Aukai Plays Live on Echoes

Aukai's World Fusion Chamber Sounds Live on Echoes

Aukai is the group headed by Markus Sieber.  He also performs in a duo called Mirabai Ceiba with his wife, harpist and singer Angelika Baumbach. Their debut album as Aukai was an Echoes CD of The Month in 2016 and they released a second album, Branches Of Sun, early on 2018. Aukai operates in an area of pristine sound, rustic roots, and soulful melodies. You might think of Ludovico Einaudi, The Penguin Café Orchestra or Gustavo Santaolalla.  The name Aukai is a Hawaiian word for “traveler” and Markus Sieber has been doing that musically and physically. We were invited to the home of Aukai’s producer, Jamshied Sharifi, in New York City, to hear this group performing live.