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Disco Volante is the second album by Mr. Bungle. It was released on October 10, 1995, by Warner Bros.

Release and reception
Released on October 10, 1995 by Warner Bros., Disco Volante was supported by a concert tour by the group, although Patton refused to conduct press interviews to promote it. The album débuted at number 113 in the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States, spending a week in that chart; it also reached number 4 on that publication's Heatseekers Albums chart, and spent one week in Australia's ARIA Charts, at number 40.

Disco Volante received positive reviews from critics. Writing for AllMusic, Greg Prato four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "a totally original and new musical style and an album that sounds like nothing that currently exists". Prato felt that Disco Volante was more focussed than the band's previous work, while still showcasing their ability to move frequently between musical styles and genres; he compared some of the album's content to the works and themes of musicians Ennio Morricone, Frank Zappa, and John Zorn, and filmmaker David Lynch. A 2005 review by Camreon McDonald for Stylus Magazine described the album as "the finest sort of San Francisco art-rock". McDonald praised the band's approach to jazz music, especially on the "Aqua Swing" suite of "The Bends", and complimented Mike Patton's versatility as a vocalist. However, he felt that the album could be difficult to listen to at times, with jarring changes in tone "seemingly thrown in for the hell of it".

Matt Evans of The Quietus called the album "deliberately confrontational", finding many of its songs to be challenging but rewarding to listen to; Evans again compared the overall "menace" of the album to the works of David Lynch. Evans praised the diversity of the album's styles and its willingness to remove Patton's vocals from the forefront, but felt that some of the tracks—specifically "Platypus" and "Backstrokin'"—were particularly weak. The album featured in a Spin magazine countdown of the "40 Weirdest Post-‘Nevermind’ Major-Label Albums"; writer Andrew Earles drew attention to its "polystylistic-for-the-sake-of-it madness", and singled out "The Bends" as the centrepiece of the record.

Mr. Bungle

 * I Quit (Danny Heifetz) – "a woodblock", production and sleeve art layout and design
 * Trevor Dunn – bass guitar, "vile" (violin), production and sleeve art layout and design
 * Uncooked Meat Prior to State Vector Collapse (Trey Spruance) – 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 (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 (Theo Lengyel) – "eb reeds piped in from Ithaca", production and sleeve art layout and design

Additional personnel

 * Billy Anderson – engineering, mixing and pre-mastering
 * Mike Johnson – engineering and pre-mastering
 * Kevin Donlon – engineering
 * 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
 * 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 "Violenzia Domestica", "The Bends" and "Platypus"
 * Lisandro Adrover – bandoneón on "Violenzia Domestica"