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.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ski Oakenfull’s 'Rising Son' album, Primaudial Records presents 'Rising Son Remixed', a 6-track EP of deep cuts, unreleased gems, and long-lost remixes, now available digitally for the first time.

Originally released in 2005 on BBE (UK) and Pony Canyon (Japan), 'Rising Son' was co-produced by Ski alongside Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick (Incognito) and DJ Venom. Reissued in 2023, the album gets a new lease of life through remixes by the late great Yam Who? (Andy Williams), UK beat pioneer Dobie, Japanese deep house duo Agora Rhythm, and Ski himself.

It includes soulful and jazz-infused tracks featuring the vocals of Chi Turner and the late Amp Fiddler, with grooves touching house, broken beat, and cosmic disco. This release is dedicated to Andy Williams, a true legend whose music lives on.

Please donate here to the loving memory of Andy:
www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-andy-williams-the-artist-yam-who

I'm very happy to announce that Glasgow Underground have reissued Rose Smith's 'Dawnraiding' LP on digital platforms. It was originally released on CD and vinyl on June 3rd 2002, and was the next major project I took on after the release on my 2000 debut album Life Changes. I had been introduced to Rose by my publisher at the time, Chrysalis, and we co-wrote the title track on that album. I was thrilled to be asked to produce Rose's album, and I'm really proud of it!
You can check iy out here:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5idXgoQqUN9M6X8YhOukE2?si=w5UVddDqR3K0x18...
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dawnraiding/1793084856

Check out my interview with Nick Luscombe, recorded in a quiet(ish) corner of Tower Records in Shibuya, Tokyo on 3rd Jan 2025. It was for his new Jazz show on One Jazz. Thanks so much to @lusconick for having me 🙏

Playlist:

Freddy da Stupid - Back To Pangea Part II (Jazzapella Version)
MISS C-LINE x Berlin Lama - U Don’t Want It (feat. Andi Allenbach)
RM jazz legacy - Beyond Of The Night
Prepared - Modul Eins
Phil Dawson - Now Rise Up
George Ohtsuka Quintet - Loving You
Yoshio Ohtomo Quartet - In A Little Spring Waltz
Ski Oakenfull - Fifths (Jazzanova 6 Sickth Mix)

Ski Oakenfull Interview

Produced by: Yukihiro Kanesaka
Vocals: Robert Gallagher
Keyboards: Ski Oakenfull
Bass & Guitar: Ernie McKone

Artist: 
Ski Oakenfull
Release Date: 
7 January, 2025

This show was recorded on the 22nd December 2024

Here's the tracklist:

Here are some tracks (old and new) that have kept me company on my morning walks around Clissold Park in 2024
Spotify Playlist: https://tinyurl.com/4ff5twr6
Apple Playlist: https://tinyurl.com/ykxt228x
Thanks and respect to all the amazing artists:

Alva Noto - Jr (For Katsushika Hokusai)
Eiko Ishibashi - Deer Blood
Rikuto Fuiimoto - Intersection 1
AVR - Confirm Humanity
Ichiko Aoba - Lucifèrine
Mogwai - God Gets You Back
jasmine.4.t - Elephant
Lucy Rose - Could You Help Me
mui zyu - Talk to Death
The Lemon Twigs - Ember Days
Quarteto Em Cy - Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Erlend Oye & La Comitiva - For the Time Being
Photay - Derecho
Steven Julien & Kvle Hall - Page 3 (feat. K15)
Floating Points - LesAlpx
Jacana People - Sienna (feat. Temm)
Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
Dan be - Mutually Exclusive
not oguz - Hey!
DJ Seinfeld & Confidence Man - Now U Do
WheelUP & Abacus - Singularity (feat. Steelo) [Makoto Remix (Edit)]
Freeez - Southern Freeez
Galliano - Move As One...
Louis Cole, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley - High Five

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