FEW NOLDER - IF LIMITED 10 - CONNAISSEUR

Nobody can deny the fact that Vilnius in Lithuania is currently a very creative and agile place. First and foremost Mario Basanov of course, whose Ten Walls moniker swept the board last year and whose hype seems to have only just started. His popularity was heightened by the start of his own label Boso. It took off with the highly praised -Walking With Elephants-, which was already one of the biggest tunes of this summer, before it even came out. The second release is by Few Nolder, another highly talented native from Vilnius, who showed frst signs of life on Connaisseur with his lovely tune -Space Espace- on our last edition of Livingroom Techno as well as with his remix for -Canto D Amore- by Marco Effe & Francesco Carone. -Clouds- is the name of his Boso release, and it looks to be the next big thing for this young label. For his frst own release on Connaisseur he delivered -IF-.The fact that it is different from his other output is why we have decided to present this tune in two versions as a 10- vinyl-only single. The original is a summerish and catchy house cut with a bouncy bassline and a slightly UK-approach.This tune makes you move without there being much you can do about it. The alt version goes deeper, building up with a question/answer theme until a strong, driving piano element joins to complete the track. Lovers of older Pokerflat releases will truly enjoy this version.

With an ever-increasing release schedule things are going particularly well for Lithuanian producer Linas Strockis at this point, and now he sidles up to Connaisseur with two variations on a theme that show off the playful and catchy style he is making his name on. The original mix of "If" is a light and fluttering house cut with a recognisable vocal hook and some choice emotive synth lines. Meanwhile on the flip the "alt version" opts for a more adventurous approach that works a restrained line in melodics made up of craftily interplaying tones that maintain the peak time energy always to be found in a Few Nolder jam.