MANI MEME

TRACKLISTING


A1. Pas De Deux - Mani Meme
B1. Pas De Deux - Cardiocleptomanie
B2. Pas De Deux - Lits Jumeaux




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This 12" vinyl release of PD2 (Pas De Deux) brings tog ether the remastered versions of the 3 best and timeless tracks from their reper toire.



MANI MEME is the opening song of Des Tailles, the 1983 album of Pas De Deux. However, when the album was released, all the attent ion went to their taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Rende z-Vous, an atypical Song Contest song. A later single release of the track disap peared in the obscurity of the eighties electro cult.

MANI MEME is a rather traditional pop song, written by De Nota, a previous collaboration projec t of Walter Verdin. Since De Nota hadn't had the chance to release any record, W alter Verdin decided to make a cover of the song with his new group Pas De Deux (with Dett Peyskens and Hilde Van Roy). For that reason, MANI MEME became the o nly song on the album with a female lead vocal (Dett Peyskens).

The i dea to release the present 12" came up when GUCCI used the song for their remark able Epilogue campaign since October 2020. On January 1st 2021, the video has al ready more than 3 million views.



CARDIOCLEPTOMANIE was t he B-side of MANI MEME (1983). It's a minimalistic composition, based on a simpl e two-chords melody and one word. The song remained in obscurity until it appear ed on some electro music compilations, e.g. The Hidden Tapes (Minimal Wave 2011) and TSOB (News 2013). It is the band's most streamed and downloaded track. A da rk synth bass sound, simple superposed analogue synth melodies, multiple voices and percussion on a driving Linn drum machine. Timeless.



LITS JUMEAUX is Walter's first 'minimalistic song' and preferred Pas De Deux track. It was composed for a stage play in 1981, before the birth of Pas De Deux . It's a kind of litany that evokes the feverish feeling of weariness and boredo m, a very common eighties topic. It could be the perfect corona anthem.