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A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again Remix Breakdown in Ableton Live

This is a demo video that I found in the archives which I made for an event held at Point Blank Music School on 19th March 2017 called ‘Creative Sampling and Production Sessions’. I was challenged to sample a whole bunch of vinyl releases from Brownswood Records, and then use Ableton Live and Push to create a track.
The resulting track actually ended up as a remix of A Tribe Called Quest’s 1996 track ‘Ince again’ as I happened to have the acapella hanging about.
I also inadvertently created a nice chorus hook using the vocal from Anushka’s 2014 track ‘Never Can Decide’

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 13 March, 2022 - 22:31.

Deconstruction: the Weeknd - 'Blinding Lights' w/ Ski Oakenfull in Ableton Live 11

"Back for his first Deconstruction of 2022, our Head of Education and Curriculum and master of Track Deconstructions Ski Oakenfull breaks down the biggest track of 2020, the Weeknd's, Blinding Lights. He shows how it was influenced by Rod Stewart track, Young Turks from the 80s as well as a-ha's, Take on Me for the melody. Join us as Ski brings the track to life, piece by piece."

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 24 February, 2022 - 22:18.

Ableton Live 11 Lite Tutorial Part 6: Setting up

This is a tutorial video to go with a feature in Computer Music’s February 2022 issue which went on sale on 29th December 2021.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 30 December, 2021 - 21:27.

Ableton Live 11 Lite Tutorial Part 5: Sampling and vocals

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 30 December, 2021 - 21:25.

Ableton Live 11 Lite Tutorial Part 4: Easy chords

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 30 December, 2021 - 21:24.

Ableton Live 11 Lite Tutorial Part 3: A brilliant bassline

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 30 December, 2021 - 21:22.

Ableton Live 11 Lite Tutorial Part 2: Creating a beat

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 30 December, 2021 - 21:20.

Ableton Live 11 Lite Tutorial Part 1: Setting up

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 30 December, 2021 - 17:34.

Deconstruction: Lil Louis - 'French Kiss' w/ Ski Oakenfull Live at BMC '21

For this Deconstructiuon, I broke down Lil Louis’ classic house track, ‘French Kiss’ in Ableton Live 11. Filmed at Brighton Music Conference 2021.
You can watch how I originally put it together in this live stream here: https://youtu.be/8-nit-tT-jQ

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 13 October, 2021 - 22:25.

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This track was commissioned by Chris Read at WhoSampled.com as part of a collaboration project with KPM records where I was able to use samples from any on the KPM library albums. The compilation album is called 'Digging in the KPM Vaults'. This list of track I sampled from are as follows (Track / LP)

"Birth Rise (b)" - Breath Of Life
"Synthesizer Bass (a)" - Bass Patterns
"Communication Centre" - The Age Of Discovery
"Hot Cargo" - Vivid underscores
"Low Profile" - Visual Impact
"Four O'Clock Earthquake" - Jazzrock
"Asafo Dance" - Native Africa 1
"Hot Cake" - Time Signals
"Voodoo!" - Breath Of Danger

Here's a description from the APM Music website:
Fired-up trip hop cue with driving bass, sampled choir, cold metallic percussion, slick drums, effected piano, glitchy synths and sweeping strings (samples: 'A New Shade of Blue' by Johnny Pearson, KPMLP1008-8)

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Ski Oakenfull
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Digging the KPM Vaults
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1 December, 2020
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