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In the midst of working with half of the music industry, Patton rarely releases an album under his own name. ‘Mondo Cane’, his latest and 3 solo album to date, is an 11 song compilation of Italian pop and movie theme songs from the 50’s and 60’s. This album is nothing shy of original. Taking the songs original structure and arranging music for him and 65 friends from various walks of instrumentation, ‘Mondo Cane’ is his most upbeat and exciting album. Patton performs ‘voice’, though his influence is heard throughout. It is impossible to describe something that perfectly combines 60’s bubble-gum pop, smooth jazz, and even the occasional Captain Beefheart-esqe freak out scream. Let’s just say this album is so good it has made me review a CD on my vinyl blog!
For any Mr. Bungle fans out there who have been patiently awaiting a nice re-issue of their ‘Disco Volante’ LP- wait longer. The copy I got was mastered so low, I literally had to crank my stereo to get a signal. This resulted in a significant ‘hum’ noise from my turntable’s motor.
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