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.

I’m delighted to announce a new collaboration with my good friend Milton Jackson. Out on Jimpster's amazing Freerange Records on the 21st October 2022, and available to stream now

Artist: 
Milton Jackson & Ski Oakenfull
Release Date: 
21 October, 2022
Record Label: 
Freerange Records

Incognito return with a stellar version of a Seventies classic. Available to download from 15th April 2022 at Traxsource.com(link is external), including a Ski Oakenfull house remix, and on general release on April 29th 2022, when it will be the opening cut on the Dome 30 Years Vol 1 album.

Artist: 
Incognito
Featuring: 
Bluey
Release Date: 
15 April, 2022
Record Label: 
Dome Records
Listen to a preview: 

In this video tutorial series(link is external) by Computer Music Magazine, Ableton Certified Trainer Ski Oakenfull shows you how to make a track from scratch with Live Lite. Once you’ve watched part one(link is external) about downloading and installing the software, check out these five videos to learn how to use it to compose, arrange, and finalize a song.

Released: 4th February 2022
Brettina Vs Incognito ‘Simple Pleasures’ includes Ski Oakenfull and Yakul remixes.
This is the new single from Bahamas-based jazz singer-songwriter Brettina. She has been a fan of the Incognito sound for many years and managed to hook up with Bluey to record this new version of her single ‘Simple Pleasures’ . Bluey has brought the trademark Incognito production to this track using the whole band to create a classic horn-driven sound. To complement the original is a remix by Brighton-based electronic jazz act Yakul whose singer James Berkeley has toured with Incognito and long term Incognito collaborator Ski Oakenfull who's delivered a 4 to the floor soulful house dub.

Artist: 
Brettina
Release Date: 
4 February, 2022
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This show was recorded via Zoom on the 2nd January 2022 with my good friend Tomokazu Hayashi from Tokyo, Japan.
It focuses on the music of the experimental Japanese musician and artist Keigo Oyamada aka Cornelius(link is external)
Artwork by Tim Oakenfull(link is external)

Here's the playlist:

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