Out via Echozone on March 22nd is the new single from Projekt Ich: “Der Westliche Mann”. This is the third single release from the band’s forthcoming third studio album following the singles “Paméla Amen feat. Lisa Pung” and “Dad feat. Madil Hardis”. The full album will be out in the Fall / Winter of 2024 or Spring of 2025. The new album will be the follow-up to “Freedom For All” (2022).

For the new songs Ulf Müller continues to collaborate with singers from around the world. For “Der Westliche Mann” Ulf enlisted Pierre Goudesone from the Belgian band Goudi as vocalist. Pierre contributed to the song lyrics as well. The saxophone parts were performed by the Italian musician Manuel Trabucco.

In addition to the original track, the single includes two diverse remixes by Restriction 9 from Sweden and Cyborgdrive from Spain. It also features the B-side track “Du hast das Licht gesehen” sung by Ulf himself, as well as instrumental versions of the original track.

Videos for the two main tracks will be released in the near future.

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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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M.U.N.T Connection was founded in June 2021 by Thierry Noritop (Stereoinsolo, ex-Stereo) from Paris / France and Ulf Müller (Projekt Ich, Tränenwelten, Mission Zanzibar) from Rosenheim / Germany. After having worked together on the 80s pop oriented songs “Sexy Silly Girl” and “Honey Cherie Honey” for Projekt Ich’s forthcoming second studio album, Thierry and Ulf decided to join forces for M.U.N.T Connection.

Out now is “Come On, Johnny Boy” (The Remix Edition) by M.U.N.T Connection. This is the second part from the first single and is out now via the German indie label Echozone.

The remix edition of “Come On, Johnny Boy” comes one month after the single was initially released. You’ll find remix versions by artists from South Africa, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden and Germany. Here’s the list: L_iGH_T (ES), Mind:Code (DE), Cyborgdrive (ES), Patrik Kambo (SW), Klinghaus (DE), Mark Loodewijk (NL), Fingerprinted Cheese (ZA), Run Kennedy (FR), V-nerV (DE) plus 4 instrumental remix versions from L_iGH_T (ES), Cyborgdrive (ES), Klinghaus (DE) and V-nerV (DE).

Here’s already one remix.

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The synthpop act Projekt Ich, signed to Echozone, is back with a new single, “Mit dir”. With this release Projekt Ich aka Ulf Müller is going to release the ninth (!) single from his forthcoming second studio album which will be released via Echozone in Spring 2022.

Following his debut album “By Train Through Countries” (2019), Ulf took a short creative break before getting back to work again. He produced several demo songs to continue the debut album’s concept of cooperating with various singers from all over the world. This time Ulf worked with Magdalena Herfurtner (ex-Eycromon) from Madil Hardis.

“Mit dir” features the original track as well as 20 (!) genre crossing remixes by bands and artists like Kim Lunner (NO), Nature of Wires (UK), Patrik Kambo (SW), Dark Vanilla (DE), Mind:Code (DE), POS.:2 (DE), Blackened (CA), Elektrojudas (DE), Obsession of Time (SW), Steffrey Yan (CA), Elmodic (DE), Moyom (CA), Faltenhall (DE), Fingerprinted Cheese (ZA), Perpacity (US), V-nerV (DE), Retrograth (SW), Yan and Yellowfin (CA), Terrance Pryor (US) and U.M. Fiedel (DE), an instrumental remix version by Kim Lunner plus the original’s instrumental.

A lyric video of the song can be viewed below.

And here is the rather massive tracklist for this single.

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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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