'Branches of Sun’ 2018 release, Aukai was born by my brother Markus Sieber composer/instrumentalist

 

It was recorded with what Markus Sieber calls the Aukai Ensemble, including his wife, Angelika Baumbach (piano, harp), and brother, Alexander Nickmann, a Berlin based composer, on synth, piano, beats, vibraphone, Fender Rhodes and Mellotron. Also present are Anne Müller, a collaborator with Nils Frahm and Agnes Obel, on cello; Jamshied Sharifi ( Tony Award Winner 2018 - Best Orchestrations) – who’s worked with, among others, Laurie Anderson, Sting and Jacob Collier – on accordion, piano, synth, Prophet 5, Wurlitzer and tack piano; Bogdan Djukic, of award-winning Canadian folk act Beyond The Pale, on violin; and Spain’s Miguel Hiroshi on drums and percussion.