PERIODE – Grapes Of Nothingness

Format: 180gr LP, clear vinyl, handnumbered with download postcard / download

Release date: january 30th 2026

https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/grapes-of-nothingness

A new album by PERIODE, the duo of ANDREAS REIHSE (KREIDLER) and THOMAS WINKLER: yearning and thrilling, kraut-esque electronica that suggests the motion of travel.

Working together as PERIODE since 2016, the duo of THOMAS WINKLER and KREIDLER founding member ANDREAS REIHSE has been refining its delicate sound over the course of 5 releases. The ingredients are as simple as effective: an old 70+ Telecaster guitar with a few weirdo-effect pedals, a drum machine, an audio interface that is connected to an overloaded laptop. WINKLER’s guitar patterns have a fragmented, almost haphazard connotation, searching in a shimmer of reverb, until REIHSE’s beats, the framework, set in to reveal structure. On the new album, WINKLER further expands these patterns by subtly honing the distinctive picking technique he originally learned in 1986 from a homeless man under the piers of Brighton — a ghostly imprint that now resurfaces with refined precision. REIHSE´s programmed rhythms go just to the point of a groove, holding the moment of tension, knowingly delaying the gratification. Beats that have a scratchy patina and an subtly playful edge; their crispness stands in clear contrast to the contemplative drift of the guitar.
Their latest effort, “Grapes Of Nothingness” (actually the first that carries an album title!), is the most assured release by PERIODE so far. The nine tracks feel like a series of studies / variations on a mood: a profound melancholy, a certain bleakness — but never desperate. First impressions may suggest that this is nocturnal music, yet it can equally evoke the harsh sunlight and baking heat of a summer day. Or a rainy day. And the motion of travel with Superdelay – even if maybe only in the mind … however, it remains unclear whether the listener is moving through the world or whether the world is passing by the listener.
There are some apparent references here: a good portion of Les Disques du Crépuscule, some kraut-esque electronica, even a smidgen of MORRICONE / Spaghetti Western, all blending into a kind of Musique Noir — yet these serve only as a set of orientational coordinates, rather than aesthetic quotations. Is it a trance? Or a dance? Yes.

Andreas Reihse
is a Berlin based musician, mostly known as founding member of Kreidler. He also composes music for theater and film, occasionally writes, draws, and makes movies.

Thomas Winkler
is a Berlin based musician, painter, photographer and performance artist. He cofounded the publishing house Heckler und Koch and the gallery European Fine Art.

Tracklist:
A1. Das Siebte Pferd
A2. Hohenschönhausen
A3. Trains
A4. Ravetruck
A5. Grapes of Nothingness
B1. Flipping the Buns
B2. Holz
B3. Club Chair
B4. Periode No 6

Credits:
Written, performed, recorded, mixed, produced by Periode 2024–26
Thomas Winkler, Andreas Reihse
Feuer und Flamme für Berlin Studio, Paulick Saal, Barb32
Grapes of Nothingness tweaked by Alex Paulick at Spatialtone
Mastering and Cut by Helmut Erler at Hey Rec
Cover painting by Thomas Winkler
periode.net/