Disco volante
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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. Composition ĭisco Volante is their most experimental album. And Bär (!) finally stopped referring to Bungle as "you guys" and started writing for the band. I think that's still my proudest lyrical input.
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Danny, Trey and I spent hours deconstructing and literally imploding the original arrangement to the point of superimposing the "verse" with the "chorus". With all this weirdness I realized it was time to revamp Platypus. He would show up between tours to work with us and add his beautifully low-fi input (i.e The Bends). Mike was really into Joe Meek, the Peter Thomas soundtrack to Raumpatrouille, Kagel and the tangos of Troilo. I remember him going to raves a lot back then. Trey was listening to his own collection of weird stuff as well- exotica, electro-acoustic, noise, middle eastern, techno. Regarding the writing process of the album, bassist Trevor Dunn wrote on his website:
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Makes me feel a bit like a union-buster." Very little call for saxes, trombone or flute. He added a huge chemical imbalance that helped us on the road. Band member Danny Heifetz would later comment, "I miss him. ĭisco Volante would be founding member Theo Lengyel's final album with the band, leaving shortly after the tour due to "artistic differences". Bungle had previously covered the film's theme song live and in studio, but it was never officially released. 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.