ski 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, and Duke Dumont. 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 their 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 is an Ableton Certified Trainer. Please have a look around this site, and feel free to leave a message.

EMC Tutorial #10 - Deconstructing Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends

This is the tenth in a series of tutorials from Ski Oakenfull covering a variety of aspects of electronic music composition. Point Blank want you to get involved in this series, so if you can think of well known track for Ski to deconstruct musically in the next tutorial then hit us up on twitter with:

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 6 January, 2013 - 10:08.

Xmas 2012 Sleigh Bell Samples

sleigh bells

As used on just about every Christmas song you've ever heard...

but also a hip hop staple percussion sound.

Here are a couple of wavs for you!

Happy Christmas from Ski..

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 24 December, 2012 - 17:02.

Two new tracks due for release in 2013

2012 has been a great year, and I've especially enjoyed the fact that my tutoring at Point Blank has spawned two collaborations with students of mine, both leading to releases in 2013.

Firstly, a track I worked on with Kris Holiday from Saint Paul in the US. It's due out early 2013 on Big Mama's House Records.

Secondly there's the track I worked on with Faraj Alkuwari otherwise known as Youngs2ar from Doha in Qatar. It's also due out early 2013 on Endemic Digital.
UPDATE: AUG 2020 - preview no longer available

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By skioakenfull at 24 December, 2012 - 14:18

EMC Tutorial #9 - Deconstructing SBTRKT - Wildfire

This is the ninth in a series of tutorials from Ski Oakenfull covering a variety of aspects of electronic music composition. Point Blank want you to get involved in this series, so if you can think of well known track for Ski to deconstruct musically in the next tutorial then hit us up on twitter with:

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 19 December, 2012 - 00:47.

EMC Tutorial #8 - Deconstructing Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It

This is the eighth in a series of tutorials from Ski Oakenfull covering a variety of aspects of electronic music composition. Point Blank want you to get involved in this series, so if you can think of well known track for Ski to deconstruct musically in the next tutorial then hit us up on twitter with:

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 9 December, 2012 - 00:53.

Ski Interview at the Amsterdam Dance Event 2012

Check out the highlights from Point Blank's time in Amsterdam where instructor Ski Oakenfull was at Cafe Cox giving 3 Ableton Live seminars as part of the ADE Playground. While we were there we also caught up with Andy Mac, product specialist at Akai Professional to talk about the MPC Renaissance. 

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 15 November, 2012 - 21:58.

Breaking down Azealia Banks '212' Article in DJ Mag Weekly 127

The Azealia Banks '212' Tutorial video I made for Point Blank Online College was published recently in the DJ Mag Free online edition. You can check it out here: http://www.djmag.com/djweekly/ Its DJ Weekly 127.

I'm also attaching the offline version for you to download. You'll find the attachment underneath the picture..

You can also download the Native Instruments Massive Patch I created in the tutorial here.

Here's the accompanying text:

Although Lazy Jay is credited as a featured artist on this track, Azealia actually laid a vocal on his original instrumental, 'Float My Boat' which was released on Big & Dirty Records back in 2009. With her sleazy rap style perfectly complementing the beat, she transformed the track to become a massive hit in 2011.

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By skioakenfull at 15 November, 2012 - 00:00

Breakfast TV Talkin' Loud Feature circa 1990 with Gilles Peterson

This was filmed for a breakfast TV feature sometime in 1990 at John Henry Rehearsal studios London. Presented by Brenda Emmanus. Gilles Peterson is interviewed with the shadow of Chris Bowden's Sax in the background.
The track that The K-Creative are playing is 'K Spellz Knowledge' from their debut album Q.E.D.
https://www.discogs.com/K-Creative-QED-Question-Everything-Done/release/...

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 14 November, 2012 - 01:35.

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