Nicky Skopelitis is an American guitarist and composer of Greek descent, best known as a guitarist. He also has performed on banjo , oud , lute , keyboards and other instruments. 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 . Until 1987 or so, he used the spelling "Scopelitis" for his last name.
1989: Next to Nothing (Venture Records) 1991: with Sonny Sharrock: Faith Moves (CMP Records) 1993: Ekstasis (Axiom) 1993: Ekstasis Live 1998: Ekstasis: Wake Up And Dream (Cyber Octave) 2001: with Raoul Björkenheim : Revelator (Innerhythmic) 2009: Nicky Skopelitis, Babis Papadopoulos & Floros Floridis - Well, Anything Can Happen (Puzzlemusic, Greece) 2011: Floridis-Skopelitis - Okay Temiz, Three Of A Sort (Morgenland) 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) 1986: Ginger Baker : Horses And Trees 1987: Sly & Robbie: Rhythm Killers 1987: James Blood Ulmer : America - Do You Remember the Love? 1987: Ginger Baker: No Material 1988: Herbie Hancock: Perfect Machine 1988: Iggy Pop: Instinct 1988: Gettovetts: Missionaries Moving 1989: White Zombie: Make Them Die Slowly 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.A.Z. 1994: Anton Fier: Blind Light 1991: The Golden Palominos: Pure 1995: Axiom Funk: Funkcronomicon (Compilation) 1995: Julian Schnabel : Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud 1997: Arcana : Arc Of The Testimony 1999: Shin Terai: Unison 2001: Gigi: Gigi 2002: The Meta Collection (Compilation) 2002: Brötzmann Peter, Scopelitis Nicky, Hano Shoji, Organized Chaos (Konnex Records) 2003: Pharoah Sanders & Graham Haynes: With A Heartbeat 2005: Neighborhood Legends Vol. 1 (Compilation) 
