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Ayota is the ongoing project of keyboard player & producer Ski Oakenfull. It was born out of Ski's love of all things Ambient, Experimental & Japanese, with artists such as Brian Eno, Steve Reich, David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto all being big influences.

It was whilst on a holiday in Japan in 2004 that Ski was inspired by a Japanese friend's book of Poetry entitled 'Kumorizora no Helicopta' to write soundtracks to three of the poems. This quickly developed into an album project continuing the Japanese ambient theme, the result being 'Helicopter Cuts' which was released in Japan only on the label 'Third Ear' in 2007.

The Ayota project has also performed live at both 'The Big Chill' & 'Bestival' with Simon Palmskin, Jeremy Shaw & Shawn Lee all joining the stage! Recently Ski has been putting the finishing touches to the third Ayota album, entitled 'Kokoro', as well as collating his early experiments to form the 'Selected Ambient Works 91-98' album released on Primaudial Records.

ambient works
selected ambient works 91-98
 helicopter cuts
helicopter cuts		 ski
original book of poetry

NEWS ALERT!
Helicopter Cuts will be released on Third Ear Records in Apri 2012.
There will also be an accompanying EP featuring 2 remixes. Please check back for updates.
Meanwhile here's a track from the album entitled 'Butterfly' together with some images by Ski.

Release date: 29 April 2011 Cat. No. PRIM-010EP
Primaudial Records are proud to present a fresh EP from Ski Oakenfull's Ambient Electronic project Ayota, featuring two brand new tracks. All proceeds of this release will go directly to the Japan Red Cross Tsunami Appeal.
You can purchase the EP NOW from Ski's Record Shop, or wait until 29 April to buy from iTunes etc.
If you would like to review or play these tracks in advance of the release date, please contact the label giving full details.

Ayota - Sōnen EP by Ski Oakenfull

Ayota Links:

Ayota Images

Ayota Interview on Resonance FM

Ayota's Label in Japan (Third Ear)

Ayota's Label in UK (Third Ear)