Aukai ( meaning seafarer, traveler) is the pseudonym and name of a project by multi-instrumentalist and composer Markus Sieber.
It’s a collection of ambient acoustic soundscapes that take the listener on an inward journey to a place of stillness and tranquil beauty.

Sieber’s own journey has been an eventful one. Born in Germany, he played in alternative rock bands as a part of East Germany’s vibrant ‘90s rock scene before shifting his focus to work as a theater, film and tv actor in Berlin and St. Petersburg. A life-changing move to Mexico put him in touch with world and indigenous music, awakening a new musical mission.

Aukai was born of his desire to create a music that could work in tandem with film, video, theater and the visual arts. His compositions grew out of Sieber’s love affair with the charango, a plucked mandolin like string instrument from Andean high plains.