Ekstasis (album)

Ekstasis
Studio album by Nicky Skopelitis
Released	April 20, 1993
Recorded	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.