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Plini

Plini is a Sydney guitarist, composer and producer making instrumental music that brings together progressive rock, metal and jazz fusion.

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Overview

From: Sydney, Australia
Work: Guitarist, composer and producer
Early releases: Other Things and Sweet Nothings (2013), followed by The End of Everything (2015)
Breakout album: Handmade Cities (2016)
Education: Master of Architecture, University of New South Wales

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How it started.

Plini began by sharing small clips and musical ideas on guitar forums, then putting full songs on Bandcamp. Primarily self-taught, the Sydney musician drew inspiration from players including Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci and Guthrie Govan. What began as a hobby grew into a following online.

Finding an audience.

A trilogy of early EPs led to the 2016 debut album Handmade Cities. Recorded in a Sydney bedroom, it was composed, arranged, produced and mixed by Plini, with Troy Wright on drums and Simon Grove on bass. Steve Vai’s public praise helped mark Plini’s arrival, and MusicRadar readers voted Plini their best prog guitarist of 2017.

Building the music.

Impulse Voices followed in 2020, and the Mirage EP arrived in 2023 with a Tosin Abasi solo on “Still Life”. The 2026 album An Unnameable Desire expands the ensemble with strings, saxophone, flute and harp alongside the core band. Across those records, composition and arrangement remain central to the project.

Creditschronological, newest first

Albums and EPs

2026An Unnameable DesireArtist and guitarist
2025Live in North AmericaGuitarist
2023MirageComposer, arranger, producer and guitarist
2020Impulse VoicesComposer, arranger, producer and guitarist
2016Handmade CitiesComposer, arranger, producer, mixer and guitarist

Collaborations

2026HelmiCo-artist with John Connearn
2025In CaptivityCo-artist and guitarist with Tosin Abasi

Awards

Quotes

I think I’m more a composer than a guitarist, it’s just guitar happens to be my main instrument.Plini, Echoes and Dust

June 25, 2018 interview about composition and the role of guitar in the music.

Trivia

Plini holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of New South Wales.
The first Strandberg signature Plini Edition model was introduced in 2017.
In a 2016 interview, Plini named food, conversations and walks around different cities as sources of inspiration.