Markus Sieber is a German artist who records under the pseudonym Aukai. His first album offers a collection of ambient acoustic soundscapes and cinematic tone poems that were born of Markus’ desire to create music that could work in tandem with film, video, theatre and the visual arts. Most of the compositions on his debut album grew out of Markus’ love affair with the ronrocco, a plucked 10-string instrument from Argentina.
Together with his Mexican wife Angelika, Markus has circled the globe many times giving concerts for the project Mirabai Ceiba.
In 2018, Markus scored The Tale by Jennifer Fox, starring Laura Dern and Elizabeth Debicki, and recorded his second album Branches of Sun the same year, followed by the album Reminiscence in early 2019. In 2020 Markus released Game Trails, an album inspired by his encounters with places of pristine nature. This was followed by the encore EP Entretanto.
In 2022 Aukai released eleven spellbinding musical meditations, his new album Apricity, which immersed listeners in a cinematic, sonic landscape that unfolds like a romantic, watercolour dream. Subtle, chiaroscuro shadings of cello, violin and piano complete a canvas dappled with prismatic colors of contemporary classical and South American folk influences.
In 2023 to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Apricity, Aukai released Apricity B-Sides & Versions, with 6 B-sides and 2 new piano versions by Daigo Hanada & Büşra Kayıkçı. In 2024, he co-scored the Netflix series Caught in the Web: The Murders Behind Zona Divas, with Clarice Jensen.
He is releasing his new album Temporal which is due for release in 2024.
Markus Sieber est un artiste allemand qui enregistre sous le pseudonym ‘Aukai’. Son premier album présente une collection de paysages sonores ambients acoustiques et poèmes symphoniques cinématiques qui sont nés du désire de Markus de créer de la musique qui fonctionne en tandem avec film, vidéo, théâtre et arts visuels. La plupart de ses compositions sur son premier album se sont développées de l’amour de Markus pour le ronroco, un instrument d’Argentine à 10 cordes pincées.
Avec son épouse mexicaine, Angelika, Markus a fait le tour du monde plusieurs fois, faisant des concerts pour le projet Mirabai Ceiba. Ils sont actuellement au Colorado, où la plupart des projets d’Aukai de Sieber se sont réalisés, dans la solitude tranquille d’un hiver passé dans un chalet de montagne isolé.
En ce moment, Markus travaille sur la bande originale pour The Tale de Jennifer Fox, avec Laura Dern et Elizabeth Debicki, ainsi que l’enregistrement de son deuxième album studio.