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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 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.

Maze feat. Frankie Beverly - 'Twilight' Deconstruction feat. Arturia DX7v Plugin (FFL!)

Here's my deconstruction the classic RnB track 'Twilight' by Maze.

Originally released in 1985, to a relatively modest reception, the track was a torchbearer for the loops and bassline style that would go on to define house music.

It's also a love letter to one of my all time favourite synths the Yamaha DX7, and a chance to look at the fantastic Arturia DX7v plugin.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 19 January, 2018 - 19:56.

Ableton Live Deconstruction: 808 State - Pacific 707 at SARM Music Village

This was filmed last November at SARM Music Village, just after Trevor Horn deconstructed Relax!

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 11 November, 2017 - 11:14.

Making a Track in Ableton Live 10: First Look + New Features

I was really lucky to get my hands on Ableton Live 10 a few weeks ahead of the announcement on 2nd Nov 2017.

I'm loving the new features, especially the new clip manipulation features in the Arrangement view.

Wavetable synth is gorgeous too!

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 2 November, 2017 - 19:05.

WhoSampled Presents Samplethon Competition at PB London with KPM & Ableton

Samplethon is a first-of-its-kind event format giving up-and-coming producers access to rare and sought after sample material from a leading music library to produce exciting new music under the guidance of world class producers. The next Samplethon event takes place on Sunday October 15th 2017 at London's Point Blank Studios with support from Ableton. 20 producers will be given exclusive access to pre-cleared original sample material from the world renowned KPM catalogue, an EMI Production Music label.

Date: 
Sunday, October 15, 2017
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Samplethon
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Point Blank Music School - Orsman Road Campus
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By skioakenfull at 10 October, 2017 - 22:52

Ski Oakenfull Radio Show #8 with Tomokazu Hayashi - YMO Special Vol. 5 - Ryuichi Sakamoto

This show was recorded on the 2nd May 2017 with my good friend Tomo, and completes my current YMO radio series, focusing on one of my heroes, Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Look out for Tomo's forthcoming YMO article in 'The Wire' magazine - more details to follow!

Artwork by Tomo

The show is divided into five different sections:

EARLY YMO
1. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978)
2. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tong Poo (1979)
3. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technopolis (1979)
4. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Nice Age (1980)
5. Ryuichi Sakamoto - War Head (1980)

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 12 September, 2017 - 00:30.

Deconstruction: DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump @ Sonar +D, Barcelona

I was so happy to be invited back to Sonar this year to do a presentation.

In honour of DJ Shadow who was one of the headliners, I chose to deconstruct 'Mutual Slump' from his classic album 'Endtroducing'.

I'd like to give a massive shout out to one of my favourite podcasts, Song Exploder for providing the inspiration for this deconstruction.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 18 August, 2017 - 22:40.

Ableton Live Deconstruction: Jamiroquai - Automaton at IMS College Malta

I really enjoyed heading out to Malta again this summer for IMS where I presented this deconstruction of Jamiroquai's 'Automaton'.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 2 August, 2017 - 18:48.

LIFE Exhibition

LIFE Exhibition

I've been commissioned by Nick Luscombe (Radio 3 Late Junction) to write a 20 minute piece for a photographic exhibition at Christie's, London taking place between the 11th - 14th September 2017.

The event is for the charity Maggie's.

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
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LIFE Exhibition
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Christies, King Street, London
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By skioakenfull at 26 July, 2017 - 19:07

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