Disco Volante

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Disco Volante
Studio album by Mr. Bungle
Released	October 10, 1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Various
Length	68:47
Label	Warner Brothers Records
Producer(s)	Mr. Bungle
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Mr. Bungle chronology
Mr. Bungle (1991)	Disco Volante (1995)	California (1999)

This page is about a musical album. See also Disco Volante (disambiguation)

Disco Volante is a 1995 album by the band Mr. Bungle. It is by far the most experimental of all their productions as it picks up inspirations from a wide variety of musical styles, including death metal, techno, 50's space age pop and Italian avantgarde.

Mike Patton also uses a great number of vocal effects boxes and samples throughout the album, most noticeably in songs like the circus freak-show rollercoaster "Ma Meeshka Mow Skowz" and the psychedelic underwater adventure "The Bends".

The album also contains a hidden track (hidden on the vinyl release only) after "Carry Stress In The Jaw." This track was originally recorded without bassist Trevor Dunn's input or knowledge; although, shortly before its release, Dunn managed to hear it and added a vocal track. Though never explicitly stated, it is believed (by Dunn) that the drums were played by McKinnon, and the bass by Patton.

The songwriting credits in the album's booklet include the section "Nothing - Words: Lengyel; Music: Heifetz". This is not, as some people believe, the name and credits for the end section of "Merry Go Bye Bye" (the song preceding it in the list), but is a joke at the expense of Lengyel and Heifetz, who did not write any parts for the album.

This would be Lengyel's final album with the band, leaving shortly after the tour due to "artistic differences." Heifetz would later comment, "I miss him. He added a huge chemical imbalance that helped us on the road. He hates us and rightfully so. The music changed, plain and simple. Very little call for saxes, trombone or flute. He was an original member. I'm not. Makes me feel a bit like a union-buster. He once shit in a goldfish bowl on stage."

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Notes 4 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

1. "Everyone I Went To High School With Is Dead" (words/music: Dunn) – 2:45
2. "Chemical Marriage" (music: Spruance) – 3:09
3. "Sleep (Part II): Carry Stress In The Jaw" – 8:59
   1. "Sleep (Part II): Carry Stress In The Jaw" (words/music: Dunn)
   2. Untitled^[1]
4. "Desert Search For Techno Allah" (words: Spruance, music: Patton/Spruance) – 5:24
5. "Violenza Domestica" (words: Patton, music: Patton/Spruance) – 5:14
6. "After School Special" (words: Dunn/McKinnon/Patton, music: McKinnon) – 2:47
7. "Sleep (Part III): Phlegmatics" (words/music: Dunn) – 3:16
8. "Ma Meeshka Mow Skowz" (music: Spruance) – 6:06
9. "The Bends" (music: Patton/McKinnon/Spruance) - 10:28
   1. "Man Overboard"
   2. "The Drowning Flute"
   3. "Aqua Swing"
   4. "Follow The Bubbles"
   5. "Duet For Guitar and Oxygen Tank"
   6. "Nerve Damage"
   7. "Screaming Bends"
   8. "Panic In Blue"
   9. "Love On The Event Horizon"
   10. "Re-Entry"
10. "Backstrokin'" (music: Patton) – 2:27
11. "Platypus" (words: Dunn, music: Dunn/Spruance) – 5:07
12. "Merry Go Bye Bye"/Untitled – 12:58
    1. "Merry Go Bye Bye" (words/music: Spruance)
    2. Untitled^[2]

[edit] Personnel

• Mr. Bungle - Producer, art layout and design
• Billy Anderson - Engineer, Mixing, Pre-mastering
• Mike Johnson - Assistant Engineer, Pre-mastering
• Kevin Donlon - Additional Assistant Engineer
• Chris Roberts - Additional Assistant Engineer
• Mike Bogus - Additional Assistant Engineer
• David Ogilvy - Additional Assistant Engineer
• Adam Munoz - Additional Assistant Engineer
• Trevor Ward - Additional Assistant Engineer
• Bernie Grundman - Mastering
• Athur Hertz - Photography (front cover)
• Joseph A. Thompson - Photography (outher tray)
• Davis Meltzer - Photography (booklet backpage)
• Trey Spruance - Artwork, P'pi'a, keyboards/organs, guitar, electronics
• Patton's friend - Artwork "Violenza Domestica"
• Bettman - Artwork "Techno Allah"
• Margaret Murray - Art layout and design
• Gregg Turkington - Art layout and design
• Danny Heifetz - A woodblock (percussion really)
• Trevor Dunn - Bass, vile
• Clinton McKinnon - Tenor sax, clarinets, keyboards on track 6, drums on track 5
• Mike Patton - vocals, microcassette, organs on tracks 9 and 10, ocarina on track 3
• Theo Lengyel - Eb reeds piped in from Ithaca
• William Winant - Cymbals on track 2, bongos on track 3, tablas, kanjira, sistrums on track 4, Jews harp, percussion on track 5, bongos, xylophone, glockenspiel on track 8
• Graham Connah - Piano on track 5, piano solo on track 9, one piano on track 11
• Lisandro Adrover - Bandoneón on track 5

[edit] Notes

[edit] Miscellanea

• Disco Volante is also the name of the high tech ship in Ian Fleming's Thunderball. Mr. Bungle recorded a cover of the theme to the film during the sessions for their first album.
• The album's booklet comes with a few missing sections which have to be filled in with stickers. While the band was still active, fans could write them at the address provided in the booklet and receive the stickers in return.