Mr. Oizo

a fantastic dark electonica, experimental album. this is not for the faint hearted. dirty basslines and heavy beats (with a few funky cuts) make this album appeal to the less maistream electro fans. the famous 'flatbeat' tune is probably one of the weaker tracks so if your getting this album based on that song, your in for a treat. awesome

This is the best techno album that i have heard yet. Its simplistic dirty drum and bass style is unlike any i've heard yet. This album really gave me faith in the whole genre, because i am usually not very intrigued with techno music in general. Includes a sweet little video for "flat beat" which proves to be a nice little addition. All in all, great from start to finish.

Tastefully kitsch, chunky, funky and heavy... This album makes me want to bob my head and that makes me happy.

If you like Oizo, check out Wagon Christ's Throbbing Pouch... It's a bit more downtempo and the mood is just *slighty* darker; but it still bobs along a similar vein...

I first bought this cd back in 2001 and loved it immediately. I always thought Flat Beat was a bit overrated, and the rest of the album is what I like in Mr. Oizo- harder and wierder. Until I hear anything close to its sound, 5 stars.

One last thing- it's the perfect cd to crash a wedding party, especially track 8. Timeless.

Not too many people have heard of Mr. Oizo, aside from, perhaps, "Flat Beat" which aired on MTV for a number of weeks a couple years ago (God forbid anyone actually watch that channel though). After hearing "Flat Beat" I immediately fell in love (and who could resist with that curiously humorous puppet from the video?)

After listening to the album all the way through, I immediately started it over and switched on 'repeat'. This is an album that I can hardly stop listening to. Its funky sounds and curious off-beat tempo adds an almost unsurpassable flavor to the songs.

Although this CD is incredibly amazing (to me) I had to give it a 4 out of 5 because of the repitition of sounds and beats. As much as I love it, anyone out there that isn't into this particular genre may find the repeating beats and sounds annoying about halfway through the album.

If you liked "Flat Beat" and particularly enjoy the electronica genre this album is a definite "must have".

Mr. and Miss. Oizo:
I am going to carry the child for them.
My balls are heavy with sweat. Sweat for Oizo.
I THINK GOD HAD A HAND IN THIS.
Here is a list to discribe Oizo-

1. When They Called Him a fake.
2. Bottom Totem
3. Animal Counter-Attack!!!
4. PRESS and HOLD
5. A Tissue For Her Slobber
6. Time To Get Dizzy In The Back Yard!
7. Violent Menace And His Spooky Stare.
8. I Make Stuff Up.
9. Play in the candy fountain.
10. Piano teeth.
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Mabe I am going in the wrong direction here.
I like it, It is really nice on the ears. With plenty of things to keep you interested. Sick beats in great harmony.
Buy this album or die in a car fire.
xoxo

LUCA MAINI's igloomag.com REVIEW ::

(06.07.06) Back in 1999 Analog Worms Attack hit me like a baseball bat on my gums, I was still listening to some hip-hop and that record deconstructed pretty much all the musical standards I knew at the time, plus there was the huge surprise hearing an album that was so distant from the huge success of the Flat Eric TV commercial. Moustache (Half A Scissor) is not as striking for me, but only because after a few years I'm used to extreme stuff; I think that an average F Com listener would be very unsettled instead.

This time Mr. Oizo gives his interpretation of disco music, and it's like taking dusty old tapes of Studio 54 music, chopping them into little pieces and then reassemble them randomly. As several interludes reclaim, "this is computer muuuusic!" The result is a noisy hardcore version of Akufen music: intentional glitches everywhere, hiccupping beats, surface noise boosted to the maximum and still this messy demolished disco retains a shadow of rhythmical texture. You could almost dance to tracks like "Latex," "Nurse Bob" and "Square Surf" (if only they would last more than 2-3 minutes), but you can only go nuts when you listen to screwballs such as "Berleef" or "Scum Hotel." Moustache... is the disco/electro equivalent of Bogdan Razcynski or Venetian Snares, so be prepared for catchy bouncing basslines hindered by sudden interruptions, out of tempo beats and screeching samples. There's a tune that stands out on all this oddity, and it's the minimal electro-techno stomper "Stunt," produced with Sebastian Tellier: a kick, a snare, the most baroque synth melody you can imagine and a thick layer of surface noise smearing everything. Moustache... --it's a forty minute long floor-clearer, it would be an excellent death blow to disco and electro revival, but I fear that the musical market will be continuously submerged by silly compilations that recycle the same tunes.

