A.U.R.A - Secret Intelligent Light (Vinyl)

Pressed on coke bottle clear vinyl and limited to 500 copies. A.U.R.A is the solo project of New Zealand born songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Albert Mikołaj. “A.U.R.A is the subtle body that surrounds something, which conceptually is how I feel about my music,” Mikołaj explains. At age 19, Albert took off to Argentina in a quest to delve into his spirituality, and it was there that the foundation of A.U.R.A was formed. Living in Buenos Aires in a communal experiment called El Todo Rojo (also known as The Red Awning) with 9 other artists, musicians and dancers, Mikołaj spent his days writing, making music and playing intimate venues. “We were a family of misfit artists. I was not a tourist, I was a brother,”he describes. Playing with local artists such as Ezequiel Borra and Nico Quiroga, Mikołaj’s identity as an artist began to expand. “It gave me the confidence to transcend New Zealand sound and to see myself as a world artist.” The ideas that were born in Buenos Aires would appe