Mr. Oizo | 'Positif' ๐น๐๐ถ The eccentric Mr. Oizo greatlyโฆ
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Mr. Oizo | 'Positif' ๐น๐๐ถ
The eccentric Mr. Oizo greatly amuses me. With its strange textures, awkward little loops and deliberately ugly sounds, his music can initially sound like it really shouldn't work, before becoming completely addictive.
'Positif' comes from his 2008 album *Lambs Anger*, and I had no idea there was a darker interpretation behind such an upbeat track. Obviously the title means 'positive' in French, and apparently the repeated synthetic voice saying things like "Stop reproducing", "Youโre all animals" and "You will die" refers to HIV/AIDS.
That reading makes the track feel surprisingly morbid beneath all the bounce and silliness.
It also cuts up Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust', which gives the song an extra-dark association given Freddie Mercury's death from AIDS (whether or not that was actually Oizo's intention).
From a production perspective, Mr. Oizo has said he sometimes records live synths, cuts out the best fragments and constructs a track from them, adding that this was exactly how he made 'Positif'. Very fitting for something that sounds simultaneously chaotic and weirdly precise.
Deceptively catchy, slightly deranged and somehow extremely danceable, this song basically represents everything I enjoy about Mr. Oizo ๐ซ๐ท
#music
The eccentric Mr. Oizo greatly amuses me. With its strange textures, awkward little loops and deliberately ugly sounds, his music can initially sound like it really shouldn't work, before becoming completely addictive.
'Positif' comes from his 2008 album *Lambs Anger*, and I had no idea there was a darker interpretation behind such an upbeat track. Obviously the title means 'positive' in French, and apparently the repeated synthetic voice saying things like "Stop reproducing", "Youโre all animals" and "You will die" refers to HIV/AIDS.
That reading makes the track feel surprisingly morbid beneath all the bounce and silliness.
It also cuts up Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust', which gives the song an extra-dark association given Freddie Mercury's death from AIDS (whether or not that was actually Oizo's intention).
From a production perspective, Mr. Oizo has said he sometimes records live synths, cuts out the best fragments and constructs a track from them, adding that this was exactly how he made 'Positif'. Very fitting for something that sounds simultaneously chaotic and weirdly precise.
Deceptively catchy, slightly deranged and somehow extremely danceable, this song basically represents everything I enjoy about Mr. Oizo ๐ซ๐ท
#music
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