Yellow Vinyl, Picture Sleeve
After the promo version flew off the sleeves, now comes the full picture sleeve, yellow vinyl version of French live
trio, Oden & Fatzo’s chart topping, house smash hit, ‘Lauren’ limited to 1000 copies. A bootleg experiment that got
out of hand, Oden & Fatzo’s Radio 1 A-listed single is the accidental hit that everyone is talking about.
So how do you go about making an ‘accidental hit’, by accident of course… The track came about when French DJ
Fatzo tried to demonstrate the difference between an edit and a remix to his dad, “… I took a song from the band
Men I Trust, sped it up and added a drum beat and violin. After playing it to Oden, they loved it, and in turn, added
their secret ingredients.”
Unlike the name might suggest, Oden & Fatzo consists of three people: The Parisian underground collective are a
powerful fusion of the electronic live duo Oden, and house DJ Fatzo. Back in 2020 a bootleg version of ‘Lauren’ was
uploaded to the YouTube channel of the electronic label Novaj, kicking off an unforeseeable wave of enthusiasm.
That video is now approaching 3 million views. Enthralled listeners begged for a commercial release, a year later
Ministry of Sound/B1 cleared the sample and the track started its march across the airwaves and up the charts.
With its captivating beat and nostalgic catchiness, ‘Lauren’ makes up for the party nights lost to the pandemic
lockdowns, and sees people dancing in their homes and on the streets, as concerts, parties, and live sets are finally
making a return. As the trio put it: “This song was all about hope, freedom and a party atmosphere at a time when
you couldn’t go anywhere. We think it gave everyone who heard it a little bit of an escape, including us.”
Meanwhile in the UK, the track has seen early support, not only by names like Franky Wah, Danny Howard, Pete
Tong, Annie Mac, Jax Jones, Jodie Harsh, HUGEL, Bakermat, Cut Snake, Salomé Le Chat, Piem, David Gausa and many
more, but also by the incredibly ecstatic party crowds.