OSCAR AND THE WOLF

Music is essentially very democratic: every budding musician has to make do with the same 12 notes, so everyone has equal opportunities. However, it's what you do with those do-re-mi-enz that makes the difference. Start with a fairy-tale artist name, put on an unforgettable live show and thank your genes for giving you the exceptional talent to sprinkle your studio experiments with heavenly melodies. Just like us, you probably thought of OSCAR AND THE WOLF when we rattled off the above theories. Every time Max/Oscar and the Wolf comes to Lokeren, it gets a little misty here, due to the haze of mystery that always seems to surround him. For example, you will rarely catch him asking embarrassing questions on Erik Van Looy's show, and we cannot remember Max ever wearing a shirt with a logo that spoils the pointed beauty of the collar.  Max communicates through his music, with wonder hits such as “Strange entity” (2014 already), “You're mine” (2015), “Breathing” (2017), “Warrior” (2022) or “Somebody without you” (from the fantastic latest release, “Taste”).  Or with “Angelface”, a three-and-a-half-minute intoxication that, we know from the very best source, seems to fit perfectly as the soundtrack to budding love. And that is precisely what makes Oscar and the Wolf completely unique. At Spotify, they must have cursed when they launched him internationally, having to come up with yet another music genre. But you, with Oscar and the Wolf, have found the ideal accompaniment for an endless summer, for a perfect youth that will hopefully continue for years to come, or the ultimate cure for a bad summer and an unhappy childhood. Oscar and the Wolf will be back with us on Wednesday 5 August, once again generous with sing-along moments, once again showing that the greatest artists are capable of making the world a much more beautiful place than it often is for a good hour with just twelve notes.