Nicky Skopelitis - Ekstasis (1993)

Artist: Nicky Skopelitis
Album: Ekstasis
Format: FLAC
Size: 373 MB (full scans)
Label: Axiom
Total time: 56:50
Genre: fusion, world fusion, experience

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. 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, drummer Jaki Liebezeit, bassists Bill Laswell and Jah Wobble, 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. When Ekstasis's free-floating anxiety is at its peak, it could almost be the disc that Can fans have been waiting for since Ege Bamyasi. — by Bob Tarte, AMG

Tracks:
1. Tarab (Bill Laswell/Nicky Skopelitis/Jah Wobble) 7:21
2. Meet Your Maker (Nicky Skopelitis) 5:57
3. Ghost Of A Chance (Nicky Skopelitis) 5:06
4. Proud Flesh (Nicky Skopelitis) 4:49
5. Sanctuary (Nicky Skopelitis/Bachir Attar/Jah Wobble) 5:59
6. One Eye Open (Nicky Skopelitis/Bill Laswell) 4:43
7. Heresy (Nicky Skopelitis/Foday Musa Suso/Jah Wobble) 5:38
8. Jubilee (Nicky Skopelitis/Foday Musa Suso/Jah Wobble) 4:41
9. Witness (Nicky Skopelitis/Simon Shaheen/Jah Wobble) 7:32
10. Telling Time (Nicky Skopelitis) 5:00

Personnel:
Nicky Skopelitis (Guitar and Sitar)
Amina Claudine Myers (Hammond Organ) — 2,3,5,6,8,10
Joseph Modeliste (Drum loop) — 1,3,6,10
Jah Wobble (Bass Guitar) — 1,4,5,7-9
Foday Musa Suso (Doussongoni and Kora) — 1,4,7-9
Simon Shaheen (Violin and Oud) — 1,2,4,6,9
Jaki Liebezeit (Drums) — 2,4,5,7-9
Bill Laswell (Bass Guitar) — 2,3,6,10
Guilherme Franco (Percussion and Whistle) — 2-4,6,10
Aiyb Dieng (Percussion) — 3,5,6,8
Bachir Attar (Flute and Ghaita) — 2,5
Zakir Hussain (Tabla) — 1