Who’s Who – Who’s Who

For their latest red-hot reissue, the admirable Be With Records takes us back to Paris in 1979 and the sole album by Who’s Who – one of the numerous aliases of songwriter, musician and producer Daniel Bangalter, AKA Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk’s dad. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, right? The six tracks showcased on the eponymous set are very in keeping with French disco of the period, with attractive (and then cutting edge) synthesiser sounds being combined with glassy-eyed male and female vocals, infectious «walking» basslines and Cerrone-esque drums. Highlights are plentiful, from the peak-time disco joy of the tropical-tinged «Palace Palace», the Moroder/Patrick Cowley-influenced mid-tempo spaciness of ‘Hypno Dance’, to the Tata Vega style jauntiness of ‘Roll kacky Roll’ and the fantastic ‘Dancin’ Machine’.