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, 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 ten million views, and is an Ableton Certified Trainer. Please have a look around this site, and feel free to leave a message.

How to Sing: Pharrell Williams - Happy

Course tutors Ski Oakenfull and Phil Ramacon explain how to sing the harmonies in Pharrell's Happy.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 18 February, 2014 - 00:00.

Logic Pro 1: Production - Course Preview

Apple's announcement of the Logic X upgrade last last year took everyone by surprise but was widely welcomed.

As well as many brand new features, it had a new look and rewrite of terminology and key commands.

Ski's job has been to manage the update of Point Blank Online School's flagship Logic course from 9 to X, which meant updating all terms, screenshots and the majority of videos.

The course launched last October and you can sign up for it here:
http://tinyurl.com/qdzfu68

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 12 January, 2014 - 11:03.

Making music with an iPad

Making Music with an iPad

In his latest video Ski introduces you to iPad music-making using Garageband 2.0 and an iPad Mini

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 14 December, 2013 - 23:56.

The Return of Galliano at House of St. Barnabas

Some pictures from the Galliano gig at the House of St. Barnabas on Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Read a great article here: http://ancienttofuture.com/2013/12/11/the-return-of-galliano/
And there are some more photos of the night here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alalchan/sets/72157638336880443/

Album Date:

December, 2013

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Galliano

Submitted by skioakenfull on 12 December, 2013 - 07:15.

Galliano live at The Culture Series with Gilles Peterson

Tuesday 3rd December brings a night of music curated by Gilles Peterson, the founder of Worldwide Festival and Brownswood Recordings.
Our journey into music and discovery will come courtesy of Galliano, Gilles' very first signing to his Acid Jazz record label, who last performed in 1996, alongside the amazing Denai Moore, ahead of her UK tour, and the enigmatic Reginald Omas Mamode IV.

Date:

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Artist:

Galliano

Venue:

The House of St Barnabas

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By skioakenfull at 3 December, 2013 - 12:05

Read more about Galliano live at The Culture Series with Gilles Peterson

Bluey - Sky (Ski Oakenfull Remix)

Ski has recently remixed the second single from Bluey's solo album 'Leap of Faith' which was released on 25 October 2013 on Dôme Records
It's available on iTunes Stores here:

UK https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sky-ski-oakenfull-remix-single/id730986480
ITALY https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/sky-ski-oakenfull-remix-single/id730986480
OTHER COUNTRIES https://itunes.apple.com/album/sky-ski-oakenfull-remix-single/id730986480

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By skioakenfull at 10 November, 2013 - 09:18

Academy of Electronic Music

Catch up here!

Point Blank, in association with Armada Music, Google+ and DJ Mag, have been presenting the Academy of Electronic Music. It's the world's first socially-driven online music school, giving aspiring music producers and DJs the chance to share their best tracks, get feedback from peers, industry experts and their favourite DJs and producers, plus the chance to be mentored as the world's next superstar producer. The ultimate prize is to get your track signed to Armada Music – awarded best global dance label for the fifth year running.

Point Blank's Ski Oakenfull has been providing professional music production training for seven lucky finalists via the flagship Electronic Music Composition course. This course is designed to allow students to take the next step in their productions by teaching the fundamentals of composition and creative songwriting.

The Academy of Electronic Music allows electronic music fans from around the world to tune into the Academy, follow their favourite producers, collaborate with one and another and access professional music training via interactive Google+ Hangout tutorials.

The hangouts were broadcast live throughout October and November from Point Blank's YouTube channel, and you can catch up with the ones you missed by heading over to this new section of Ski's site.

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By skioakenfull at 3 November, 2013 - 09:13

Fifths CD Single Competition

Ski Oakenfull - Fifths

It's Competition Time!

There are 12 exclusively signed copies of my 2000 release 'Fifths' up for grabs.

I will post out a copy to the first twelve entrants who can answer the following question:

What was the name of the album 'Fifths' was featured on?

Please use the contact form on this website to submit your correct answer using 'FIFTHS COMPETITION' in the title and don't forget to include your name and address.

Postage is £1 for UK Residents and £2 for Outside UK which will be requested via paypal

Competition is currently open and will end on 1st December 2013.

Here is the tracklist:
01 Original Mix 4'42"
02 Jazzanova 6 Sickht Mix 8'00"

You can check the video for this track below:

You can see some more pictures of this CD here:
https://www.skioakenfull.com/gallery_album/fifths_cd_single_competition

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By skioakenfull at 29 September, 2013 - 15:08