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Getting ready for the Ayota gig at Village Underground on 22nd June as part of the Spitalfields Festival.

Its great to throw all the parts into Ableton and play it live..

I'm looking forward to performing this track with Jeremy Shaw on Guitar & Palm Skin Productions on Synths. There's gonna be a Fender Rhodes there too!

Hope you can make it..
https://www.skioakenfull.com/gigs/ayota/22june2011

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This is the first volume of a strictly vinyl selection from my ambient & electronic record collection..
Look out for some great Tom Souster, Ryo Kawasaki & Max Eastley to name but a few..

Sōnen on iTunes

Sonen - EP - Ayota
Ayota - Sōnen EP was released on Friday 29th April on Primaudial Records. An EP comprising 5 tracks of Japanese influenced Electronic Ambience..

Here are some other links to purchase & preview:
Primaudial Records:
http://www.primaudialrecords.com/releases/prim_010_ayota_sonen_ep

Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/skioakenfull/sets/ayota-sonen-ep/

Buy at Traxsource:
http://www.traxsource.com/index.php?act=show&fc=tpage&cr=titles&cv=89523

Buy at Juno Download:
http://www.junodownload.com/products/sonen-ep/1727702-02/

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Nu Jazz Essentials

A track from my Rising Son LP, 'Let Me Be' has been included by Nick Luscombe in an iTunes Nu Jazz Essentials Compilation.
It's a great selection and costs £19.75 to buy all the songs.

Click the link below to go check it out!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/playlist/the-basics/id428555270?wm=1

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Musicity Flyer

On Tuesday 19th April 2011 at The Architecture Foundation on Tooley St in London, Ski Oakenfull and Palm Skin Productions will be performing a live set featuring reconstructed versions of all seven Musicity tracks with special visuals created especially for the night, alongside a DJ set from Nick Luscombe.

You can find more info on this special event here:
http://www.architecturefoundation.org.uk/programme/2011/musicity

Please check out a short excerpt below from the track I contributed to the project..

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RELEASE DATE: 29th April 2011
Ayota -
Sonen EP
PRIM-010EP
Japan is a very special place for me, where I have had some incredible experiences and been truly inspired by the people and culture. I have some very dear friends and close family from various parts of the country, so when I saw the shocking images of the Earthquake and Tsunami over a week ago, I was horrified. It was hard to imagine such a beautiful place being destroyed in such a short space of time. So in light of this event, Primaudial Records are releasing an EP from my 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 2011 to buy from iTunes, Traxsource, Beatport etc.
If you would like to review or play these tracks in advance of the release date, please contact the label giving full details.

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Nick Luscombe

On 15th Feb 2011 Nick Luscombe began another fortnight in the Late Junction chair and featured the track 'Hitotsu' from my Ayota 'Helicopter Cuts' Album.

You can check out the whole show here on iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yhs52

For more info on 'Helicopter Cuts' please go here:
https://www.skioakenfull.com/discography/ayota/helicopter_cuts

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Ski Live at Electro Deluxe - Le Fish Club in Lyon

I've just unearthed a gig I did on 6th October 2000 in France as part of my promotional tour for the 'Life Changes' album. The gig was at a club called 'Le Fish' which was basically a boat on the river in Lyon

The night was called 'Electro Deluxe' and it was broadcast live on NRJ Radio..

I've uploaded some photos of the gig here.

The band consisted of a 'power trio'...
Jim Carmichael - Drums
Francis Hylton - Bass
Ski Oakenfull - Keys & Vocals

I have created a page now for all 6 tracks:
https://www.skioakenfull.com/audio/nrj_radio_broadcast_ski_live_at_elect...

Here is a sampler..
The track is called 'Undercover'

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Musicity London 2010

I have recently been commissioned alongside six other artists to compose a piece of music in response to a building, location or aspect of London that inspired me. I chose the BT Tower. The idea is that you can visit these locations at specific times to exclusively hear and download the tracks through the Musicity App which will be available soon. The project will be 'live' from October 1st. Meanwhile you can visit these links to get more information:
Musicity Website: http://musicity.info/

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Musicity-London/153027054720509

Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MusicityLondon

Musicity London is part of The Story Of London Festival that runs 01.10.10 - 10.10.10

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