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Pantene

by Pantene

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    Super Utu 2: Pantene. 10" Vinyl in white disco bag w/ sticker. Illustration by Pantene, Graphix by Atelier Utu

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1.
All you wanted was a lucky charm All I wanted was a body in my arms But now the hand has been gloved And the body has been loved Don’t touch me I’m dancing Don’t touch me I’m dancing Set my spirit free Set my spirit free It’s a call to action for all you desperate souls It’s a quest for satisfaction A finger in every hole Moving on over in this dark cave Lost in elation. The master and the slave But now the hand has been gloved And the body has been loved So don’t touch me I’m dancing Set my spirit free Don’t touch me I’m dancing Set my spirit free Set my spirit free You think you’re getting stronger until the muscle turns to dust Thought you tasted a new flavour but your biting at the crust So don’t touch me, I’m Dancing Set me spirit free Don’t touch me I’m dancing I’m dancing Set my spirit free I can move my body It belongs to me.
2.
Been around the whole wide world never saw a single thing that i wanted to take with me Cuz everywhere you go there is another Ikea store Stock up your new life Write a letter to your grandma no that’s right she doesn’t have any eyes If i wasn't already broke man I would get my haircut and get a job that’s just business N-I-K-E you say, that it’s not fair (that’s just business) you say that’s not fair that’s just business you say that it’s not fair that’s just business tonight i made a deal maybe it’s for real you say that it’s not fair that’s just business oh yes get it all off put it in your pouch nothing left get it all off put it in your pouch nothing left lay another dollar down watch it spin around, around lay another dollar down
3.
Up above the canyon the darkness sits tonight I am calm, I am cool, I wait for you. take me all the way down, take me all the way down stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch it to the limit. take me all the way down, take me all the way down i am calm i am cool i wait to you stretch it to the limit. stretch it to the limit. i am calm i am cool i wait for you reach out oh won’t you reach out and cry out cry out strong and clear reach out oh won’t you reach out Pull me out of the canyon oh won’t you pull me out of the canyon we feed on fire, we feed on fire we feed Pull me out of the canyon oh won’t you pull me out of the canyon reach out oh won’t you reach out I am waiting I am waiting
4.
Jerk off lights on do you feel me where i’m coming from bottoms up and beyond hotter than the thick sweater you’ve got on hotter than the thick sweater you’ve got on do you wanna sweat do you wanna sway take me to the church i get down and pray write a letter on the mirror picture us together do you wanna sweat do you wanna sway take me to the church i get down and pray write a letter on the mirror picture us together chin up touch down feeling lonely on the edge of town face up body on  hotter than the thick sweater you’ve got on jungfrau maria ich weiß du siehst mich meine knie leiden nur für dich do you wanna sweat do you wanna sway take me to the church i get down and pray Write a letter on the mirror picture us together do you wanna sweat do you wanna sway take me to the church i get down and pray write a letter on the mirror picture us together

about

Pantene was a live performance art-pop group that existed in Berlin, Germany in 2015. Its four band members; Marijn Degenaar, Molly Dyson, Olle Holmberg, and Rahel Tierbach took a DIY approach to instrumentation and arrangement, where intergenerational low-fidelity samples collide with subversive and pithy lyrics. Using laptops, MIDI, samplers and effects units to deliver re-contextualised pieces of music, Pantene explored issues surrounding cultural constructions of power, identity and sexuality with effortless aplomb.

This collection of 4 songs has been, for the past few years, sitting on Soundcloud slowly collecting plays, likes and no doubt intrigue from its listeners, as it seems since the time of upload Pantene have gone silent. Super Utu will be reissuing this remastered digi-relic on 10” polyvinyl chloride for the very first time. On side A is Don’t Touch Me I’m Dancing, a piercing retribution to seedy characters who lurk in dark corners of nightclubs. Molly and Rahel’s disaffected vocals pan “It’s a quest for satisfaction. A finger in every hole.” As if the nightclub is the playing field for some sort of sadistic sexual sport. Just Business, dejectedly examines our autonomy as individuals existing in an increasingly monotonous world controlled by capitalists. It’s the kind of work Barbara Kruger might have written if she decided to make music instead of visual art. Olle reflects “…cos everywhere you go there is another IKEA store to stock up your new life.” It’s a witty remark that would feel as much at home in a dole-wave jangle as a David Foster Wallace novel. At once extremely familiar, yet totally mentally isolating.

On the flip we hear Near To The Wild Heart. A legato, time-warped sample breathes deep and heavy beneath the reverb drenched vocals which sing “I am calm, I am cool, I wait for you. Take me all the way down, stretch it to the limit.” The lyrics float around in the back of your mind, in the exact same way the thought does that the attractive other from across the room, who’s been making eyes at you all night, might go home with you. On My Knees 2 Pray also does not falter in it’s sexually implicit/explicit vocal tango. The hapax legomenon of sultry deutsche sprache translates to “Virgin Mary, I know you see me. My knees only suffer for you.”

While public discourse on sampling is contentious, it definitely pays to look beyond the technicalities and understand the context and contention of the creator(s). Pantene’s use of samples trounce any blatant pastiche. They re-appropriate decades old night club hits into breath-of-fresh-air political-pop songs. Perhaps you could even call them protest songs. At least we’re confident in knowing that they’ll be broadcast in institutions which were once symbols of anti-establishment, freedom and expression. Maybe they’re still like that. or Maybe not.

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released April 25, 2019

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