Mr. Oizo (pronounced Monsieur Wah-zoh, deformation of the French word “oiseau”, bird) is the French music producer Quentin Dupieux.

In 1997, Laurent Garnier of F. Com bought a car from Mr Oizo’s father. Garnier then found out about Dupieux’s talents and let him direct the music video for his song “Flashback”. Later Dupieux was signed by F. Com Records where he released his first EP fittingly titled, “#1″. Dupieux is most known for his electrotrack ‘Flat Beat’, which became a hit throughout Europe in 1999 and was featured in a series for Levi’sjeans TV commercials. Dupieux also directed the ad, which featured a yellow puppet named “flat eric” nodding his head to the sound of the track while riding in a pickup truck. After “Flat Beat”, Oizo released his first album in 1999, Analog Worms Attack, featuring a single of the same name. In 2005, Oizo released his second album entitled Moustache (Half a Scissor). In 2006 and 2007, Oizo produced remixes for Kavinsky, Jamelia, Cassius, Scissor Sisters and, most recently, Calvin Harris. Dupieux’s first feature film, Steak, was released in France on June 20th 2007.

Mr. Oizo’s first EP released on Ed Banger Records, is called Transsexual. The EP features a re-working of the 1970′s Disco track “Do It At The Disco”. The track appeared on Oizo’s Myspace page in 2006 under the title Patrick122.

On October 16, 2008, a video appeared on Oizo’s Myspace page, a promo for his upcoming album, Lambs Anger. The First Single off the Record was “Positif”, which was released 3 days after Lambs Anger.

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mr oizo Videos:

Mr. Oizo Flat Beat

Mr Oizo – Positif [Lambs Anger]

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