I've no idea who Mikimo Sosumi is and the Daddy Tank biog seems content for that to remain the case. If this is another moniker of the excellent Michael Valentine West, that wouldn't come as a great surprise as it's got the same kind of bewitching style underpinned by menacing beats that you find in so many of his releases for Daddy Tank.
All such attempts at detective work, if you're so inclined, quickly become superfluous when you begin engaging with the music itself. Because wherever it comes from, this is great. Opener 'Stop Being Strange' has a confrontational yet laid-back Grace Jones-type quality to it. Huge fan of Jones that I am, that's probably why I've chosen to play it in my Dandelion Radio this month.
It would be a mistake, however, to overdo the comparisons. Disco Kill Disco, as its name might suggest, seems as keen to bury any influences as it is to praise them. 'You Are Melting' flickers into your consciousness on the back of some demented take on Moroder, picking apart and demolishing any prevailing eurodisco proclivities before your ears have a change to engage with them.
The breathy, intoxicating 'VU Meter' is another highlight, dripping with sexuality while somehow blasted to within an inch of any resonant human urges disappearing within the same laconic, roboticised delivery.
You get the picture, I hope. The Daddy Tank label is back to its best and to say that this release bears comparison with the Twiggy & The K-Mesons and Social Studies albums that so enrich their back catalogue is the highest praise I can possibly give it. Get it here.
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