Plini

Plini
Plini playing guitar onstage
Plini performing in 2017
Background information
Also known asHalcyon
Born1992 or 1993 (age 31–32)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Years active2011–present
Websiteplini.co

Plini Roessler-Holgate (born 1992 or 1993),[1] known mononymously as Plini, is an Australian guitarist and songwriter. He began his career by releasing music under the name Halcyon, before switching to the use of his first name. Steve Vai described him as "the future of exceptional guitar playing",[2] and the website MusicRadar named Plini the best prog guitarist of 2017.[3]

Plini has released a trilogy of extended plays (Other Things and Sweet Nothings in 2013, The End of Everything in 2015). His debut album, Handmade Cities, which Vai described as "one of the finest, forward-thinking, melodic, rhythmically and harmonically deep instrumental guitar records [he has] ever heard",[4] was released in 2016.[5] Sunhead, an EP, was released in 2018,[6] followed by his second full-length album, Impulse Voices, in 2020.[7]

  1. ^ Sharma, Amit (26 July 2017). "Plini talks technique, creative solos and that Vai endorsement". Total Guitar. Future plc. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2023 – via MusicRadar. "I don't think I can pinch myself enough when it comes to what Steve Vai has said about my playing," the 24 year-old guitar prodigy beams...
  2. ^ "Steve Vai Says This Is the Future of Exceptional Guitar: Plini Announces Debut Album with 'Electric Sunrise'". ultimateguitar.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. ^ "The 12 best prog guitarists in the world right now". MusicRadar. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Steve Vai praises guitarist Plini". bravewords.com. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. ^ Hodgson, Peter (21 July 2016). "Plini to Release 'Handmade Cities' in August". AVHub. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. ^ Brown, Nick (17 August 2018). "Plini doesn't hate jazz anymore". Mixdown. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Impulse Voices, by Plini". Plini. Retrieved 7 October 2020.