Unrock

The track "Unrock" refers to the record store of the same name, located in Krefeld, Germany. Krefeld, the birthplace of the artist Joseph Beuys, was the first stop on the trip. The store Unrock presented the concert, the last one to take place in the old store, as an event to mark its move to a new location.


Before the show, we hung out with Bernd, a friend of the owner, who reminded us that Krefeld sits not far from Düsseldorf, the home of Kraftwerk, Can and Neü. Bernd's words stuck in my mind, and in the mid-section of "Unrock," with its insistent LFO-based pulse, and in the final section's bursts of white noise, I pay my respects to the traditions of the region.


A document of a complete performance, "Unrock" is the only track on Panic and Anti-Panic to appear in an unedited form.