A change of format as we catch up with a legend in music tech circles and presenter of your Live Lite videos this issue, Mr Ski Oakenfull …

Ableton Certified Trainer Ski Oakenfull

How did you get into music software?

SO “My two main obsessions growing up were music and computers, with my first sequencer being MIDItrack Performer on a BBC B computer. I was making demos in my teens as well as being in a band at school, The K-Creative who signed to Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud label. After releasing our debut album, QED, I started writing with artists, making jingles, and playing at sessions. This led to a record deal with Columbia and three solo albums: Life Changes, Rising Son and Short Circuits. I have played keyboards with Galliano, Raw Stylus, Two Banks of Four, and Kylie Minogue, remixed 50+ tracks, and worked at Xenomania. I now release on my own label, Primaudial Records, continue writing and producing with Incognito, Dave Lee, Duke Dumont and Valerie Etienne, and have an ambient electronic project, Ayota.”