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Artist.....: Ski Oakenfull
Album......: Fifths
Type.......: CDM
Genre......: House
Style......: Deep House, Future Jazz
Label......: Sony Music
CatalogNr..: EPC6697512
Url........: http://www.skioakenfull.com
Rel.date...: 14.12.2007
Str.date...: 00.00.2000
Source.....: CDDA
Grabber....: EAC 0.95 beta 3
Encoder....: Lame 3.97 --APS
Quality....: VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
Tracks.....: 2
Size.......: 15,93 MB
Length.....: 13:47
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Tracklist
01. Fifths (Original Mix) 04:45
02. Fifths (Jazzanova 6 Sichkt Mix) 08:02
Total Time: 13:47
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Release Notes
Ski first made an impact in 1991 with the K-Creative, one of the initial
singings 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 on
2 cuts, Chi Turner on 3 cuts, 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.
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est. 2001