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 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.

Ski Oakenfull Radio Show #5 with Tom O'Grady (Resolution 88) - Undercover Herbie Hancock

I was so happy to hook up with my friend and fellow Herbie Hancock fan Tom O'Grady to indulge in over two and half hours of Herbie related music plucked from his personal vinyl collection. Tom and I first met when we played keyboards together in Kirk DeGeorgio's band 'The Beauty Room', and have stayed in close contact ever since.
Most recently we filmed a live deconstruction of 'Chameleon' for Point Blank Music School which you can check here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIR1O...

I hope you enjoy this selection as much as I did!

You can find out more about Tom's amazing band Resolution 88 here:

http://www.resolution88.com/

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 22 January, 2017 - 21:09.

Ski Oakenfull Radio Show #4 with Valerie Etienne - Disco Special

Enjoy over an hour of Disco indulgence with the one and only Valerie Etienne. I first met Val in 1994 when I joined the band Galliano to play keyboards, and we have maintained a close working relationship ever since. I set up my mobile studio in Val's kitchen and recorded this show on the 29th December 2016. You will notice several references to the Port she served throughout the show.
Happy New Year!

Thank you to Val for choosing so many great tracks!

Here's the full tracklist:

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 31 December, 2016 - 12:10.

Ski Oakenfull Radio Show #3 with Tomokazu Hayashi - YMO Special Vol. 3 - Haruomi Hosono in the 2010's

Hosono in the 2010's – Roots music meets Techno

I am so happy to welcome back Tomokazu Hayashi for a second show! For this one, Tomo introduces Haruomi Hosono's recent musical development.
After having expanded on experimental and electronic musics such as Techno and Ambient in the 1980s and 90s, Hosono then drastically turned his head to roots and standard popular music from which he drew his deepest influence and was his musical foundation.
Hopefully you will find some astonishing encounters between roots music and techno!

Thank you to Tomo for his extensive research, words and artwork.

Here's the full tracklist:

I. Intro

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 24 December, 2016 - 15:26.

Band Aid - 'Do They Know It's Christmas': Ableton Live Deconstruction (Christmas FFL!)

Happy Christmas!

This went out as a live stream at Point Blank on Friday 16th December 2016.

You can download the project here: http://ow.ly/WChH307cgXZ

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 17 December, 2016 - 09:43.

Ski Oakenfull Radio Show #2 - YMO Special Vol. 2 - Undercover YMO

This show features a mix of some of my favourite YMO tracks together with solo releases from the three YMO members, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Harumoni Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi. There are also a few cover versions as well!

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 24 November, 2016 - 14:27.

DJ Gig | Maestro of Yellow Magic - Haruomi Hosono in '70s and Now

DJ Gig | Maestro of Yellow Magic - Haruomi Hosono in '70s and Now

I'll be DJing YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra) inspired music at this event on Sunday 20th November 2016 with my friend Tomokazu Hayashi
Entry is free from 6.30PM so please try to come along!
Here's the schedue:

Lecture Part 1 (7:00PM-8:00PM)
Hosono in 1970s - The birth of Yellow Magic At the intervals
Ski Oakenfull DJ's YMO-inspired music Lecture Part 2 (8.30PM-9.30PM)
Hosono in 2010s - Roots music meet Techno

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Highbury Arts Club
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By skioakenfull at 1 November, 2016 - 22:38

Ghostbusters – Ableton Live Deconstruction (Halloween Special FFL!)

Happy Halloween!

This went out as a live stream at Point Blank on Friday 28th October 2016.

You can download the project here: http://www.pointblankmusicschool.com/download/content/downloads/free-sou...
And the acapella is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRhWVW-fFVg

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 28 October, 2016 - 16:28.

Recording Tabla in Ableton Live (FFL!)

This went out as a live FFL stream at Point Blank on Friday 30th September 2016.

Thanks for Sirish Kumar Manji for the fantastic Tabla playing.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 30 September, 2016 - 19:55.

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