Entretanto

a minimal piece written on ronroco then played on piano, special release for #pianoday2022

Pianoco

Lumi

Dayal

Café Papantla

Azure

Cloudline (Parra For Cuva Reimagination)

Azure (Thylacine Rework)

Azure - ( Piano Version ) Büsra Kayikci, Aukai

Inward Road (Piano Version) Daigo Hanada, Aukai

Polar - ( Aukai Rework ) - Thylacine, Aukai

a collaboration between Aukai & Richard Houghten

Slow Sun

Exist

"..an exquisitely delicate work that unfolds like buds on the trees in spring."
THE INDEPENDENT,UK
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Recorded and mixed by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio Berlin
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios, London
Cover Photo: Dan Isaac Wallin
Written and produced by Markus Sieber

Markus Sieber - ronroco
Alexander Nickmann - fender rhodes, synthesizer, beats

In a lot of ways, Aukai’s self-titled debut is the sound of Markus Sieber bringing his career full circle. Having spent part of the ’90s playing rock music in East Germany, the composer/multi-instrumentalist then shifted his focus to acting, only to have music creep back into his life after a mind-altering move to Mexico.

“This album and project has a lot to do with memories from travel,” explains Sieber, “but also memories from childhood and nature. How did the river smell in summer? I wanted to create a sonic space where music guides the listener into some imaginative inner world.”

Which explains why he came up with the name Aukai in the first place; it’s the Hawaiian word for a seafaring traveler, the sort of person who seeks out the stillness in uncertain waters. In the case of Sieber’s new record, that meant spending a winter holed up in a mountainside cabin around Colorado’s La Plata Canyon. Basic tracks were then cut in a Berlin studio and brought into full relief alongside cellist Anne Muller (Agnes Obel Band, Nils Frahm), violinist Bogdan Djukic, pianist Angelika Baumbach, sound designer Alexander Nickmann, and longtime collaborator Jamshied Sharifi (Laurie Anderson, Sting, Dream Theater).

Here’s what Sieber had to say about its lead single, “Cachoeira,” along with a complete rundown of the record and its cover art:

“Cachoeira”, meaning waterfall in Portuguese, was inspired by my travels to northeastern Brazil, a region rich of rivers and waterfalls. It’s the track on the album which goes farthest into an electronic direction, merging the acoustic and natural sounding layers of the Ronroco, a Latin American string instrument, with Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, and beats. For each piece of the album, I had a particular vision for the instrumentation and musicians I wanted to collaborate with; for “Cachoeira”, I worked with my brother Alexander Nickmann, a Berlin-based sound designer and composer. " 

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Cachoeira

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"...Magnificent works and pieces...Passages unfold at their own pace and everything occupies its own little pocket of space." - Fractured Air Media
Recorded and mixed by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio Berlin
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios, London
Cover Photo: Dan Isaac Wallin
Written and produced by Markus Sieber

Markus Sieber - ronroco, glockenspiel, pump organ
Angelika Baumbach - piano, pump organ

In a lot of ways, Aukai’s self-titled debut is the sound of Markus Sieber bringing his career full circle. Having spent part of the ’90s playing rock music in East Germany, the composer/multi-instrumentalist then shifted his focus to acting, only to have music creep back into his life after a mind-altering move to Mexico.

“This album and project has a lot to do with memories from travel,” explains Sieber, “but also memories from childhood and nature. How did the river smell in summer? I wanted to create a sonic space where music guides the listener into some imaginative inner world.”

Which explains why he came up with the name Aukai in the first place; it’s the Hawaiian word for a seafaring traveler, the sort of person who seeks out the stillness in uncertain waters. In the case of Sieber’s new record, that meant spending a winter holed up in a mountainside cabin around Colorado’s La Plata Canyon. Basic tracks were then cut in a Berlin studio and brought into full relief alongside cellist Anne Muller (Agnes Obel Band, Nils Frahm), violinist Bogdan Djukic, pianist Angelika Baumbach, sound designer Alexander Nickmann, and longtime collaborator Jamshied Sharifi (Laurie Anderson, Sting, Dream Theater). 

Aukai

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Hidden

out take bonus track from the recent released album Aukai by Aukai
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Markus Sieber - ronroco
Alex Nickmann - fender rhodes, piano, synthesizer

mixed and mastered by Martyn Heyne

Couldline

Cloudline

Cloudline - Single

"exquisitely delicate work..." THE INDEPENDENT
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Recorded and mixed by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio Berlin
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios, London
Written and produced by Markus Sieber

Anne Müller - cello, Angelika Baumbach - harp,  Jamshied Sharifi - synth, Markus Sieber - guitar

Wind Runner

From the self titled debut album by Aukai 
written & produced by Markus Sieber
recorded & mixed by Martyn Heyne

Markus Sieber - ronroco
Anne Müller - cello
Jamshied Sharifi - b3 
Bogdan Djukic - violin 
Alexander Nickmann - additional violin arrangement

Image with courtesy by Dan Isaac Wallin Photography

Snow

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From the album 'Branches Of Sun' 
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guitar - Markus Sieber
piano - Angelika Baumbach
cello - Anne Müller
prophet 5 - Jamshied Sharifi
Written & Produced by Markus Sieber
Mixed and Mastered by Martyn Heyne
Recorded in Berlin, Durango, and New York
Photo by Sebastian Suki Beláustegui http://photosuki.com

Branches Of Sun

Nightfall

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Alto Paraíso

The single of my upcoming album 'Branches of Sun' just premiered at BBC6.  
Pre-order the album. Release March 9th.  
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Markus Sieber - ronroco, guitar, percussion
Alexander Nickmann - vibraphone, synth, beats

Mixed & Master by Martyn Heyne
Written and produced by Markus Sieber / Aukai

Colorado

Single track of the album Reminiscence by Aukai
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Markus Sieber - piano, ronroco, guitars, bass
Alexander Nickmann - synth, melotron, vibraphone
Miguel Hiroshi - drums

Mixed by Moshik Kop, London

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Reframe

Bonus Track Remix by Ben Lukas Boysen from the album 'Branches Of Sun' by Aukai www.aukaimusic.com
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Distracted By Clouds (Ben Lukas Boysen Remix)

From the 'Branches Of Sun Remix' series. 

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Branches Of Sun Remixed

Closed Eyes ( Aparde Remix )

New single of Aukai's  Reminiscence EP. Just previewed by Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC6 Music Recommends. Now available on all digital outlets.

Reminiscence

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La Joya

Latest album by Aukai

Featured on BBC6 Music Recommends
CD of the Month on Echoes Radio January 2019

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Hidden Harvest

a sonic space of piano drones and feathers on charango strings for Piano Day 2019.

photo by Zoltan Tasi

Close To The Morning

originally only released for Piano Day 2020, now  available on  all platforms.

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A Halcyon is a mythical bird said to lay her eggs in a floating nest at sea, during which time it charms the wind and calms the waves. 

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Halcyon

first single of the Game Trails encore EP Entretanto, 
expected February 18th. 

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