“The ronroco is the sound of the mountains - it has this freedom, this wide-open-chest feeling of just being who you are,” says Aukai of his beloved instrument – so adored that friends and family jokingly call it his baby. Also known as the charango, this small guitar is popular within the Andean communities of South America and Aukai is right in saying that the looping, fast plucking of its strings instantly remits the mind to a far, far place; one of folklore, discovery and freedom. Far from the Andes in a recording studio in the valleys of Colorado, the ronroco is also the main element of Aukai’s newest release, Game Trails, an album which at its very core embodies the spirit of wandering. 

The composer is... Aukai