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.

Acid Jazz Revenge LP (Japanese Release)

Buy Vinyl LP from P-Vine: https://anywherestore.p-vine.jp/products/plp-8382
Buy CD from P-Vine: https://anywherestore.p-vine.jp/products/pcd-25544

This is the new exclusive album strictly for P-Vine Japan from Galliano, ‘Acid Jazz Revenge’. Galliano reformed two years ago and have been playing concerts, festivals and putting out new music via their label WoozyWu Records.
'Acid Jazz Revenge’ incorporates tracks from the album ‘Unreliable Memories Of Contested Conversations’ released on WoozyWu in 2026 plus three brand new tracks.
The album contained stories of the late 80s London culture that Galliano grew out of, plus tales of where we find ourselves in 2026. The new tracks have added to the initial album’s scope.
The first is ‘Children of the sun’, a Roy Ayers influenced song, recorded as the others were in Boogie Back Studios North London.
Using a lyric from Winter in America by Gill Scott Heron as its first line, it ask’s “what happened to the peace signs/that vanished in our dreams”…
Next is ‘Boogie for Brains’, a dirty funk workout with echoes of James Brown and Maceo Parker on the horn and flute arrangement from long time ‘Conical hat, Spiritual jazz collaborator’ Finn Peters.
Its subject matter deals with how the digital experiment is changing the mind - was this the future we were promised.
'Prince of Peace (Dingwalls version)’ is a live arrangement of the song that the band played in the legendary Gilles Peterson & Patrick Forge club in April 2026. This is the first time this version has been recorded and released.
We hope you enjoy this album and maybe the music can get you cosmic dancing, as we all need to find the boogie to make the groove make sense in these times.
Follow the funk the funk ain’t gonna hurt you.

Musicians:
Rob Gallagher - Vocals & Programming
Valerie Etienne - Vocals
Ernie McKone - Bass & Guitar
Ski Oakenfull - Keyboards & Programming
Crispin Taylor - Drums
David Gallagher - Percussion (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
Crispin Robinson - Percussion (tracks 3, 7)
Finn Peters - Saxophone (track 4, 5, 10)
Maia Avery - Saxophone (track 6)
Shawn Lee - Guitar & Claps (track 7)

Recorded @ Boogie Back Studios

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By skioakenfull at 2 July, 2026 - 07:40

Galliano 7" Single - Slack Hands '26 / Floating Cities

Buy here: https://galliano.bandcamp.com/album/slack-hands-26-floating-cities

This is the first in a series of limited Edition WoozyWu 7' singles. The Red Edition is comprised of two songs played out only at the live gigs up until now. We have been continually asked if they would become available and so they now appear on limited vinyl edition. They can be purchased at live gigs and a limited number are also available on Bandcamp.
Slack Hands '26 is a version of the single taken from the album 4our and used on the 187 feature film soundtrack starring Samual Jackson.
Floating Cities is a staple of the live set and has been requested to be made available since it was included in the set in 2024.

Musicians:
Rob Gallagher - Vocals
Valerie Etienne - Vocals
Ernie McKone - Bass, Guitar & Vocals
Ski Oakenfull - Keyboards, Programming & Vocals
Crispin Taylor - Drums
David Gallagher - Percussion & Vocals
Shawn Lee - Guitar

Recorded @ Boogie Back Studios

Mixed:
Slack Hands '26 - Ski Oakenfull @ Primaudal Studios
Floating Worlds - Runok @ Mancrush

Produced by Galliano
Mastered by Michael @ The Mix Factory

P+C WoozyWu Records 2026

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By skioakenfull at 3 May, 2026 - 09:43

Kylie Minogue - 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' Deconstruction

Check out my breakdown Kylie Minogue's 'Can't get you out of my head' using Ableton Live and Push to dissect the track, uncovering the layers and techniques that were used to create the arrangement. Featuring the amazing vocals of Valerie Etienne.
A link to download the MIDI files are available in the video description.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 27 March, 2026 - 15:42.

Music. Magic. Ironic.

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Incognito
Release Date: 
25 December, 2025
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Splash Blue
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Spotify
Apple Music
Bandcamp

* starred tracks - Co-write / Co-production / Keyboards

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New Galliano 7-track LP

https://galliano.bandcamp.com/album/unreliable-memories-of-contested-con...

I'm proud to annouce that Galliano have recorded a 7-track album called 'Unreliable Memories Of Contested Conversations'. It comprises of six new tracks and a new recording of the live show classic 'Jus Reach'. This has been recorded in the style we play it live, updating the '92 version.
It comes out on our new label 'WoozyWu' that we will use to put out music as we feel.
This release comes as a limited edition hand-numbered vinyl LP recorded by the band in Boogie Back Studios, London largely after the sell-out gig at the Shepherds Bush Empire and through the last summer of European gigs.
We are excited for more upcoming shows and a UK tour in March, and watch out for new hoodies and T-shirts on Galliano socials.

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By skioakenfull at 15 December, 2025 - 20:40

Mount Fuji

'Mount Fuji' is a track from Ski Oakenfull's brand new 'Fujicolour EP' which was released on 31st October 2025
The EP is available on bandcamp:
https://skioakenfull.bandcamp.com/album/fujicolour-ep
Streaming/Download links:
https://orcd.co/fujicolour_ep

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 1 November, 2025 - 16:02.

Skywalking

'Skywalking' is a track from Ski Oakenfull's brand new 'Fujicolour EP' which was released on 31st October 2025
The EP is available on bandcamp:
https://skioakenfull.bandcamp.com/album/fujicolour-ep
Streaming/Download links:
https://orcd.co/fujicolour_ep

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 1 November, 2025 - 14:12.

Reckless

'Reckless' is a track from Ski Oakenfull's brand new 'Fujicolour EP' which was released on 31st October 2025
The EP is available on bandcamp:
https://skioakenfull.bandcamp.com/album/fujicolour-ep
Streaming/Download links:
https://orcd.co/fujicolour_ep

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 1 November, 2025 - 12:19.

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