SONNY SHARROCK/NICKY SKOPELITIS

FAITH MOVES

  1/  Who Are You                                (Sharrock,Skopelitis)         5.27
  2/  Becoming                                   (Sharrock,Skopelitis)         2.34
  3/  Mescalito                                  (Sharrock,Skopelitis)         3.28
  4/  Venus                                      (Pharoah Sanders)             5.48
  5/  In the Flesh                               (Skopelitis)                  3.05
  6/  Sacrifice                                  (Sharrock,Skopelitis)         4.43
  7/  First of Equals                            (Sharrock,Skopelitis)         5.11
  8/  The Pyre                                   (Sharrock,Skopelitis)         6.06
  9/  Uncle Herbie's Dance                       (Sharrock)                    2.55

          Recorded 1989/1990 at B.C. and Greenpoint Studios, New York
          Engineered by Robert Musso, Martin Bisi, Oz Fritz, Bruce Calder and Paul Berry
          Mixed by Jason Corsaro at Platinum Island Recording Studios, NYC
          Produced by Bill Laswell and Nicky Skopelitis
          Mastered at Masterdisk by Howie Weinberg
          Techinical Supervision : Ian Lintault

Sonny Sharrock : electric guitar; Nicky Skopelitis : electric and acoustic guitars, baglama, saz, coral sitar, tar, bass.

          1991  -  CMP Records,  CMP  52  (CD)

Note : Bill Laswell does not play on this album.

REVIEWS :

One would think that, considering his power and often violent attack, the last thing Sonny Sharrock needs in a duet session is another guitarist. Actually this CD, which matches Sharrock with Nicky Skopelitis (who also plays the Greek baglama, a Turkish sax, the Carol sitar, an Iranian tar and an electric bass) is a set of passionate music that is more melodic than expected but still full of Sharrock's avant-rock explorations and explosions.

Scott Yanow (courtesy of the All Music Guide via the Get Music website)