Incirrina is a dark electronic/minimal synth duo based in Athens, Greece, formed by George Katsanos (synthesizers, drum pads, voice) and Irini Tiniakou (synthesizers, voice). They have appeared in several gigs and live stages in Greece, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Croatia, also in Festivals such as Plisskën Festival (April 2022), “Athens Digital Art Festival” (ADAF - May 2022), in the 1st Morphic Festival in Athens (October 2022), Cold Transmission Festival (August 2022 ) in Cologne and Death Disco Open Air Festival - The Warm Up (Athens, July 2023 ).
In October 2024 they did an extended EU tour and played 11 shows in 7 countries (Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria) to promote the release of the maxi - single "Immersion" , released 13.09.2024 by Cold Transmission
Their live performances have been described as “having a totally amazing sound-emotional melodies that stick in your mind , combined with heavy and strong beats that impel you to dance , depicting a love for analogue synth sounds and for striking riffs...” -“..a unique blend of analogue electronic instrumentation, distinct vocal quality, and band chemistry bring powerful live performances yielding alluring and immersive shadowy atmospheric settings” (White Light/White Heat, June 2019).
They have been awarded by ADAF for their performance in “Syd Sessions Go ADAF“ in September 2021.
Their first LP “8.15” - inspired by the poetry of the great romantic poet of the 18th century William Blake - was released in 2019 by “Geheimnis Records”. In 2020 they released the digital maxi single “Utter”. In 2021 the split maxi single ”Devastations/R.Daneel”, together with “The Man & His Failures , was released by “Smash Records” .
Their second LP “Lip Led Scream” which was released in 19.08.2022 by Cold Transmission, received enthusiastic reviews.
“Dark Life Experience” wrote about it in August 2022:
“Lip Led Scream with its very special kind has even risen as our vacation soundtrack and stubbornly displaced every other music(...)The mixture of synths, 80s and darkwave with its wonderful arrangements, the melodies you don’t want to miss anymore, make the album an adventure..”
Lip Led Scream was in the list of top albums of 2022 by numerous zines and blogs - n.1 of 20 by “Dark Life Experience”, n.15 of top 70 by “Darkitalia - Webzine & Booking”,among the top 50 of “Synthetral”, “Heart and Soul Magazine”, “WhiteLight//WhiteHeat” , “ElektroSpank - Online Music Magazine” , “Ascension Magazine & Promotions” and others.
In 2024 they composed the music for the theater play "ALLIGATORS" by Andrew Keatley, directed by Giannis Laspias in "Gloria" theater in Athens .The theater play , with a casting of great and well known actors and with the music being performed live by Irini - has been a total success in Athens, with consecutive sold -out performances and received
excellent reviews .
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