Twin Noir

TWIN NOIR is a Post-Punk/Wave/EBM artist duo founded in Berlin in 2021, consisting of Cody Barcelona (voice, electronics, guitar) and Ian Volt (voice, bass). The band is completed by Lina Avair, who handles the operational side while also contributing creatively.

Their music oscillates between electronically monotonic sounds, expansive atmospheres, and melodic moments, combined with minimalist lyrics in German. When hardly anyone believed in the project, the three took matters into their own hands by learning, growing, and developing TWIN NOIR step by step through their determination in a consistent, independent, and uncompromising way.

Everything is handled in house: from the music and visuals to the organization and releases via their self-founded label Twin Noir Records. Together, they conceive TWIN NOIR as a holistic work of art, musically, visually, and conceptually.

The sound of TWIN NOIR is shaped by an analog tape machine, a sampler, guitars and a theremin, through which the duo creates their own blend of Punk and Wave music. Technoid beats, driving basslines, and atmospheres played alternately by synthesizers and guitars create moments that invite dancing, floating and drifting. Influences range from KRAFTWERK and DAF to EBM and Techno scenes, as well as Punk and Rock from the 70s to 90s.