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Ski is an Artist, Keyboard player, Producer, Remixer and Composer living in London. Having started his career with The K-Creative(link is external) who were signed to Gilles Peterson's(link is external) Talkin' Loud(link is external) label in 1991, he has gone on to release three solo albums, Life Changes, Rising Son, and Short Circuits(link is external), play keyboards with bands such as Galliano(link is external), Raw Stylus(link is external) & Two Banks of Four(link is external), remix over 50 tracks, and work at Xenomania(link is external). He currently releases music on his own label, Primaudial Records(link is external), writes & produces with artists such as Incognito(link is external), Dave Lee(link is external), Valerie Etienne(link is external), and Duke Dumont(link is external). 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(link is external) where he manages their degree programmes(link is external). He has also made over a hundred tutorial videos for the school's YouTube channel(link is external) which have racked up over ten million views, and is an Ableton Certified Trainer(link is external). Please have a look around this site, and feel free to leave a message.

Maschine Update 1.8 (pt.2) Article in DJ Mag Weekly 123

DJ Mag Weekly 123

The Maschine 1.8 (pt2) Vocal Timestretching 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: https://www.djmag.com/djweekly/(link is external). It's DJ Weekly 123.

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

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By skioakenfull at 24 October, 2012 - 00:03

Maschine Update 1.8 (pt.1) Article in DJ Mag Weekly 122

DJ Mag Weekly 122

The Maschine 1.8 (pt1) Conga Loop Timestretch 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: https://www.djmag.com/djweekly/(link is external). It's DJ Weekly 122.

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

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By skioakenfull at 23 October, 2012 - 23:54

Ski at the Amsterdam Dance Event 18th-20th October

Amsterdam Dance Event 2012

Ski will be hosting 4 EMC(link is external) based seminars at this year's Amsterdam Dance Event(link is external). They will take place at Cafe COX(link is external) as part of the Akai Professional and Numark Playground(link is external). The dates are 18/19/20th October (Thursday to Saturday).

Hope to see you there!

UPDATE: Here's my schedule and topics for the seminars..

Thursday 18th
2-3pm : SBTRKT - Wildfire

Friday 19th
2-3pm : Mr Fingers - Can U Feel It

Saturday 20th
1:15-1:45pm : Mr Fingers - Can U Feel It (Revisit)
6-7pm : Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends

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By skioakenfull at 10 October, 2012 - 01:29

NI Maschine 1.8 Software Update (pt 2) Time Stretching a Vocal Acapella

Ahead of the imminent release of the new range of Akai MPC hardware, Native Instruments have introduced MK2 of their hugely popular Maschine, and also updated the associated software to 1.8. It boasts many new useful features that not only exploit the colourful second incarnation of their Rhythm Machine, but breathe new life into MK1.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 10 October, 2012 - 01:16.

NI Maschine 1.8 Software Update (pt 1) - Time Stretching a Conga Loop

Ahead of the imminent release of the new range of Akai MPC hardware, Native Instruments have introduced MK2 of their hugely popular Maschine, and also updated the associated software to 1.8. It boasts many new useful features that not only exploit the colourful second incarnation of their Rhythm Machine, but breath new life into MK1.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 10 October, 2012 - 01:09.

EMC Tutorial #6 - Deconstructing Orbital's 'Chime'

This is the sixth in a series of tutorials from Ski Oakenfull(link is external) 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(link is external) with:

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 10 October, 2012 - 01:01.

Friday Forum Live! - Working with an Acapella in Ableton - 7th September 2012

This was my second Point Blank(link is external) Friday Forum Live! session in which I demonstrated how to get an Acapella in time, and then start writing some chords to go underneath it. It is a taster of the Electronic Music Composition(link is external) course that I have recently developed.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 10 October, 2012 - 00:54.

Daft Punk's 'Around The World' Bass Line Article in DJ Mag Weekly 120

DJ Mag Weekly 120

The Ableton Daft Punk's 'Around The World' Bass Line 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: https://www.djmag.com/djweekly/(link is external). It's DJ Weekly 120.

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

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By skioakenfull at 10 October, 2012 - 00:45

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