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Release date: 31st October 2025

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Stream/Download here: https://orcd.co/fujicolour_ep

The Fujicolour EP marks the first new solo work by Ski since 2021’s Short Circuits LP (with the exception of his ambient Ayota project Sound Travelling LP in 2023). Picking up the thread from Short Circuits, the EP features four tracks which dive deeper into electronic house & techno territory, balancing groove with melody and texture.

Opener Lonestate is a spiritual sequel to Jam State from Short Circuits, while Mount Fuji, Reckless and Skywalking expand the palette into widescreen, emotive dancefloor moments. Reckless was recently performed live for the first time at Tokyo’s Violetta club, where Ski played a hybrid performance and DJ set, road-testing the new material in front of an intimate crowd.

The title and artwork are rooted in a Japanese family photo album, reflecting Ski’s love for Japan and its aesthetic influence on his music. These tracks are also a snapshot of a larger body of work - Ski is currently shaping his next full-length album, set for release next year. In the meantime, Fujicolour EP captures the energy of an artist in motion, fresh from two years of touring and co-producing with Galliano on their recent Halfway, Somewhere album.

All tracks composed, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Ski Oakenfull at Primaudial Studios, London
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Website: www.skioakenfull.com
P+C Primaudial Records 2025

I was very happy to be invited by Funk D'Void as a guest on his 'Beat the Buzz' Twitch stream. You can watch it back here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2604556375

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ski Oakenfull’s 'Rising Son' album, Primaudial Records presents 'Rising Son Remixes', 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. Many thanks to Terry Washizu for the help coordinating this release.

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

A mashup I made at the start of 2025 of two amazing tracks by Erlend Øye & Los Hermanos

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

I was delighted to be interviewed by Rhodes Music to talk about my long relationship with the classic Fender Rhodes keyboard and more recently the Rhodes V8 Plug-in.
Check out the interview here: https://rhodesmusic.com/ski-oakenfull-reinvents-classic-sounds-with-the-...

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Out now on digital platforms, ‘Tress-Cun-Deo-La’, originally released in 1997 as a single. It features some amazing remixes including King Britt's Scuba mix 😍
You can also watch the video here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V49VAqlJfyQ
And an interview with the film director Toru Tokikawa here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcewlbOZhrg

Out now on digital platforms, ‘Fifths’, originally released in 2000 as a single from my debut album ‘Life Changes’. It features the incredible Jazzanova nu-jazz ‘6 Sickht’ mix 😍

I’m delighted to announce that the song 'Where Did The Love Go?’ which was originally released as a single by Columbia France in 2000 is reissued today (9th February 2024) on all digital platforms.
The release is part two of a set of remixes by myself, La Plage and the late great Phil Asher (aka Restless Soul)

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