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"..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

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
Order the LP, CD and Digital: https://aukai.bandcamp.com/album/aukai
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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

Aukai

Wind Runner

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

Branches Of Sun

Colorado

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

second single from my upcoming album Game Trails

Markus Sieber - guitar, ronroco, charango
Anne Müller - cello
Jamshied Sharifi - piano

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Summer Tale

<a href="https://realworldrecords.com/release/623/film-tv-1/">Pre order 'Film & TV 1' now</a>

This haunting, otherworldly song, heard in the hard-hitting film Gangs of New York, is the lead track from the evocatively atmospheric album UNTOLD THINGS by English composer and viola player Jocelyn Pook.   Pook is renowned for her work with PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Peter Gabriel, and Morrissey, among many others.  

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Jocelyn Pook - Dionysus (Gangs of New York)

Entretanto

Aukai offers a collection of cinematic pieces and ambient acoustic soundscapes dappled with subtle electronic touches written by Markus Sieber bringing together outstanding instrumentalists to collaborate on music that could work in tandem with film, video, theater and the visual arts.

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