November interview from Rock One with David

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The interview from the French Rock one, Translation by universalpanik.com
Source: http://panik-musik.blog.cz

It took two years of hard work in the studio for Panik for the second album with the same name to first see the light. David, the guitarist, talk to us about this enriching and benefit experience for this German sextette.
We left Panik in June 2008, determined to take a hold of their destiny. Something that the group from Neumünster, near Hamburg, did during these long months of silence : "Last two years were filled witch challenges and problems for us" concedes David, guitarist and co-producer of Panik. "It would be a lie to claim that all of this didn't infuenced the music and the work progress."


Each song should be unique

"This album is a mirror of our own experiences" continues the guitarist. "It is so filled with effort, passion, happiness and frustration that it is for now impossible for us to make any judgement. We are still too close to it emotionally." As you might have understood, the realization of the second opus, which finally just came out, wasn't always fun for its authors. The six young Germans locked themselves in David's own studio, endlessly re-editing their new pieces before leaving to record them at the HansaTonStudios, in Berlin, with Alex Wende (renown producer outre-Rhin) with no less then seventy demos in their pockets. "We wanted this album to be the most perfect as possible. We had to look for a long time to find the good studio and a good producer. Then, we had to choose between all of these demos that we each have listened to hundreds of times", explains David. "After that we did a sort between all the songs, we wanted each piece to be different from one and another. Our goal was for each song to be unique." Overall, it is obvious that "Panik" will surprise more than one fan of "Niemand Hört Dich", first album that was released in 2007, at the time when the band was still named Nevada Tan.

We have grown, and our music too

From the neo-metal genre that characterised them, Panik tried really hard, from the powerful "Jeder" to the very hip-hop "Kinder", passing by the ballad "Keiner Merkt Es", "Wir Geben's Zu" and the acoustic "Bevor Du Gehst", to compose real modern rock and complete album : "The way we write our songs has always been the same for six years (laugh). Timo writes the lyrics, and I take care mostly of the music part, even more today as a producer. Linke, who has a big talent for melodies, of course also takes part in the music composition. In a short time, we've grown a lot, and the music too - it's that simple" simply declares David. "Also, we pften used that with Jan, our DJ, we could allow ourselves more arrangements because he was able to replay them on stage. Otherwise, what would be the point of having one! And that's why our songwriting has no limits."
All that is left for us to do is enjoy this album, proving that Panik is one of the biggest hope of rock version. To give you an idea, you can already listen to the single "Lass Mich Fallen", available on their Myspace. Even though David admits that "it was our label that chose it for us, we still don't have enough detachment on this album to choose the single!"

"Panik" by Panik

We asked David to describe each song from "Panik" in one sentence ...

1. Jeder : It's the most powerful song from the album, and one of the best riffs that we have ever writen !
2. Unsere Zeit : I love this very energetic piece and we can now play it in four different rhythms !
3. Lass Mich Fallen : The most innovative song of the album, and the first single.
4. Keiner Merkt Es : A song written a few years ago by Linke and we finally decided to put it on the album.
5. Morgen Cafe : Our favorite live song. Timo's lyrics talk about a love relationship, and that's what I love cause the instrumental part has nothing to do with a love song !
6. Wollt Nur Wissen : The only song in 6 time on the album ! In fact, the demo version sounded very "irish", but we decided to cut out that side in the final production.
7. Kinder : We started from the piece "Ce Pia Ali", on my personal Myspace page, cause we thought it would be awesome to make a real song with it. And, here it is, it's my favorite !
8. Was Würdest Du Tun : Is it really necessary to talk about this one ? (laugh)
9. Noch Nicht Tot : A practice room song! And one of the best to play live. I love Timo's lyrics because even tough he didn't write it to describe the band situation, that's what the song makes me think about.
10. Ein Letztes Mal : That's the song that gave us the most challenge. It took two years before it was completely done!
11. Wir Geben's Zu : One of my favorite songs. I really like the beat, kinda experimental, and the overall dynamic.
12. Bevor Du Gehst : That's my song !
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