Early life

Quentin Dupieux was born on 14 April 1974 in Paris. At the age of 12, he found a
camera and started taking photographs. At 17, he began to play music to illustr
ate his images, and he bought his first synthesizer. In 1997, Laurent Garnier of
the record label FCom bought a car from Mr. Oizo's father.[2] Garnier then foun
d out about Dupieux's talents and let him direct the music video for his song "F
lashback". Later, Dupieux was signed to FCom, which he released his first EP, "#
1".[citation needed]
"Flat Beat"
Dupieux released "Flat Beat" in January 1999, a track consisting mainly of a rep
eated bass loop and a drum sample from "Put Your Love in My Tender Care" by The
Fatback Band. In an interview with XLR8R magazine, Dupieux stated that it took h
im only two hours with a Korg MS-20 to produce. However, Flat Beat became a hit
throughout Europe in 1999, becoming the best-known Mr. Oizo release. The track w
as featured in a series of Levi's jeans TV commercials, which featured a yellow
puppet named Flat Eric nodding his head to the rhythm while riding in an old, be
at-up car. Flat Eric was also featured in the song's music video. The Flat Beat
EP has sold over three million copies.[citation needed] The song reached number
1 in the UK.
Analog Worms Attack
After "Flat Beat", Oizo spent two months creating his first full album, Analog W
orms Attack, which was released in 1999. The album's name was derived from the a
lbum's production
it was composed entirely using analog equipment. The record sc
ratching effects were provided by Mr. Oizo's friend Feadz. "Flat Beat" appeared
as a bonus track after the five minutes of silence following the final track "An
alog Wormz Sequel". There are a total of three singles off of this album. A vers
ion of "No Day Massacre" without any record scratching exists on the Flat Beat E
P, titled "Monday Massacre".
Moustache (Half a Scissor)
Moustache (Half a Scissor) was Mr. Oizo's second studio album. Released in 2005,
the album was composed exclusively using computers as he had by that time decid
ed to eschew the use of analog equipment. The extensive time it took to remodel
his studio and master the use of computers in composing electronic music is cite
d as the reason for the long hiatus between Analog Worms Attack and Moustache (H
alf a Scissor).[citation needed] Before its public release, a promo CD was relea
sed onto the internet featuring three tracks not on the original release: "CPU",
"Nazis", and "A Nun."
Some songs on the
urse Bob" is much
ocal samples into
debut release on

promo differ from the released album versions. For example, "N
longer on the final release whilst the promo version splices v
a much shorter version. This is his only album not to have its
vinyl; in January 2011 it was released through Brainfeeder.[3]