Indeed, many of these compositions sound so painstakingly plotted and structured that it leaves one wondering where on Earth they found the patience, let alone the inspiration. Though the album’s title (which translates to “flying saucer”) came from the yacht in the James Bond film Thunderball, it also shares its name with an early 1950’s Italian sports car that was once described on an episode of Top Gear as “striking, intelligent, and unusual,” which also perfectly describes this record’s arrangements and performances. By comparison, Disco Volante is more like a speed-freak Halloween party, largely abandoning lyrics and embracing kooky jazz and easy listening music to create a dark, campy vibe that somehow bore little resemblance to the dark, campy vibe of their previous work. On their debut, Bungle constructed a pristine prog carnival that jumped from one twisted vignette to the next like a nightmare horror theater. Bungle is the musical equivalent of a David Lynch movie,” and proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the pestiferous pricks who wrote Bloody Mary and The Girls of Porn could, in fact, grow up. Bungle’s 1995 self-produced sophomore album Disco Volante, they deliver a record which led AllMusic to write, “Mr. Like the works of Lynch, Bungle’s albums have many surface-level oddities and idiosyncrasies that draw you in and make you curious to digest their more enigmatic qualities and themes, and like Lynch, Patton is a big believer that his work should speak for itself. The two are very much kindred spirits, shitting all over the rules of their respective medium and achieving an impressive level of popular acclaim despite bringing to life their uncompromising creative vision in a way that resists the analysis of a mainstream audience. Bungle record and covering Angelo Badalamenti’s incredible main theme from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me on his 2001 album with Fantômas, Mike Patton has become well known for his admiration of legendary experimental filmmaker David Lynch. Between sampling his films on the first Mr.
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