Projekt Ich – By Train Through Countries (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop.
Background/Info: Projekt Ich is a German solo-project driven by Ulf Müller. He’s been active for more than ten years and is now unleashing his debut full length. It’s a conceptual work related to the title of the album. Ulf Müller asked guest singers from different countries –but mainly from Germany, to sing his lyrics.
Content: The music sounds in the purest electro-pop style and even has a very vintage-like approach. Most of the sound treatments and the bass lines evoke the spirit of the 80s. Sometimes sweet and dreamy, but also harder and more sterile-like the album has a lot to offer.
Among the singers you’ll hear Marcus Mokuso (ReName), Mick L. Angelo (5Times0), Catrine Christensen (SoftWave), Distain!, Michael Draw (Otto Dix), Rene & Susan Mussbach (Analogue-X) ao. The work features 14 songs with vocals and a final instrumental cut.
+ + + : The concept is not new at all, but remains an interesting challenge for the variety of singers and voice timbres. Sound-wise I like the retro-like sound treatments, but Ulf Müller also reveals to be a talented composer. His songs are well-crafted revealing a mature and professional production process. There also is a nice twist between the different vocalists; different types of voices, male- and female artists. The song “Das Meer” is my personal favorite one, which I like for its minimalism.
– – – : Cool songs, but no real hit!
Conclusion: This album sounds a bit as an invitation to dream away and travel throughout vintage electro-pop fields.
Best songs: “Das Meer”, “The Sleepy Time feat. Caroline McLavy”, “New Dreams For Old feat. Marcus Mokuso”, “The Lightman feat. Oleg Degtiarev”.
Rate: (7).
Artist: http://projektich–musik.de / www.facebook.com/ProjektIchMusik
Label: www.echozone.de / www.facebook.com/EchozoneMusic
About Projekt Ich
Projekt Ich is a German synthpop solo project driven by Ulf Müller, active for more than a decade before the November 2019 release of debut album “By Train Through Countries” on Echozone. Müller followed the album with the single “Mit dir”, issued in November 2021 with twenty remixes, the album “Freedom For All” in July 2022, and further singles including “Der westliche Mann” (2024) and “Say It And Stay With Me” (2025) featuring Juan Carlos Rojas Sanchez of Frecuencias Ocultas. Projekt Ich closed a run of standalone singles with “In The Fire”, featuring Stian Shiver, in March 2026.
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