I waited a few days before attempting to download Mr. Oizo‘s latest EP ‘STADE 3′ for free from his highly suicidal website, as there were reports of it crashing a million times and people not being able to “find” the download link.
Anyway, the wait was worth it. The storm blew over, people calmed down and I got it pretty easy. Head over to his website and grab it.
Berlin producer/remixer Theatre Of Delays has done a remix for Mr. Oizo‘s Douche Beat off his recent Stade 2 LP.
It’s being offered as a free download. Give it a listen below and grab the mp3 here.
Stade 2 is out now on Ed Banger Records
Besides releasing crazy electro on Ed Banger, the man behind Flat Beat/Flat Eric Mr. Oizo (aka Quentin Dupieux) is also a director. If you’ve heard of or seen Rubber, you’ll know that his films are just as mental as his music.
Rubber, released in 2010, is an absurdist thriller about a tire that comes to life and embarks on a killing spree in a Californian desert, killing people by vibrating intensely and psycho-kinetically causing their heads to explode. There was also Steak, released in 2007. Not that I know what that one was about or of anyone who’ve actually seen it, but it’s got a killer soundtrack featuring Mr. Oizo himself & Sebastien Tellier.
Next year will see the release of his next film, Wrong. A teaser has just been released, stating it will debut at Sundance in 2012. In competition. That’s a pretty big deal, right? The film stars Jack Plotnick – who played a psychologist with a foot fetish on one of my favorite tv shows ever, Lovespring International.
Whether it will be good or not, you can bet the soundtrack is going to kick ass.
Watch the teaser for it below. Music by Mr. Oizo & Tahiti Boy.
Surkin – USA
Energy-driven, electro funk that blends modern electro with classic French funk. Perhaps a little too nostalgic, it sounds like it was produced in 2007.
Rating: 6/10
Renaissance Man – The Renaissance Man Project
A collection of 12 songs that will push the boundaries of electronic dance music for any artist that wishes to dabble in such an intricate sound. The days of tech house and dance music are behind Renaissance Man as they venture into a refined, exquisite sound that will be very hard to duplicate.
Rating: 8/10
Mr. Oizo – Stade 2
Frenchman, film director and master of sick sounds Quentin Dupieux is back with his fourth album Stade 2. Plenty of the usual weirdness, it’s a charming, wild mix of organic and electronic sounds, synths, whacky samples and complex, funky rhythms.
Rating: 7/10
L-Vis 1990 – Neon Dreams
A disorientating record, spiraling out of control with collaborators Javeon McCarthy and Julio Bashmore, that should grow into relevance because of it’s futuristic Chicago house sound.
Rating: 6/10
Fred Falke – Part IV
The long awaited debut album from one of the best producers/remixers out there doesn’t disappoint. Mostly instrumental, the album’s slick, euphoric French House productions are nothing short of pop perfection. Prepare for a wallop of funky disco grooves, hazy electronica and searing House beats!
Rating: 8.5/10
Buraka Som Sistema – Komba
The new full-length from the Portuguese dance collective finds them assembling Jamaican dancehall, Brazilian favela beats, South African ghetto-tech, and video-game ear candy like colorful Lego blocks on an earthy yet impeccably crafted working-class fiesta for dance-floor zombies and vampires of all nations.
Rating: 7.5/10
Class Actress – Rapprocher
A tight little album from Brooklyn singer-songwriter Elizabeth Harper, full of melodramatic pop tunes dripping in ’80s loving.
Rating: 7.5/10
Crookers – Dr. Gonzo
Their follow up to Tons Of Friends is a unique, techno-infused electronic album. Showcasing the evolution of their sound, this remains inherently an electro album, but it has a unique, tribal theme, definitive of the Dr. Gonzo aesthetic.
Rating 8/10
Billy Bogus – Night Movie
An exercise in twilight disco propulsion, rich with fuzz, funk, world sounds and sci-fi tendencies.
Rating: 7/10
Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed debut Lungs is a gorgeous, layered album filled with contradictions and complexities in sound and lyric. It is filled with words and sounds that are dark and romantic, inviting and forbidden, accessible and hidden. The songs can be soaring, anthemic, and dramatic and Welch’s voice can be ferocious and expansive one minute and tiny and vulnerable the next.
Rating: 8/10
Modeselektor – Monkeytown
Intelligent, progressive & well-constructed dance music, twisting tempos and convention. Thom Yorke guests on two tracks.
Rating: 8.5/10
Pandr Eyez – Eyes On You
London duo’s stylish, 5-track EP owing as much to 70s soul as to modern electronica. Recontextualizing rap and R&B but also having fun at the same time, this is hard to place, but accessible pop music of the highest standard.
Rating: 8.5/10
Phantogram – Nightlife EP
The new EP from New York trip hop duo shines. Gorgeous electronic music with intricate beats and dazzling vocals that has a dance-floor-meets-after-hours feel.
Rating: 8/10
The Sound Of Arrows - Voyage
Euphoric synth pop from this Swedish duo reminiscent of early Pet Shop Boys.
Rating: 7/10
Saint Saviour – Suukei EP
Another gorgeously original set of songs with her soaring Kate Bush-esque voice. Includes a cover of Army Dreamers.
Rating: 8/10
Mr. Oizo – Douche Beat
A beat for all the douches.
