When all you've ever heard in your life is straightforward rock music and then you hear Mr Bungle's Disco Volante, your entire perception of music changes. In the 12 songs contained within their sophomore effort, Mr Bungle crams in a full spectrum of musical styles that can be overwhelming to young ears, but they manage to do it in a way where everything fits together without total chaos. For me, this was my introduction to a more experimental realm of music. Despite its rock leanings, it's the influences of experimental jazz legends like Ornette Coleman and John Zorn combined with world music and the work of Ennio Morricone that makes Disco Volante so very remarkable.
"Desert Search For Techno Allah" is only one of many highlights, and it sounds nothing like anything I've ever heard. Taking the electronic sounds of techno fusing it with sounds of metal, tribal percussions and chanting, it is something new entirely.
