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3 unusual facts about Disco Volante


Disco Volante

The vocal effect in this song (at 4:48) is very similar to the voice of Alpha 60 in Jean-Luc Godard's sci-fi film noir Alphaville, using a mechanical voice box to create the effect.

Multisided record

The LP version of Disco Volante (1995) by the avant-garde metal band Mr. Bungle contained a hidden groove on both sides of the record, in certain sections only.

William Winant

Notable collaborators include Glenn Spearman, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, Mr. Bungle (with whom he toured in support of their albums Disco Volante and California), Secret Chiefs 3, Mondo Cane and Oingo Boingo.


Kingdom 5KR

During her days as Nabila, she was featured in the James Bond movie Never Say Never Again, in which she was seen as Flying Saucer (translated from Italian Disco Volante in the source novel, Thunderball), the villain's superyacht mobile HQ.


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