Nicky Skopelitis/Ekstasis

Nicky Skopelitis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: AXIOM/ILS
• ASIN: B000000GAW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,369 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Immaculate, June 25, 2005

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welwitsch - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ekstasis (Audio CD)

It's been more than ten years since I got this one, and I still never tire of hearing it - again and again. This masterpiece is apt to invade the mind and spirit in a big way. Mainly owing to the varied origins and, hence, musical traditions of the musicians, one is tempted to tag it as "world music" or, perhaps worse, due to its lofty mood, as "trance". But fear not, while elements of these genres may make fleeting appearances, what has been produced here transcends perfunctory descriptions.

The excellent skills of the artists involved is amplified by a flawless production that distills a singularity rarely found in any genre. The forces of the likes of Jaki Liebezeit, Zakir Hussain, Jah Wobble, Bachir Attar, Amina Claudine Myers, and Bill Laswell, to name but a few, conspired here mightily to create pieces that make lasting impressions, pure and fresh even after the 100th hearing.

This is music that is rejoicing yet pensive and it's bound to get you by the throat.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars whatever you expect, this will exceed it, November 1, 2005

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Stargrazer "the lost mixtape of my life" (deep in the heart of Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ekstasis (Audio CD)

"Ekstasis" puts most aspiring world-funk records to shame. It is bracing and full of swirling intricacies in a gorgeous, clear-eyed mix. A true argument for pan-cultural musical collaboration, ten tracks of utter bliss.

Of all the talent assembled for this disc, it is sometimes a challenge to find Mr. Skopelitis' guitar. He definitely treats this as an ensemble record, taking the backseat thru much of the proceedings and leaving things in the capable hands of Jaki Leibezeit, Zakir Hussain, Bachir Attar, Simon Shaheen and Laswell's sea-anchor bass.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars love it, September 27, 2007

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H. Koerner "a coffee lover" (Biberbach, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ekstasis (Audio Cassette)

only one review, can't just leave it here like this. This album is incredible. I like it because of the wide spectrum of music that is played by the best musicicians around. Smooth, perfect, dragging, chasing, dancing. Even my kids like to dance with me to Witness with Jaki Liebezeit on the drums, although my wife doesn't think it's dancing. It's more like ekstasy...