Ekstasis (Nicky Skopelitis album)
Appearance
Ekstasis | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 20, 1993 | |||
Studio | BC Studio, Greenpoint Studios and Platinum Island Studios in New York | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 56:34 | |||
Label | Axiom | |||
Producer | Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis | |||
Nicky Skopelitis chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Q | [2] |
Ekstasis is the second studio album by Nicky Skopelitis, released on 1993 through Axiom.
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Tarab" | Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis, Jah Wobble | 7:19 |
2. | "Meet Your Makers" | Nicky Skopelitis | 5:57 |
3. | "Ghost of a Chance" | Nicky Skopelitis | 5:06 |
4. | "Proud Flesh" | Nicky Skopelitis | 4:48 |
5. | "Sanctuary" | Bachir Attar, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis | 5:57 |
6. | "One Eye Open" | Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis | 4:41 |
7. | "Heresy" | Nicky Skopelitis, Foday Musa Suso, Jah Wobble | 5:36 |
8. | "Jubilee" | Nicky Skopelitis, Foday Musa Suso, Jah Wobble | 4:39 |
9. | "Witness" | Simon Shaheen, Nicky Skopelitis, Jah Wobble | 7:34 |
10. | "Telling Time" | Nicky Skopelitis | 4:57 |
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
- Bachir Attar – flute (2), ghaita (5)
- Aïyb Dieng – ghaṭam (3, 6), talking drum (5, 8)
- Guilherme Franco – cuíca (2, 3), electric berimbau (3, 6), whistle (2), cowbell (3), tambourine (4), congas (10)
- Zakir Hussain – tabla (1)
- Bill Laswell – bass guitar (2, 3, 6, 10), production
- Jaki Liebezeit – drums (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
- Ziggy Modeliste – drums (1, 3, 6, 10)
- Amina Claudine Myers – Hammond B-3 (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10)
- Simon Shaheen – violin (1, 2, 4, 6, 9), Oud (2)
- Nicky Skopelitis – electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, bağlama (3, 9), Coral sitar (6), Dobro (9), production
- Foday Musa Suso – harp (1, 8, 9), kora (4, 7)
- Jah Wobble – bass guitar (1, 4, 5, 7-9)
Production and additional personnel
- Martin Bisi – engineering
- Bruce Calder – engineering
- Ira Cohen – photography
- Chris Flam – assistant engineering
- Oz Fritz – engineering, mixing
- James Koehnline – cover art
- Imad Mansour – assistant engineering
- Robert Musso – engineering
- Aldo Sampieri – design
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
References
[edit]- ^ Tarte, Bob. "Ekstasis". Allmusic. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ columnist (December 1993). "Ekstasis". Q: 122.