Friday 20 August 2021

Mr Oizo

Mr Oizo is a pseudonym of French born (Apr 14) musician and movie director Quentin Dupieux. Best known for the instrumental track "Flat Beat" that was used in commercials featuring the puppet Flat Eric for Levi's jeans. Oizo is a homophonic intentional misspelling of the word "oiseau," (pronounced wa-ZO) which means "bird" in the French language.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1999    1	Flat Beat

What happened next?
Mr Oizo as Quentin went on to write and direct a few films, Rubber (2010), Realite (2014) and Deerskin (2019).

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