Apricity by Aukai

APRICITY: A BEGUILING NEW ALBUM BY AUKAI

With eleven spellbinding musical meditations, Aukai’s new album, Apricity, immerses listeners in a cinematic, sonic landscape that unfolds like a romantic, watercolor dream. Aukai mainman Markus Sieber’s exquisitely wrought but deliciously understated compositions are grounded in the delicate interplay of his acoustic guitars and the dulcet tones of the South American charango—a stringed instrument that Sieber has adopted and taken to new expressive heights. Subtle, chiaroscuro shadings of cello, violin and piano complete a canvas dappled with prismatic colors of contemporary classical and South American folk influences. Shimmering melodic passages emerge from swirling eddies of captivating sound like spectral glimpses into a parallel universe of ineffable beauty. Softly crooning vocals on two of the tracks (“Dayal” and “Weavers”) enhance the intimate mood of the music, beckoning us to a realm of stillness and serenity.

- Alan Di Perna

Tracklist

1.	Azure	3:12

2.	Lomita	2:14

3.	Café Papantla	3:06

4.	Leaning	2:22

5.	Lumi	2:44

6.	Dayal ( feat. AWARÉ )	2:58

7.	Inward Road ( feat. Anne Müller )	1:54

8.	Chaumasse	3:37

9.	Forest Scene	4:20

10.	Weavers ( feat. AWARÉ )	3:51

11.	Daylight	2:39

Credits

released December 7, 2022

all music written and recorded by Markus Sieber a.k.a. Aukai
additional recordings by Anne Müller and Sita Ostheimer
mixed and mastered by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio, Berlin

cover photo by Dan Isaac Wallin

published by Manners McDade Music Publishing, London, UK.
distributed by The Orchard

musicians:
Markus Sieber - guitars, piano, charango, ronroco, synths
Anne Müller - cello, vocals
Bogdan Djukic - violin, percussion
Matias Da Via - vocals on Dayal & Weavers
Sita Ostheimer - vocals on Leaning
Jamshied Sharifi - Fender Rhodes on Daylight

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