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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.

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Here’s another track from my new album ‘Short Circuits’ which is due for release on all digital platforms on the 25th June 2021.
It’s available to buy now on my Bandcamp page:
https://skioakenfull.bandcamp.com/album/short-circuits-lp?action=buy(link is external)
You can also listen & buy on these streaming platforms:
https://orcd.co/shortcircuits(link is external)

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 11 June, 2021 - 12:33.

Ski Sunday #021 - Lil Louis ‘French Kiss’- Track Breakdown

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 6 June, 2021 - 22:35.

Jam State

It’s been 16 years since my last solo album ‘Rising Son’, so I’m really excited to announce that I’ve made a new 14-track album entitled ‘Short Circuits’ which is available to buy now on my Bandcamp page:
https://skioakenfull.bandcamp.com/album/short-circuits-lp?action=buy(link is external)
You can also listen & buy on these streaming platforms:
https://orcd.co/shortcircuits(link is external)

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 4 June, 2021 - 15:12.

SLM Webcast #12 Music-making with Special guest Ski Oakenfull

I was very honoured to be invited as a guest on Simon Lyon's weekly webcast on the 2nd June 2021. We talked about a range of things including my new album, Short Circuits (due for release on 25th June 2021), my Ayota project and deconstructions.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 3 June, 2021 - 10:46.

Deconstruction: Dua Lipa - 'Don't Start Now' w/ Ski Oakenfull

Here's another track deconstruction which reveals the music production magic behind Dua Lipa's hit track, 'Don't Start Now'

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 26 May, 2021 - 19:12.

Ski Sunday #020 - Christine and the Queens - ‘Girlfriend’ feat. DāM-FunK

In this session I broke down this fantastic track, looking at the apple loops that inspired it, and replaying the parts.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 23 May, 2021 - 22:37.

Ski Sunday #019 - One Hour Sample Pack Challenge Part 2, The Results

Following on from the live stream two weeks ago where I created a sample pack in one hour, I gave myself one hour in this session to build a track exclusively out of the samples, as well as listening to the results of the Twitch participants.
You can watch back the original live stream, as well as download the sample pack here: https://bit.ly/3uS8o84(link is external)

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 16 May, 2021 - 18:31.

Ski Sunday #018​​ - 'Start With A Sample / End Without A Sample'

In this session I took some vinyl samples, started building some new musical parts around them, with a view to removing the original samples completely at the end.

The samples were from:
1. Hiromi Go LP Discogs(link is external)
2. Donald Byrd LP Discogs(link is external)

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 9 May, 2021 - 22:55.

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