Blogs

I was delighted to be interviewed by Rhodes Music to talk about my long relationship with the classic Fender Rhodes keyboard and more recently the Rhodes V8 Plug-in.
Check out the interview here: https://rhodesmusic.com/ski-oakenfull-reinvents-classic-sounds-with-the-...

Out now on digital platforms, ‘Tress-Cun-Deo-La’, originally released in 1997 as a single. It features some amazing remixes including King Britt's Scuba mix 😍
You can also watch the video here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V49VAqlJfyQ
And an interview with the film director Toru Tokikawa here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcewlbOZhrg

Out now on digital platforms, ‘Fifths’, originally released in 2000 as a single from my debut album ‘Life Changes’. It features the incredible Jazzanova nu-jazz ‘6 Sickht’ mix 😍

I’m delighted to announce that the song 'Where Did The Love Go?’ which was originally released as a single by Columbia France in 2000 is reissued today (9th February 2024) on all digital platforms.
The release is part two of a set of remixes by myself, La Plage and the late great Phil Asher (aka Restless Soul)

I’m delighted to announce that the song 'Where Did The Love Go?’ which was originally released as a single by Columbia France in 2000 is reissued today (2nd February 2024) on all digital platforms.
The release is part one of a set of remixes by myself, Bruce Keen and EDP (aka my K-Creative bandmate Jim Carmichael)

I’m delighted to announce that the track ‘Undercover’ which was originally released as a single by Columbia France in 2000 is reissued today (29th December 2023) on all digital platforms.
The release features the original version from my debut album Life Changes, alongside excellent remixes by Silicone Soul and The Phunk Master.

I’m delighted to announce that my debut album ‘Life Changes’ is being re-released digitally on the 8th December 2023. Originally released back in 2000 by Columbia France, it features a whole host of amazing guests. I’ll be posting some more clips and memories over the next couple of weeks. Many thanks to Johnny Chandler for making it happen, all the kind folks at Sony France, Guy Trezise my manager at the time, and Marie Gomis-Trezise who signed the album!
There’ll also be further rereleases in 2024 🤩
Links to stores here: https://legacyfrance.lnk.to/LifeChanges

I’m delighted to announce that my second album, ‘Rising Son’ is available today on digital platforms. Originally released in 2005 on Bluey’s ‘Rice Records’ imprint, the record marked an important moment in my career and is a project I hold very dear to my heart. My first album ‘Life Changes’ had come out five years earlier, and in the years after, I was very busy with production and remix work, as well as writing and playing keyboards with 2 Banks of 4. Since the mid-nineties I’d built up an amazing working relationship with Bluey from Incognito, which meant that I regularly found myself at his studio, The Blue Room, writing and producing on various projects. Bluey’s son, Daniel (aka Dokta Venom) was often there too, and in 2001 I was lucky enough to work on the ‘Para:Diso’ project (a Bluey/Venom production). Dan and I shared a lot of musical influences such as David Sylvian, Johnny Marr, and Theo Parrish, so when Bluey asked if I wanted to make an album with Daniel for his label, I jumped at the chance. 

Primaudial Records are excited to announce the release of ‘Sound Travelling’ which is Ayota’s fourth album, and follows the 2015 release of ‘Floating Worlds’. Ski Oakenfull wrote and recorded the album over five years, and it features many field recordings from Japan, as well as collaborations with vocalists Chihiro Butterfly and Rei Usui. 

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