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Disco Volante (Italian for Flying Saucer) is the second studio album by American experimental rock band Mr. Bungle. It was released on October 10, 1995, through Warner Bros, and is their most experimental album,[3] mixing elements from such varied styles as death metal, jazz, Arabic music, musique concrète, easy listening and even tango.

Disco Volante
Studio album by Mr. Bungle
Released	October 10, 1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Experimental experimental rock art rock[1] avant-garde metal jazz fusion
Length	68:45
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle chronology
Mr. Bungle (1991) Disco Volante (1995) California (1999)
Singles from Disco Volante
"Platypus[2]" Released: 1995

Background

The album's title refers to the name of the yacht of the same name featured in the James Bond film Thunderball, literally meaning "Flying Saucer" in Italian. Mr. Bungle had previously covered the film's theme song live and in studio, but it was never officially released.[4]

Disco Volante would be founding member Theo Lengyel's final album with the band, leaving shortly after the tour due to "artistic differences".[5] Band member Danny 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."[6]

Regarding the writing process of the album, bassist Trevor Dunn wrote on his website:

Trey was listening to his own collection of weird stuff as well—exotica, electro-acoustic, noise, middle eastern, techno. I remember him going to raves a lot back then. Mike was really into Joe Meek, the Peter Thomas soundtrack to Raumpatrouille, Kagel and the tangos of Troilo. He would show up between tours to work with us and add his beautifully low-fi input (i.e The Bends). With all this weirdness I realized it was time to revamp Platypus. Danny, Trey and I spent hours deconstructing and literally imploding the original arrangement to the point of superimposing the "verse" with the "chorus". I think that's still my proudest lyrical input. And Bär (!) finally stopped referring to Bungle as "you guys" and started writing for the band.

Composition

Disco Volante is their most experimental album.[3] Categorized primarily as experimental rock, avant-garde metal, jazz fusion, and, more broadly, experimental, many of the songs heavily include references of different genres, a staple for Mr. Bungle, including sludge metal ("Everyone I Went to High School With Is Dead"), death metal ("Carry Stress in the Jaw", "Merry Go Bye Bye"), Arabic music ("Desert Search for Techno Allah"), musique concrète and tango ("Violenza Domestica"), jazz fusion ("Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz", "Platypus"), noise ("The Bends"), and easy listening (″Backstrokin'″).

Although much of the song's lyrics are limited ("Carry Stress in the Jaw", "Phlegmatics"), are in another language ("Desert Search for Techno Allah", "Violenza Domestica"), or are just gibberish ("Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz"), lyrical content in Disco Volante is, like in their eponymous debut album, both dark and comedic. Lyrical themes include disconnection and isolation ("Everyone I Went to High School With Is Dead"), "actual teeth-pulling anxiety nightmares" and bruxism[7] ("Carry Stress in the Jaw"), child abuse ("After School Special"), domestic violence ("Violenza Domestica"), the "gradual decline of the human body due to social interactions", as bassist Trevor Dunn elaborates[7]("Phlegmatics"), masturbation ("Backstrokin'"), and martyrdom ("Merry Go Bye Bye"). "The Bends" is a ten minute, almost entirely instrumental, experimental track split into ten different sections, detailing a negligent diver who experiences the bends.

"Carry Stress in the Jaw" and "Phlegmatics" are parts two and three of the "Sleep" trilogy, with part one being on the band's eponymous debut album.^{[citation needed]}

Both "Carry Stress in the Jaw" and "Merry Go Bye Bye" feature untitled hidden tracks. The first is sometimes referred to as "The Secret Song" (after a prominent lyric) or "Spy" (used to denote the song on the band's set lists). The second is sometimes called "Nothing", due to a joke in the liner notes. On vinyl pressings, the album is double grooved the first hidden track is in the second groove, which is notoriously difficult to accurately locate. On CD pressings, the hidden track is simply put immediately after "Carry Stress in the Jaw" on the same track. It was originally recorded without bassist Dunn's input or knowledge; although, shortly before its release, Dunn managed to find it and added a vocal part. Though never explicitly stated, it is believed (by Dunn) that the drums were played by McKinnon, and the bass guitar by Patton.[5] The hidden track after "Merry Go Bye Bye", featuring improv made by the band, begins at 7:21, after a full minute of silence. Neither track is mentioned in any way on the album packaging.

