{"title":"Aukai","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"branches-of-sun","title":"Branches Of Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003eBranches Of Sun by Wyndham Wallace Like every musician, Markus Sieber is used to going the extra mile to make the music he hears in his head and feels in his heart. There aren’t many, however, who would – or indeed, could – get to work in the mornings by strolling across a frozen lake before settling in a small cabin high up in the mountains located close to the Old Spanish Trail in Colorado where he had set up a home studio. For most of an entire month, though, he’d begin his day by pressing \u003ci\u003eRecord\u003c\/i\u003e, and end it by pressing \u003ci\u003eStop\u003c\/i\u003e. The world outside barely existed. Sieber’s no stranger to solitude and frugal living. Born near Leipzig, East Germany, 15 years before the Wall fell, his parents moved to a remote village outside Dresden when he was six, spending his free time in the summer fishing or swimming in the nearby Zschopau and Mulde rivers and, in the winter, ice skating, sledging and skiing. It’s no surprise, then, that with a background like this, and in locations such as those in which he now works and lives, Aukai’s work is imbued with a sense of peace. Even if the album took another half-year to complete, this was done in an unhurried fashion: after a month, he returned to the cabin to “shape, carve and edit” the material, inviting others to contribute along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aukai Music","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50417413357899,"sku":"1133436","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a6c13a91-6ab1-4cce-b400-50d0d9fe67c9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726729187"},{"product_id":"aukai","title":"Aukai","description":"\u003cp\u003eAukai is a Hawaiian word meaning \u003ci\u003eseafarer\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003etraveller\u003c\/i\u003e. It’s also used as a proper name, and people who are called Aukai tend to have a mystical, philosophical, introspective nature. All of which makes Aukai the perfect name for the new album and project by multi-instrumentalist and composer Markus Sieber. \u003cbr\u003eIt’s a collection of ambient acoustic soundscapes that take the listener on an inward journey to a place of peaceful stillness and tranquil beauty. “This album has a lot to do with memories from travel,” says 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.” \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aukai Music","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50455868997963,"sku":"1132981","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0900f023-d812-4cc9-aa46-1fe5e0f3118c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727194621"},{"product_id":"game-trails","title":"Game Trails","description":"\u003cp\u003eGame Trails is Aukai's third full length studio album. 'The ronroco is the sound of the mountains - it has this freedom, this wide-open-chest feeling of just being who you are,' says Aukai of his beloved instrument - so adored that friends and family jokingly call it his baby. Also known as the charango, this small guitar is popular within the Andean communities of South America and Aukai is right in saying that the looping, fast plucking of its strings instantly remits the mind to a far, far place; one of folklore, discovery and freedom. Far from the Andes in a recording studio in the valleys of Colorado, the ronroco is also the main element of Aukai’s newest release, Game Trails, an album which at its very core embodies the spirit of wandering. Journeying is not new to Aukai. The German musician has had a long and far-reaching roam through earth that has taken him from the squatting scene in Berlin to remote villages in Central and South America. His music not only accompanied but also reflected his travels; the loud twang of his electric guitar as part of a German punk rock band would be substituted by more melodious tones when, years later, he adopted the ronroco. The further Aukai strayed from city-life into nature, the bigger the sense of peace that would permeate his compositions. The majesty of the natural world has played an essential role in Game Trails; the dramatic landscapes of Iceland, the forests of Sweden and the Yucatan jungle all served as inspiration for its tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aukai Music","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50473214443851,"sku":"1099423","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50473211461963,"sku":"1099424","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/97017dc2-9949-491f-870d-8f15e1055151_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727427438"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/aukai.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}