Plini

Plini is an Australian guitarist and songwriter from Sydney. Born in 1992, he works under a single name and is associated with progressive metal, instrumental rock, jazz fusion and related instrumental styles, including djent and math rock.

Career

He begins releasing music under the name Halcyon before using Plini as his main recording name. His early output includes a trilogy of extended plays: Other Things and Sweet Nothings in 2013, and The End of Everything in 2015.

Steve Vai describes him as “the future of exceptional guitar playing”, and MusicRadar names him the best prog guitarist of 2017. His debut album, Handmade Cities, appears in 2016; Vai calls it “one of the finest, forward-thinking, melodic, rhythmically and harmonically deep instrumental guitar records” he has heard. Plini then releases the EP Sunhead in 2018, followed by the album Impulse Voices in 2020 and An Unnameable Desire in 2026.