The songs "Coldsore" and " Lemmy Caution" were also recorded for the album but did not make the final cut.^{[citation needed]}

Release

Disco Volante spawned a number of officially unreleased demos (circulated on internet peer-to-peer sharing networks): "Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz",[8] "Coldsore"[9] and "Spy".[10] "Coldsore" featured portions later used in "Love on the Event Horizon".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
Stylus Magazine	mixed[1]

Disco Volante has been well received by critics. In their highly favorable review of the album, AllMusic wrote, "Mr. Bungle is the musical equivalent of a David Lynch movie", calling the music a "totally original and new musical style, and an album that sounds like nothing that currently exists." They referred to the track "Desert Search for Techno Allah" as "a middle eastern techno number that has to be heard to be believed."[11] Stylus Magazine wrote in their 2005 review, "A decade later, Disco Volante still sounds daring."[1]

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
2006	Rock Sound	United Kingdom	"Les 150 Albums De La Génération"	69
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

Personnel

Mr. Bungle

• Danny Heifetz – drums, percussion, production and sleeve art layout and design
• Trevor Dunn – bass guitar, violin, production and sleeve art layout and design
• Uncooked Meat Prior to State Vector Collapse – pípá, keyboards, organ, guitar, electronics, production and sleeve art layout and design
• Clinton McKinnon – tenor saxophone, clarinet, keyboards on "After School Special", drums on "Violenza Domestica", production and sleeve art layout and design
• Patton – vocals, microcassette, organs on "The Bends" and "Backstrokin'", ocarina on "Sleep (Part II): Carry Stress in the Jaw", production and sleeve art layout and design
• Theo – alto saxophone (credited as "E♭ reeds piped in from Ithaca"), production and sleeve art layout and design

Additional personnel

References

External links

• Disco Volante at Discogs (list of releases)

На других языках

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[de] Disco Volante

Disco Volante ist das zweite Studioalbum der Jazzcoreband Mr. Bungle. Das Album wurde im Oktober 1995 veröffentlicht.

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- [en] Disco Volante (Mr. Bungle album)

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[es] Disco Volante (álbum)

Disco Volante es el segundo álbum del grupo estadounidense Mr. Bungle. Es su disco más experimental, más aún si cabe que el anterior, cogiendo sonidos de muy diferentes estilos y cambiando radicalmente de estilo en medio las canciones, normalmente varias veces. Según Trevor Dunn, este se vio influenciado por el jazz, Trey por la música "exotica, electro-acústica, Noise, del Medio Oriente y techno", Patton por "Joe Meek, la banda sonora de Peter Thomas, Raumpatrouille, Kagel y los tangos de Troilo". "Bar" por primera vez empieza a escribir para la banda. Heifetz y Theo Lengyel no escribieron nada, y es el último disco de Mr. Bungle que incluye a Theo. El álbum fue un fracaso comercial, y por lo que Dunn dijo en su página web, no ganaron nada en el tour (a pesar de la gran cantidad de gente que asistió).

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[it] Disco volante (album)

Disco Volante è il secondo album in studio del gruppo musicale statunitense Mr. Bungle, pubblicato nel 1995.

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[ru] Disco Volante

Disco Volante (рус. Летающий диск) — второй студийный альбом американской экспериментальной рок группы Mr. Bungle, выпущенный 10 октября 1995 года на лейбле Warner Bros. Records. Это самый экспериментальный альбом группы[3], который включает в себя смесь таких направлений в музыке, как: дэт-метал, джаз, арабская музыка, конкретная музыка, лёгкая музыка и даже танго. Большинство песен на альбоме являются инструментальными или состоят из скэт-пения. Данный релиз стал последним, в записи которого участвовал Тео Ленгйел — он покинул группу после тура в поддержку альбома по причине «художественных разногласий»[11]. Позже Дэнни Хайфц прокомментировал его уход: «Я скучаю по нему. Он добавил огромный химический дисбаланс, который помогал нам в дороге. Он ненавидит нас, ну и пусть. Музыка после него изменилась, стала простой и понятной. Слишком маленький призыв к саксофонам, тромбонам или флейте. Он изначально был в составе группы. Не я. Он будто заставлял меня чувствовать себя как член профсоюза»[12].

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