Ski Oakenfull

Taken from a Facebook Live stream, Ski Oakenfull and Declan McGlynn discuss TAL's impressive U-NO-LX Juno-60 emulation along with the Sound Force SFC-60 controller. Make sure you head over to our Facebook page for more live streams:

You can download the Yazoo presets mentioned in the video here:
https://www.skioakenfull.com/sounds/yazoo_dont_go_tal_u_no_lx_presets

I'm also attaching the pad sound preset after someone asked for it :)

Seamus Haji and Ski Oakenfull break down a recent remix for UK rising star and former PB student Izzy Bizzu in Ableton Live.

Here's the original track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA_E6udchlM(link is external)

Here's the remix: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mad-behaviour-seamus-haji/id1083382648(link is external)

I'm providing the screenshot pics of the chords & arrangement I used in the video for download.

This is deconstruction of the seminal French house track by Thomas Bangalter, Alan Braxe and Benjamin Diamond which samples Chaka Khan's Fate.

I enjoyed checking out the new filters in Live 9.5 as well as the slice mode.

Alongside my 'First Look' video, I also made this video which showcases the sampling capability of Push 2 and Live 9.5.

You can check out the track I made here: https://soundcloud.com/skioakenfull/beastie-boys-sure-shot-ski-oakenfull...(link is external)

I was really lucky to get my hands in Ableton Push 2 a week before release so I could make this video.

The new waveform manipulation is amazing! It takes me back to the days of using an AKAI S3000 sampler.

Check out this vocal tutorial I made with my long time compadre Valerie Etienne

Here's another deconstruction. I love this track by Roots Manuva(link is external), originally released in 2001 on Big Dada Records(link is external).

In the video I program the beat, and design the bass and arpeggio sample. There's also a little jam at the end with some vocals provided by fire_sign(link is external).

Also check out the great Ninja Jamm(link is external) app from Ninja Tunes.

Here's another deconstruction. I chose this one as I was given it as a reference track for a writing session I did recently. I love Jess's vocals and think it's a great pop track.

In the video I look at some basic music theory, recreate the main elements, focus on production techniques and a little bit of sound design too! Hope you like it.