Having worked in Glasgow's
cover band scene for some years, Oakley penned what would become his debut album,
California, in 2016. In 2017, Oakley released
California to critical acclaim from
The Huffington Post and popular YouTube channel and record label
NewRetroWave. In 2019, the artist released his sophomore album,
Introspect, which was listed in NewRetroWave's Top 10 albums list of 2019. In 2020, Oakley issued the track "Wake Up!", featuring
Ollie Wride, as part of the soundtrack to the game
Wave Break: High Tide, through Funktronic Labs. In the same year, he contributed an instrumental remix of his 2016 single "Rabbit in the Headlights" to the soundtrack of the
mobile game Retro Drive. On 16 April 2021, Oakley announced the release of a new single, "Is There Anybody Out There", co-written by fellow labelmate Ollie Wride and produced by
Jon Campbell of
The Time Frequency. Oakley released his third studio album,
Odyssey, on 14 May 2021, through NewRetroWave Records. Callum Crumlish of
Daily Express wrote, "The glowing eight-track record oozes style and electronica while managing to steer clear of the cliched building blocks of the genre". ==Life-saving incident==