Ekstasis (Nicky Skopelitis album)

Ekstasis
Studio album by Nicky Skopelitis
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
Faith Moves (1991) Ekstasis (1993) Wake Up and Dream (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Q	[2]

Ekstasis is the second studio album by Nicky Skopelitis, released on 1993 through Axiom.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
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

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

1. Tarte, Bob. "Ekstasis". Allmusic. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
2. columnist (December 1993). "Ekstasis". Q : 122.

External links

• Ekstasis at Discogs (list of releases)
• Ekstasis at Bandcamp