Disco Volante (Italian for Flying Saucer) is the second studio album by the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle. It was released on October 10, 1995, through Warner Bros, and is their most experimental album, mixing elements from such varied styles as death metal, jazz, Arabic music, musique concrète, easy listening and even tango. 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. Disco Volante would be founding member Theo Lengyel‘s final album with the band, leaving shortly after the tour due to “artistic differences”.
Tracklist:
- Everyone I Went to High School With Is Dead
- Chemical Marriage
- Carry Stress in the Jaw
- Desert Search for Techno Allah
- Violenza Domestica
- After School Special
- Sleep (Part III): Phlegmatics
- Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz
- The Bends
- Backstrokin
- Platypus
- Merry Go Bye Bye
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
Mike 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 Lengyel: alto saxophone (credited as “E♭ reeds piped in from Ithaca”), production and sleeve art layout and design
Additional personnel
William Winant: cymbals on “Chemical Marriage”, bongos on “Sleep (Part II): Carry Stress in the Jaw”, tabla, kanjira and sistrums on “Desert Search for Techno Allah”, jaw harp and percussion on “Violenzia Domestica” and bongos, xylophone and glockenspiel on “Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz”
Graham Connah: piano on “Violenza Domestica”, “The Bends” and “Platypus”
Lisandro Adrover: bandoneón on “Violenza Domestica”
Chris Roberts: engineering
Mike Bogus: engineering
David Ogilvy: engineering
Adam Munoz: engineering
Trevor Ward: engineering
Bernie Grundman: mastering
Athur Hertz: album front cover photography
Joseph A. Thompson: album outer tray photography
Davis Meltzer: album booklet backpage photography
Margaret Murray: sleeve art layout and design
Gregg Turkington: sleeve art layout and design
Billy Anderson: engineering, mixing and pre-mastering
Mike Johnson: engineering and pre-mastering
Kevin Donlon: engineering
