Projekt Ich – Freedom For All (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: This is the second full length by German composer Ulf Müller. Three years after the debut album “By Train Through Countries” the artist renewed the collaboration with international guest singers.
The album was preceded by a long run of singles on Echozone. The ninth of them, “Mit dir”, came with twenty remixes and a lyric video, as covered in German synthpop act Projekt Ich launches ‘Mit dir’ single feat. 20 remixes plus video.
Content: The album features an interesting list of singers. Catrine Christensen (SoftWave), Marcus Mokuso (Rename, Mindmodvl), Michael Draw (Otto Dix), Oleg Degtiarev (Lilith My Mother), René & Susan Mußbach (Analogue-X), Martin Johansson (Electric City Cowboys), David B Roundsley (Munich Syndrome), Magdalena Herfurtner (Madil Hardis), Aidan Casserly (Sebastian And The Dream), Dasha Larks (Pulse Lab), Thierry Noritop (Stereo In Solo), Marcelo Andrea (Expreso Maniquí), Anna (ELL WATERS), Ralf Lorenz (Faltenhall), Richard Pustina and Ade Stocker (Stocksnskins) have been invited to join this new adventure. There were also guest musicians who played saxophone and guitar.
Sound-wise “Freedom For All” is a diversified piece of music -not only for the singers, but also for the varied Electro/Wave-approach. It feels a bit like Müller adapted himself to each singer moving from sweet Electro-Pop to smooth Electro-Wave to a few ‘heavier’ cuts.
+ + + : This album is doing great in Germany and that’s not really a surprise. Projekt Ich has accomplished his work with passion and sensibility while there are numerous talented vocalists. I have a preference for the more 80s-driven songs and more precisely “Sexy Silly Girl” featuring Thierry Noritop (Stereo In Solo) is a cool song. The vocals are sung in French while the chorus is in English. Another attention grabber is “You Can It” which sounds darker and into Electro-Wave.
– – – : The main point -if it’s really one (?) is that you feel like listening to a compilation.
Conclusion: A new sonic travel throughout the wider fields of Electro-Pop music.
Best songs: “Sexy Silly girl – Special Edit” feat. Stereo In Solo, “You Can It”, “We Are The First” feat. Electric City Cowboys.
Rate: 7½ .
Artist: http://projektich-musik.de / www.facebook.com/ProjektIchMusik
Label: www.echozone.de / www.facebook.com/EchozoneMusic
About Projekt Ich
Projekt Ich is the synthpop and electropop project of German composer Ulf Müller, signed to the German label Echozone. The project is built around collaborations: Müller writes and produces the music and invites a different guest vocalist for each song.
The debut album “By Train Through Countries” appeared in 2019 and set out that working method. Müller then took a short break before producing demos for a second album along the same lines. A series of singles preceded it, among them “Mit dir”, released in November 2021 with Magdalena Herfurtner of Madil Hardis on vocals, twenty remixes by artists including Kim Lunner, Nature of Wires, Dark Vanilla, Mind:Code, POS.:2, Elektrojudas, Perpacity and Faltenhall, plus an instrumental version.
“Freedom For All” followed on Echozone in 2022. Müller kept working with singers from around the world afterwards: the singles “Paméla Amen” featuring Lisa Pung and “Dad” featuring Madil Hardis, then “Der Westliche Mann” in March 2024 with Pierre Goudesone of the Belgian band Goudi on vocals and Italian musician Manuel Trabucco on saxophone. “Say It And Stay With Me” featuring Juan Carlos Rojas Sanchez of Frecuencias Ocultas arrived in March 2025, and Projekt Ich close album single series with ‘In The Fire’ feat. Stian Shiver reported the end of that single run in March 2026.
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