This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Move over, Metallica — there’s a new master of puppets in town. And no, I don’t mean Ed the Sock.
Meet European techno sensation Mr. Oizo (pronounced WAH-zo), the alter-ego of French artist and filmmaker Quentin Dupieux. The 25-year-old non-musician, who began puttering around with synths just a few years back, became ze toast of ze town when he created a muppet named Flat Eric, licensed it to Levi’s and used his own twisted, endearingly amateurish tunes to score a series of TV ads. Now he and Eric are poised to kick that talking Chihuahua right in his chalupas. So, when you can’t turn on MuchMusic without seeing a ginger bear rockin’ the house to a funky, Daft Punk-style electrobeat built from lurching, distorted drum machines, throbbing subterranean basses and squishy, buzzing synths — a thick, chunky style Dupieux fittingly dubs “dirty house” — well, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Man, Ed’s gonna be ticked.
