Marc Nguyen Tan (born 1974), known professionally as Colder, is a French

dance music Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance musi ...

ian and

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art that involves creating visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdisciplinary branch of ...

er who is also a DJ and

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who remains actively involved in dance music and other projects. Colder's sound is rooted in the

post-punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in late 1977 in the wake of punk rock. Post-punk musicians departed from punk's fundamental elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a broader, more experiment ...

and

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of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Colder is also influenced by dub and

krautrock Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It originated among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, avant-garde composition, and electron ...

Biography

After studying film at university, Tan started to work as junior art director in 1995 for Grolier Interactive, then became art director at the Shaman design studio. He worked as art director for TV on-air design, then directed promos and title sequences as a

freelancer ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

for Eurosport cable channel. He co-founded "Le Cabinet. Paris." with Benoit Emery in May 2000. To date, Tan has released five studio albums under the Colder moniker: '' Again'' in July 2003, ''

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'' in July 2005, ''Many Colours'' in November 2015, and ''Goodbye'' and ''The Rain'', both released simultaneously in June 2016. As Colder, Tan provided a remix for

Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists ...

's song "Clean" for their 2004 ''

Remixes 81–04 ''Remixes 81–04'' is a remix album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 25 October 2004. It was the band's first release since Daniel Miller's independent label Mute Records was acquired by industry major EMI in 2002. ...

'' album.

Discography

Albums

* '' Again'' (7 July 2003) * ''

'' (4 July 2005) * ''Many Colours'' (6 November 2015) * ''The Rain'' (24 June 2016) * ''Goodbye'' (24 June 2016)

Singles & EPs

* "Shiny Star" (28 April 2003) * "Crazy Love" (10 November 2003) * "Wrong Baby" (27 June 2005) * "To the Music" (6 February 2006) * "Turn Your Back" (25 May 2015) * "Midnight Fever" (22 June 2015) * "Your Kind" (18 December 2015) * ''Some Lost Tapes'' EP (16 April 2016) * ''Black Magic'' EP (collaboration with Kasper Bjørke) (15 September 2017)

References

External links

Colder Interview by Alexander Laurence

Discogs biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colder French dance musicians 1974 births Living people French remixers Trip hop musicians