MARIONETTE NOIR

EPK

Marionette Noir
Electronic Press Kit (EPK)

The Story of Marionette Noir

Marionette Noir is a Minnesota-based songwriter and producer who spent three decades carrying a ‘vocal ghost’, a collection of lyrics and melodies that lived only in the mind. After nearly 20 years in the digital marketing world, the artist behind the project has finally stepped into the studio to exhale these archives. By prioritizing the studio as a site of documentation over the stage, Marionette Noir blends Gothic, Melodic Noir, Dark Cabaret, and Gritty Soul-Blues to reclaim a history that was once kept in the shadows.

The Mark: Transparent PNG of the official mark of Marionette Noir arched “Big Top” branding.

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Official logo for Marionette Noir featuring a stylized puppet face with a red top hat in a dark cabaret circular frame.
The official mark of Marionette Noir

exile

Coming Soon… March 13, 2026

A Coward’s Little Circus

Coming Soon… February 20, 2026

Pictures of You

Coming Soon… February ?, 2026
(Pending Distribution Licenses)

A dark, sepia-toned digital artwork featuring a metallic rose with intricate petals as the central focus. A vintage wedding band is looped around the stem, which is wrapped in a leather cuff at the base. The background is a soft-focus laboratory or workshop with a large clock on the wall. The word "exile" is written in a bold, muted gold font in the top left, and the project name "MARIONETTE NOIR" is at the bottom next to the circular red and black marionette logo.
“A Melodic Noir exploration of the artifacts left behind when history is rewritten”. ~ Marionette Noir
A dark, cinematic digital art piece featuring a central silhouette of a woman standing in a hazy circus ring. She holds glowing teal marionette strings that float upward toward a weathered circus tent ceiling. A discarded doll head lies on the floor to the left. The text "A COWARD'S LITTLE CIRCUS" is arched at the top in glowing vintage typography. At the bottom, "WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY MARIONETTE NOIR" is centered next to a circular red and black logo.
The circus is finally open, but the show is under new management. ~ Marionette Noir
Album cover for "Pictures of You" by Marionette Noir featuring a shadowed silhouette fading into a textured ethereal haze with pink typography.
“Memories preserved in time, dissolving into a textured haze.” ~ Marionette Noir

ARCHITECTS OF FEAR

Official Release: February 9, 2026

Happy Pill

Official Release: February 6, 2026

DEAD TO ME

Official Release: December 29, 2025

A cinematic album cover for the single "Architects of Fear" by Marionette Noir. The image features a gritty, nocturnal view of the Minneapolis skyline seen through a shattered glass window. A white van idles on the street below under a cold, hazy glow. The title "ARCHITECTS OF FEAR" is centered in bold typography, with "FEAR" highlighted in a glowing red. The bottom text reads "WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY MARIONETTE NOIR" alongside the official circular Marionette Noir logo.
“Keep your sirens / Keep your high altitude glare / We’re still standing here breathing the air.” ~ Marionette Noir
A theatrical dark cabaret album cover for "Happy Pill" by Marionette Noir, featuring a silhouetted puppet master in a top hat controlling marionettes against a neon midway circus background with a funhouse and Ferris wheel.
“Take your happy pill, swallow the fun / The circus is here and the circus has won.” ~ Marionette Noir
Cinematic album cover for the single "Dead to Me" by Marionette Noir featuring a woman’s silhouette against a glowing orange window with dark curtains and a swarm of black birds in a gritty film style.
“You cleared out your shit that you let yourself step in.” ~ Marionette Noir

The Performance Schedule

Act I: “Happy Pill” — Available February 6, 2026.

Act II: “Architects of Fear“ — Arrived February 9, 2026.

Act III: “Pictures of You” — Arriving February 14, 2026.

Act IV: “A Coward’s Little Circus” — Arriving February 20, 2026.