Nino Lepore hails from South Italy and is best known for his self-titled LP from 1986, as well as for his uncredited work on Dancer Record. The ‘Chok Musik’ 12″ from Best Record Italy focuses on two productions from his sole LP, and in the titular track, sexualized funk basslines join a disco drum strut, as guitar riffs shimmer and brass and string orchestrations swirl deliriously between romance and symphonic madness. And after a breakdown into percussive chaos, smooth piano solos alternate with passages of sizzling sax. As for “Bad Time,” an introduction of decaying gongs leads to a broken beat groove, with strings evoking atmospheres of exotic noir and horns soloing softly over subdued funk bass motions and distant flashes of the guitar. There are jazz-rock breakdowns into liquid riffing and flamboyant brass, and during handclap climaxes, horns swell towards the sky.

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