Mr. Oizo

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Mr. Oizo
Background information
Birth name	Quentin Dupieux
Also known as	Mr. Oizo
Origin	France
Genre(s)	Electronic
Occupation(s)	Producer
Years active	1999 - present
Label(s)	FCommunications, Ed Banger Records
Website	Mr. Oizo at MySpace

Mr. Oizo is the pseudonym of French music producer Quentin Dupieux.

Dupieux is most famous for his electro track "Flat Beat", which became a hit all across Europe in 1999 for being featured in a series of Levi's jeans TV advertisements. The track is short and minimalist, constantly repeating the same electro loop, which resembles a wasp's buzz made with a Korg MS-20, for about four minutes. Dupieux also directed the ad, which featured a yellow puppet named Flat Eric shaking his head to the sound of the track while riding shotgun in a pickup truck. Flat Eric later appeared in the music video for "Flat Beat", talking on the phone while violently headbanging to the beat while playing the track.

After "Flat Beat", Oizo released his first album in 1999, Analog Worms Attack, featuring a trip hop single of the same name.

In 2005, Oizo released his second album entitled Moustache (Half a Scissor).

2006 and 2007 saw Oizo produce remixes for Kavinsky, Jamelia, Cassius and, most recently, Scissor Sisters.

Dupieux's first feature film, Steak will be released in France on June 20th, 2007. [1] [2]

Mr. Oizo's forthcoming EP is called Transexual and will be released in May on Ed Banger Records. The EP features a re-working of the 1979 disco track "Do It At The Disco" by Gary's Gang. The track appeared on Oizo's MySpace page in 2006 under the title Patrick122. The release will also contain a remix by SebastiAn.