Oh yeah, slipping in under most peoples radars in Sept of 05, is the maniacal Mr.Oizo. Weighing in at just under ten tons of middle finger and giving all the glitch prudes out there a run for their money. Where Prefuse 73 finds his niche in oddly cut jazz excerpts organized in an angular fashion but ultimately possing no more threat than Mouse on Mars, and where Aphex Twin glitches between better received ambient notions and his singles-passed-off-as-albums mentality, Oizo returns with all the unapologetic belligerence of a broken robot on a rampage to shake the sleepy seeds out of Autechre. He was obviously a tad offended by being labeled a sellout filmmaker raking in Levis money with little more than "minimal house" set to a cute sock puppet video. This time he seems far more rabid for rule breaking. It feels like he took Analog Worms Attack and shoved it into a woodchipper. This whole album is cut into off-the-grid time signatures that start and stop with a herky jerky pace. The reason that works for me is because I never thought Oizo was anything but a sound and video artist with a hilarious sense of humor, and I savor every morsel. I still crack up at the paused bass lines of Analog Worms Attack and the strange scratch passages lent by his now-absent DJ. Reviewers seem to have looked over the fact that Mr.O stiil drops the funk on cuts like "Latex," but he just doesn't give it to you like you want it, instead he surprises the listener with twists and turns that would leave any programmer saying "how the hell did he do that." In this way, Moustache could be summarized as a magic show of apparently ripped-open drum machine wizardry, because at times it seems like he's done something terrible to his computer utilizing techniques like the random dual needle drop beat juggle of DJ Swamp. He seems a little obsessed with producing the effect of two kids fighting over the radio dial, but for those wishing to dive into something truly glitchy as opposed to the illusions of the forerunners of IDM, Oizo has decided to get off the bench and truly break something off. This is more sound sculpture than it is music, but at least he lets the beat play out more than Mike Patton (See Fantomas "Suspended Animation"). What could this guy possibly do next-hopefully shoot some sick new puppet videos for this madness. My wish list of collaborators I would love for Mr.O grows every time I listen: Beans/APC, Quasimoto/Madlib, MF Doom, Kid Koala, Busdriver, Kid 606, Mike Patton, Del (whom I could swear I heard a sample from in here somewhere) you name it-all the most damaged vocalists should know this man well, but probably don't. At moments this tangled knot of blips may seem unlistenable to some, I admit, but at least it doesn't drag like the last three so-called "experimental" albums from Bjork. Oh yeah, and there's still a faint suggestion of "minimal house," but this time it's more like really fast glitch house. It's a little overwhelming actually, but that's how I like my Oizo: greasy and smothered with mayonnaise.

Perhaps you started with Analog Worms Attack after listening to Flat Beat and learned to love the noisy funk that Analog Worms specialized in. And after a couple of years, you stumble across this album and you wonder, does the album art justify my curiosity?
The only answer is 'perhaps.' This sophomoric release is a tease that ends up feeling like a bizarrely polished demo tape. Moustache veers thematically in ways that echo a savant who has just discovered a drum machine (while fully realizing its potential). Although each track feels self-contained and fully evolved, it always seems to reach an untimely demise once finished. Moustache ends up feeling like an attention starved train of thought constantly exploring new ideas while retaining a singular vision. And while the album doesn't run round in circles, it does feel like it spirals towards an exuberant state of mind distinctly distant from Analog Worms.

This album made me want to break down and cry. I was really hoping to hear some more of the low end funked out basslines from the "Attack of the Analog Worms" disc. I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one let down by Mr. O. this time around. It just sounds like someone compiled a bunch of chopped up and random sounds together and hit the record button. I know there could have been much more to this release but it just didn't happen, at least not for me anyway. If you are expecting the electronic head nodding bliss of "Flat Beat" you may consider looking elsewhere.

I first saw the video for this song in France during the summer of '99, and immediately I knew it was something spectacular! Flat Eric is so awesome and unique, and the song itself is so pulse-pounding, you simply cannot stand still while listening to it! PHAT!

The little furry yellow/orange guy in the Levi commercials DOES have a name. He is "Flat Eric". Do a search on Yahoo! and you'll be surprised at how many fan pages there are out there for him! He's been in Europe since like Februaury. Why does America gotta suck sooo much sometimes? Anyway, I'm glad he's finally here and I love this song! Enjoy! :)

I love the song flat beat. Flat Eric and Angel kick major A$$. need I say more?

I just spent 6 months in Italy and this song is the bomb. The head bombing dance that goes with it is awesome. And of course the Levis commercial, why they don't use it in this country I do not know. Really the beat is just cool

I just want all of you to know that this little fluffy yellow thingy that you love so much is my boyfriend... Well not really, but since all of us (friends and family) have seen the Levis commercial we have dubbed the puppet "Don". We can't stop laughing when we watch it. Everyone's immediate response is "O MY GOD!!! THAT'S SO DON!!!"

Anyhoo.... Love the Song, Love the Commercial - It has a good beat and it's fun to dance to.

And to all of you that don't have a good 'techno' scene.... ATLANTA ROCKS!

If you enjoy new music coming from every angle but ordinary than oizo is something you should check out.

some cool, yellow puppet named flat eric will get you movin around. thanks to mr oizo, this cool sound will enable us to experience the 'coolness' of the world...

Impress all of your friends with your hipness. This track is featured in a popular series of Levis ads in Europe. Best enjoyed with a yellow puppet named Flat Eric. I recommend that you wear a rubber suit and big goggles when listening to this one.

If you ordered this product, you should probably cancel the order. There is no CD version of this single, only a 12" vinyl. I already notified Amazon of this problem so the item will most likely be removed eventually.

I bought this CD just for the hell of it--I saw the video a few times and thought it was pretty funny. When I brought it home and threw it in my stereo, I was amazed at the pure electronica pouring out of my crappy RCA speakers. This is the kind of electronica you dream about! If you like wacked-out techno or music that sounds like alien abduction, you *must* buy this CD.

I bought this for a laugh, as I enjoyed the Levi's commercials that features the Flat Eric puppet. However, the music is really good - it's mostly minimalist electronic beats, and it managed to stray outside the perfect rhythm most electronica falls into.The music isn't as dramatic or elaborate as, say, the Chemical Brothers (not neccessarily a bad thing), but it manages to carry a fun mood with a minimum of instrumentation. The songs seem to bear replaying well, too, which is uncommon for this style of music.

If you are sick of normal radio rubbish, and the usual club music then Anolog Worms Attacks is the cd for you ! With distorted bass effects and offbeats Mr Oizo has formed a new genre of music....I recomend this and his previous album to anyone...

although io do not have this album yet, i know for a fact that his single "flat beat" rocks every world. i hope that his album does too, and i would assume it will.

The video for Analog Worms Attack is the best that I have ever seen - the music is also brilliant and very humorous