Ski Oakenfull Official Website

Welcome to the official Ski Oakenfull Website.
Ski is an Artist, Keyboard player, Producer, Remixer and Composer living in London. Having started his career with The K-Creative who were signed to Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud label in 1991, he has gone on to release three solo albums, Life Changes, Rising Son, and Short Circuits, play keyboards with bands such as Galliano, Raw Stylus & Two Banks of Four, remix over 50 tracks, and work at Xenomania. He currently releases music on his own label, Primaudial Records, writes & produces with artists such as Incognito, Dave Lee, Valerie Etienne. He has an Ambient Electronic project called Ayota, and also makes regular radio shows. Alongside his production work, Ski holds the position of Head of Education & Curriculum at Point Blank Music School where he manages courses in electronic music for their BA (Hons) degree programmes. He has also made over a hundred tutorial videos for the school's YouTube channel which have racked up over nine million views, and has recently become an Ableton Certified Trainer. Please have a look around this site, and feel free to leave a message.

Eric Prydz - ‘Pjanoo’ Deconstruction w/ Ski Oakenfull | Live at BMC 2022

In this video, Ski breaks down Eric Prydz’s hit track, ‘Pjanoo’ at Brighton Music Conference 2022 and blends it with Kings of Tomorrow and Julie McKnight's track, 'Finally' in Ableton Live 11.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 24 August, 2022 - 19:26.

Could Heaven Ever Be Like This (Ski Oakenfull Remix)

Incognito return with a stellar version of a Seventies classic. Available to download from 15th April 2022 at Traxsource.com, including a Ski Oakenfull house remix, and on general release on April 29th 2022, when it will be the opening cut on the Dome 30 Years Vol 1 album.

Artist:

Incognito

Featuring:

Bluey

Release Date:

15 April, 2022

Record Label:

Dome Records

Buy / Stream:

Traxsource

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In this video tutorial series by Computer Music Magazine, Ableton Certified Trainer Ski Oakenfull shows you how to make a track from scratch with Live Lite. Once you’ve watched part one about downloading and installing the software, check out these five videos to learn how to use it to compose, arrange, and finalize a song.

Submitted by skioakenfull on 14 April, 2022 - 17:36.

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

A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again Remix Breakdown in Ableton Live (From the vaults - 2017)

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.

Simple Pleasures (Ski Oakenfull Dub)

Released: 4th February 2022
Brettina Vs Incognito ‘Simple Pleasures’ includes Ski Oakenfull and Yakul remixes.
This is the new single from Bahamas-based jazz singer-songwriter Brettina. She has been a fan of the Incognito sound for many years and managed to hook up with Bluey to record this new version of her single ‘Simple Pleasures’ . Bluey has brought the trademark Incognito production to this track using the whole band to create a classic horn-driven sound. To complement the original is a remix by Brighton-based electronic jazz act Yakul whose singer James Berkeley has toured with Incognito and long term Incognito collaborator Ski Oakenfull who's delivered a 4 to the floor soulful house dub.

Artist:

Brettina

Release Date:

4 February, 2022

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Spotify

Juno

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This show was recorded via Zoom on the 2nd January 2022 with my good friend Tomokazu Hayashi from Tokyo, Japan.
It focuses on the music of the experimental Japanese musician and artist Keigo Oyamada aka Cornelius.
Artwork by Tim Oakenfull

Here's the playlist:

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DJ Mix

Submitted by skioakenfull on 21 January, 2022 - 23:56.

Feature in Computer Music Magazine Feb 2022 [Full unedited interview]

Alongside the 6-part series of tutorial videos about Ableton Live 11 Lite I made for the Feb '22 issue of Computer Music Magazine, I also did an interview. The one that was published was quite radically cut down, so here's the interview in full:

Can you give me a biog about yourself, how and why you got into music production?

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Ski Oakenfull

Submitted by skioakenfull on 9 January, 2022 - 00:04.