Auļi


Auļi is a Latvian folk/world music band formed in 2003. The band consists of 6 bagpipers, 3 drummers and 1 electric cello player.

History

In 2005 Auļi released their 12-track debut album Sendzirdēju. In 2010 the band released their third studio album titled Etnotranss, a term they've created to describe their music. The album features Andris Grunte on double bass.
On May 4, 2013 Auļi performed a 10-year anniversary concert at Palladium Riga. The same month the band released a best of album Dižducis with 12 of their previously released compositions, re-arranged by multi-instrumentalist Kārlis Auzāns and joined by Juris Kaukulis from Dzelzs Vilks, folk singer Zane Šmite, Madagascarian musician Kilema and other guest musicians.
In 2016 Auļi released their fifth studio album Gadalokos with compositions about the Latvian seasons and celebrations. The album was inspired by pendant with a calendar found in an 1999–2000 archaeological excavation in Tukums.
In 2017 Auļi together with Tautumeitas released a 13-track album Lai māsiņa rotājās! dedicated to engagements and weddings. The album received Annual Latvian Music Recording Award as the Best Folk music album of 2017. Lai māsiņa rotājās! also reached position No. 26 in the 2018 World Music Charts Europe, as well as No. 38 in the April 2018 and May 2018 Transglobal World Music Chart.
In 2019 Auļi, Batzorig Vaanchig, , Kai Somby, and Edgars Lipors released the album Senĉu Balsis: Voices of the Ancestors. This 12 song full album features a heavy cast of guest musicians along with the ensemble. A notable song from this album is Chinggis Khaan featuring Tuvan throat singing from Batzorig Vaanchig. Auļi released a live concert recording of this album called Voices of the Ancestors two months after the release of the studio album.
In 2020 Auļi released a COVID-19 inspired remote performance single alongside many other drummers and bagpipe players called Alŝvangas Dūdu Meldiņŝ. This performance was released 10 May 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Members