As the clock strikes nine, the lights dim, the furore builds and the 24-year-old clambers across an assault course of amps and effects pedals in a mystic wraith of machine-made fog.
Having released his debut album Cut And Paste to high praise earlier this summer Oscar has now taken to the road in support of it and tonight he arrives in Newcastle full of beans following a day off.
Once a recording studio for Echo and the Bunneymen, The Smiths, Coldplay and Bjork, the revamped Studio 2 on Parr Street was now to play host to another night of music.