Out on March 6th 2009: Love Meeting Love. A cover of the classic Level 42 track featuring the wonderful Valerie Etienne on vocals. Available to download from iTunes, Beatport, Traxsource etc. Click below to get more info:
My online shop is back! Although most of my releases are available through iTunes etc you can also
purhase them directly from my shop. All mp3s are at 320 kbps. www.skioakenfull.com/shop
Anything on Gherkin or NuGroove Record Labels, Herbie Hancock, Underground
Resistance, David Sylvian, Richard Barbieri, Steve Reich, Brian Eno, Debussy,
Erik Satie, Larry Heard, Theo Parrish, Kerri Chandler, YMO, John Coltrane,
Lonnie Liston Smith, Gil Scott Heron, Brian Jackson, Daft Punk, Susumu Yokota,
Moodymann, Murcof, Steely Dan, Morgan Geist, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Jungle Brothers, Weather Report, Aphex Twin, Blaze, The Smiths,
Joe Henderson, Joe Hisaishi, Stockhausen, Joni Mitchell, Ian O'Brien, Kirk
DeGiorgio, ZX81, Vic 20, BBC Micro, Atari ST, Apple Mac, Japan (the country)
in its entirety..ADAM & JOE I LOVE YOU
2007 is the year that I've finally got round to sorting out my own label ..'Primaudial Records'. All the releases can be downloaded as 320kbps mp3s exclusively from my online
shop which you can find on the left hand side of this page, or from many of the major online stores (iTunes,Traxsource, junodownload etc).
Ski first made an impact in 1991 with the K-Creative, one of
the initial signings to the then newly established Talkin' Loud Records.
Co-writing & co-producing their debut album 'QED', he toured
extensively throughout Europe and Japan. After his tenure with the K-Creative
ended, Ski joined UK soul-funk band Raw Stylus as
keys man (touring & recording with legendary Steely Dan
producer Gary Katz) and regularly performed with the in house
band at Gilles Peterson's seminal club nights at Bar
Rumba in London alongside visiting luminaries such as Guru
from Gangstarr and iconic Brazilian superstar Flora Purim.
1994 saw Ski join ex-label mates Galliano as keyboard player.
His relationship with the band grew, culminating in him co-writing and co-producing
their final album '4'. The next few years saw Ski develop his
writing & production skills further including writing sessions with Incognito
and the release of the club classic 'Justify' on Bob
Jones' short lived yet much missed Black on Black
label. Ski also contributed tracks to a unique global collaborative project
called 'Sun Sun'. This featured exclusive material from some
the finest exponents of alternative contemporary dance music including DJ
Cam, Bob Sinclair, Kruder & Dorfmeister
and DJ Die. It was Ski's contribution, a deep & funky rolling
number called 'Montreux a Marseilles' that brought him to the
attention of Sony Columbia. They immediately signed him up
and he recorded a version of the late Joe Henderson's jazz
classic 'Tres Con Deo La' featuring the vocal talents of Valerie
Etienne. This was well received throughout Europe and it caught the
ears of Philly's very own aqua boogie monster, King Britt,
who supplied a beautiful remix.
Ski followed this with the release of his debut album 'Life Changes'.
The album showed Ski as a true musical polymath, embracing influences and inspiration
from house, disco, electro, jazz, soul and funk. 'Life Changes'
is the distillation of musical experience, innovation, absorption and adventure.
Over the next couple of years Ski went on to persue his passion for remixing
and writing. High profile reworks of tracks such as 'I can See the Future'
by Incognito (Talkin Loud), 'American Dream'
by Jakata (MOS) and 'Freak Like Me' by The
Sugababes (Island) firmly established Ski as a true Nu-Jazz innovator
and lead to countless remix offers.
Not one to stick to studio productions alone, Ski has provided his keyboard
talents for many different bands such as Earl Zinger, 2
Banks Of 4, The Bays and even a brief spell with Kylie
Minogue! ...and of course not forgetting playing his own gigs all around
Europe, most recently at Cargo in London for Gilles
Peterson's Glenfiddich Independent Mix. Ski is also not averse to spinning
the odd record or two and has played at clubs across London and Tokyo.
For his second (and most recent) album 'Rising Son' in 2005,
Ski teamed up with Bluey and DJ Venom to produce
an intoxicating blend of classic Old skool house to Nu skool soul and uplifting
funktronica. It features Amp Fiddler ..s, Chi
Turner ..s, Tony Momrelle and Earl Zinger
and Valerie Etienne. It was initially released in Japan on
Pony Canyon and later worldwide on BBE.
Most recently Ski has completed a new project under the guise of Ayota.
Initially inspired by a Japanese friend's book of Poetry entitled Helicopter
Flying In A Cloudy Sky, Ski wrote soundtracks to three of the poems. This quickly
developed into an album project continuing a Japanese ambient theme. The result
is 'Helicopter Cuts'. Ski had the opportunity to showcase the
album live at last year's Big Chill festival and the album
is due for release on Third Ear Records in 2006.
click the following link to find Ski Oakenfull tracks on iTunes
all has not been forgotten my friend...just on the 11th hour now with the epic compilation and things going great..going to get in touch super shortly...one love
Hey dude. A bit late I know but I only just picked up the Palm Skins mix of "Illuminations" yesterday - it's ROCKING! btw your mix of "If I could" is still sounding great, still use it sometimes to start a set. Best wishes, Jonathan
Hi Ski, I was searchin the song that i loved when i was younger, on talkin loud compilation, and i have found, it's "Back to the real world", this instrumental is really nice, but i didn't know that you were in this group, "the K creative", it's great! I listen this song in this moment!
It's my pleasure man! Love your work, I often play your tunes on my internet radio show. Loving the Illuminations E.P.! Keep up the work bro! Much respect!
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