Plini

Plini Roessler-Holgate is an Australian guitarist and songwriter. He began 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",[1] and the website MusicRadar named Plini the best prog guitarist of 2017.[2]

Plini
Plini in 2017
Background information
Born1992
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Years active2011-present
Associated acts
Websiteplini.co

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",[3] was released in 2016.[4] Sunhead, an EP, was released in 2018.[5]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles
  • "Moonflower" (2012)
  • "1745 7381 3265 2578" (2013)
  • "Cloudburst" (2013)
  • "Atlas" (2014)
  • "Ko Ki" (2014)
  • "Every Piece Matters" (2016)
  • "Salt + Charcoal" (2018)
  • "Birds / Surfers" (2020)
  • "I'll Tell You Someday" (2020)[13]
  • "Papelillo" (2020)[14]

Contributions
  • "The Argument of Periapsis" Abstraction (Cloudyhead, 2012)
  • "Particles Collide" Invent the Universe (Sithu Aye, 2012)
  • "Pulse, Pt. 1" Pulse (Sithu Aye, 2014)
  • "Sailing Stone" Meridian (The Helix Nebula, 2014)
  • "Ode to the Vulture" The Sapling (Trees on Mars, 2014)
  • "The Constant" Guiding Light (Skyharbor, 2014)
  • "Run" Wishful Lotus Proof (Jakub Zytecki, 2015)
  • "Earthshine" Journey to the Stars (Widek, 2015)
  • "Water Drops" The Ocean Atlas (Modern Day Babylon, 2015)
  • "5:12 AM" Souvenirs (Novelists, 2015)
  • "Libra" The Shape of Colour (Intervals, 2015)
  • "Decimator" Tearing Back the Veil I: Ascension (Lithium Dawn, 2015)
  • "Malaise" (Oceill, 2016)
  • "Violet" Tiny, Little Light (Umi, 2016)
  • "New Pyramids" The Impressionist (Hedras, 2017)
  • "Wounded Wings - feat. Plini" Ruins (Daniel Tompkins of Tesseract, 2020)
  • "I Stand Alone" The Ritual (King Mothership, 2020)

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
National Live Music Awards of 2018[15][16] Plini Live Guitarist of the Year Nominated

References
  1. "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.
  2. "The 12 best prog guitarists in the world right now". MusicRadar. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. "Steve Vai praises guitarist Plini". bravewords.com. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. Hodgson, Peter (21 July 2016). "Plini To Release 'Handmade Cities' in August". AVHub. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. Brown, Nick (17 August 2018). "Plini doesn't hate jazz anymore". Mixdown. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. "Impulse Voices, by Plini". Plini. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  7. "Pastures by Halcyon". Halcyon. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  8. "Other Things by Plini". Plini. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  9. "Sweet Nothings by Plini". Plini. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  10. "I by Plini / Sithu Aye". Plini. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  11. "The End Of Everything by Plini". Plini. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  12. "Sunhead by Plini". Plini. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  13. "I'll Tell You Someday, by Plini". Plini. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  14. "PLINI Streams Smooth as Hell New Song "Papelillo"". Plini. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  15. "NLMA announce 2018 nominees and Live legend". NLMA. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  16. "Winners of the 2018 NLMA". NLMA. December 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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