Kreidler

KREIDLER are a Düsseldorf/Berlin based band, consisting of Thomas Klein, Alex Paulick and Andreas Reihse. The internationally acclaimed trio blends buoyant grooves, synthesisers and field recordings into expansive soundscapes. A mix of electronica, krauts, and pop – precise, playful, full of twists and turns, and always danceable.

The band was founded in 1994, with their debut album Riva in 1994 on Parisian label En Contresans. This was to be the first of 32 releases to date, with the most recent Schemes in 2026.

KREIDLER played throughout Europe, Asia and America. In techno clubs, in rock venues, in concert halls. At festivals like Sonar, Roskilde, Nrmal, SXSW, or Cervantino. Commissioned by Goethe-Institut the band toured Sout-East-Asia and Mexico.
KREIDLER performed in museums and art galleries: at the Van Dyck retrospective in Antwerp, for Rosemarie Trockel, Thea Djordjadze, Mike Kelley, or in The MoMA NYC and in the Centre Pompidou Paris for Andreas Gursky. KREIDLER'S musical collaborateurs include Klaus Dinger (NEU!, la Düsseldorf), Add (N) to X, Pyrolator, Young Gods, Leo Garcia, Chicks on Speed, or Anika. They remixed artists like Einstürzende Neubauten, Depeche Mode, Edward, Faust, or Eurythmics.
KREIDLER composed soundtracks for Alexandra Sell's acclaimed movie Durchfahrtsland / Remote Area / Terre de Transit, for Tommy Pallotta's / Femke Wolting's The Last Hijack and it's expanded webversion - which won a Digital Emmy in 2015.
KREIDLER has an ongoing collaboration with Heinz Emigholz. Emigholz accompanied their album DEN in 2012/13 with 7 films. The band contributed the music to The Airstrip (2014), The Last City (2020), The Suit (2024) and Ecce Mole (2025). In 2022 Emigholz created the cover artwork for Spells and Daubs. The movie 2+2=22 (The Alphabet) is built around KREIDLER'S ABC recording session in Tbilisi, and premiered at the Berlinale film festival in 2017.

(band photo: Roberta Stein)