrecords.com /bandshtml/curlew.html (942 words)

	Nicky Skopelitis
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