Kasso’s debut album from 1981 is a superb slice of funky Italo-disco, almost worth the entrance fee just for the funky pitch-bent synth bassline on album opener “Walkman.” It’s cheery, synth-tinged disco all the way through, sometimes instrumental, sometimes vocal, the vamps complimented by congas and horns and filled with piano, guitar and synth solos. It’s an album filled with tunes like “Key West” which are classic Italo in that they sound like someone trying to make a disco record and not quite getting it right but making something else quite charming in the process.

– Harold Heath