Performing: The Deer Park Stage / Friday / 18.30 - 19.15

Mondo Cane is a Mike Patton project. It features Patton, backed with an orchestra, a band and choir, providing vocals for a collection of covers of Italian pop songs from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s .

The self-titled (first official) album, Mondo Cane, was released May 4th 2010 on Ipecac Records…

The music is arranged by Mike Patton together with Daniele Luppi, a young and talented Italian film music composer.

The album was recorded during a series of performances in Europe, which included a show in an outdoor northern Italian piazza. The disc features traditional Italian pop songs, as well as a cover of Ennio Morricone’s “deep down”.

From Last.fm