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Plini

Plini Roessler-Holgate (born 1992 or 1993), 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", and the website MusicRadar named Plini the best prog guitarist of 2017.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", was released in 2016. Sunhead, an EP, was released in 2018, followed by his second full-length album, Impulse Voices, in 2020.

Albums

2016 Handmade Cities
2020 Impulse Voices
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Reviews / Live
Live Review: Plini, Intervals, Polaris
"The flow between song segments highlights the compositional expertise that Plini holds."
Features / Music
Plini
"I’m actually not that big into gear, to be honest. I don’t collect pedals, and an Axe-Fx just has everything I need."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Plini - 'Handmade Cities'
Satisfying, but not entirely fulfilling.
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Oz Guitar Lord Plini Announces National Tour Dates With Canada's Intervals
Loosen up your minds for this one, friends
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ne Obliviscaris, Plini, Daemon Pyre
"Being mere days removed from an exhaustive European jaunt, Ne Obliviscaris were obviously road-hardened and well-honed."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Plini, The Helix Nebula, I Built The Sky, Caution: Thieves
"The whole set is full of smiles and funny cat stories."
News / Music
Sydney Guitarist Plini Signs To New World Artists
Congrats Plini!
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Have You Heard: Plini
"I thought I'd invented multitracking."
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Sydney Acts Plini & The Helix Nebula Team Up For National Tour
Coming this August.
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