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(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.

Primary School Year 3 Sound Composition Workshop

This is a project I was asked to do at my son's school in Hackney.
I asked the children in his class (7-8 year olds) to bring in a sound made either with an object or their body.
I recorded each sound individually in groups of 5 or 6 children, and then composed a short piece of music using these sounds.
I used examples such as John Cage(link is external) and The KLF(link is external) to explain how music can be thought of in lots of different ways, and also to how we should appreciate the sounds around us.
While we were recording in a separate room, the rest of the class listened to Holst's 'The Planets'(link is external) and drew amazing coloured pictures in response to the music. They also drew a picture to represent each of their individual sounds.

Please check out the Facebook page to find out more: http://www.facebook.com/GrasmereSounds(link is external)

Also check out this great John Cage resource at Artsy.net(link is external)

You can have a listen to the five short pieces of music here:

Tags: 
Ski Oakenfull
By skioakenfull at 22 June, 2012 - 13:38

Ski's Deep Jazz Mix #1

Ski's Deep Jazz Mix #1

Here are a few favourite deep jazz tracks that I've managed to search out over the years..

Check out the amazing Jewish Prayer Ceremony lead by Herbie Hancock, alongside Bobby Hutcherson's beautiful piece performed on a balcony overlooking the Californian hills..

Read more
Tags: 
Ski Oakenfull
DJ Mix
Submitted by skioakenfull on 15 June, 2012 - 00:14.

EMC Tutorial #3 - Deconstructing Faithless 'Insomnia'

This is the third 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:

Read more
Tags: 
Tutorials
Submitted by skioakenfull on 14 June, 2012 - 23:59.

Release Update - Remix of 'Voice Within' by Akio Dobashi

The remix for I did for Akio Dobashi(link is external) was released this week in Japan.

Here is a link to iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id522322228(link is external)

For those that don't know, Akio used to be in a famous band called Rebecca(link is external). I met him whilst DJing in Tokyo with my friend Terry Washizu(link is external) a few years ago, and Akio recently did a great remix of my Thousand Knives track.

The song I've remixed is from his new album entitled 'Best of All Time(link is external)' and features the great vocals of Juline. The legendary Bluey from Incognito(link is external) also plays guitar on it!

You can check Akio's website(link is external) for more info about him and his projects. He has made a promo video to go with my remix which you can see below!

Tags: 
Ski Oakenfull
By skioakenfull at 11 May, 2012 - 00:10

Can't Get You Out Of My Head on SNL

I played keyboards for Kylie on this episode of Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast on March 16th 2002.
You can watch the whole show here:
http://www.blinkbox.com/Free/Television/38050/Saturday-Night-Live-S27E15...(link is external)
and there is a blog entry about this performance here:
http://kylieminogue.blog.cz/en/1105/can-t-get-you-out-of-my-head-saturda...(link is external)

Read more
Tags: 
Kylie Minogue
Submitted by skioakenfull on 10 May, 2012 - 11:18.

Murray James - In The City

Here's a brand new video from an artist I have been working with for the last few years.
The demos that I produced led to him getting a deal with Rocket Management(link is external) and then Deconstruction Records(link is external). This is the first single..

I produced and played on the initial version, and then top producer Dan Grech(link is external) added his magic..

It's being released next month, with the album to follow which I have also contributed to.

Please check out Murray's Facebook page for more info..
http://www.facebook.com/murrayjamesmusic(link is external)

Tags: 
Murray James
By skioakenfull at 17 April, 2012 - 20:03

EMC Tutorial #2 - Deconstructing Miike Snow's 'Devil's Work'

This is the second 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:

Read more
Tags: 
Tutorials
Submitted by skioakenfull on 15 April, 2012 - 16:36.

EMC Tutorial #1 - Deconstructing Emile Sande's 'Heaven'

Welcome to a new 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:

Read more
Tags: 
Tutorials
Submitted by skioakenfull on 22 March, 2012 - 22:17.

Pages