{"title":"Periode","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"grapes-of-nothingness","title":"Grapes of Nothingness","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo people. A Telecaster guitar with a few effect pedals. A drum machine. An audio interface is connected to a laptop. The ingredients are simple yet effective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut any suggestion of four-track cassette machines and vintage bedsit productions is quickly dispelled by digital dubbiness and refined arrangements. A tail of reversed echos. The crystalline flourish of octave-pitched delays. Riddled hi-hats tickle and taunt. A bass drum asserts its space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinkler's guitar patterns have a fragmented, almost haphazard connotation. Searching in a shimmer of reverb. Until the beat, the framework, sets in to reveal structure. Intentionality. Reihse's programmed rhythms go just to the point of a groove, holding the moment of tension, knowingly delaying the gratification. Beats that have scratchy patina anda subtly playful edge; their crispness stands in contrast to the contemplative drift of the guitar. Is it a trance? Or a dance? Yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are some apparent references here: a good portion of Les Disques du Crépuscule, some kraut-esque electronica, even a smidgen of Morricone \/ Spaghetti Western, blending into a kind of Musique Noir – yet these serve as a set of orientational coordinates, rather than quotations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is so far the most assured release by Periode, perhaps eschewing some of the naiveté that was wilfully cultivated in earlier output – there is no cheeky cover version this time. And no singing either. The nine pieces have the quality of a series, a variation on a mood, or a subset of moods. What emerges is an inviting swagger in the face of bleakness. There is a profound melancholy, but it is not the darker kind, and does not exclude humour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karlrecords","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56000831717707,"sku":"R2034-1191","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cover.ki-6_cea1019a-8f83-4086-84fe-9615f8da8e34.jpg?v=1764355044"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/periode.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}