Mr. Oizo

The Profile

Mr. Oizo is the stage name of French musician and filmmaker Quentin Dupieux, known for the 1999 hit Flat Beat and the puppet Flat Eric, and for a streak of abrasive, experimental electronic albums.

French electronic artist and filmmaker; breakthrough with Flat Beat (1999) featuring Flat Eric; albums include Analog Worms Attack (1999), Moustache (Half a Scissor) (2005), Lambs Anger (2008), Stade 2 (2011), The Church (2014), All Wet (2016); directed films such as Rubber (2010) and Wrong (2012).

Two reviews dive into Mr. Oizo’s most abrasive, loop-addled side: the anti-dancefloor chaos of Lambs Anger and the unclassifiable Moustache (Half a Scissor). The writers praise his fearless experimentalism, harsh textures, and ear-worm loops. Flat Beat and Flat Eric are referenced as his breakthrough, with nods to his film Rubber. Overall tone: admiring of his gleeful deconstruction.