Colder – Influences

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As the nights seem to begin earlier, the number of puffy coats you see in the streets increases and gas bills begin to rise it can only mean one thing – it's time to get Colder. Lining up the release of his new album Many Colours for release at the start of November, the always intense producer is set to return to the long-form for the first time in a decade – having only ventured into this format twice before with Again in 2002 and Heat in 2005. The delay means he's likely to have put plenty of time and effort into getting this third LP just right and we're very excited for its release. So excited, in fact, that we knocked on Colder's door countless times until he agreed to tell us about some of the sounds that have inspired him the most – check them all out by using the list at the top left of the page.

Many Colours is out on 6th November via Bataille.

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Ernest Gibson - Everywhere You Roam

This first – influential – choice is actually a recent release from two years ago from American musician Ernest Gibson. He released a few records and I don’t know too much about him but I was really impressed by this album called “Desert Island”. It’s dark, deep and obsessional, the way I like…

Ernest Gibson - Everywhere You Roam

This first – influential – choice is actually a recent release from two years ago from American musician Ernest Gibson. He released a few records and I don’t know too much about him but I was really impressed by this album called “Desert Island”. It’s dark, deep and obsessional, the way I like…
Crisis - White Youth

This controversial UK band started as an anti-nazi live act and became through a strange turn of things its exact opposite. Nonetheless, “holocaust hymns” remains for me a great, strong and somehow visceral Brit post-punk record.
Alien Sex Fiend - Dead And Buried

Within the ’80s/’90s goth scene, ASF was a bit of an exception as they managed to translate their own vision of the whole goth genre into a sort of parodic but very efficient, dance act. It’s very “cliché” but it still keeps it singularity and hasn’t aged so much…
Skinny Puppy- Church

Church in Hell! A classic!
Nox - Badi

One of the best and most unknown French bands. Two guys and a girl. Cecile Babiole later became the french goddess of 3D/computer animations – one of the two guys, Laurent Pernice, had the smallest but best record store ever in Paris at Chateau Rouge. As a student I even wanted to write a “mémoire” about them. Never did it but great memories all in all.
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (Original)

Bowie, Deneuve and Peter Murphy – another classic.
The Grief - J'Étais Fait Pour T'Aimer

Another great French band. J.L Morgère, once its leader, mixed “Again” and “Heat” and followed Colder on tour for a year. He is now – and has been for something like 15 years – performing under the name “Norscq”.
Severed Heads - All Saints Day

The Australian electro/new wave super star. Love his vocals and lyrics and how they blend with his strange arrangements.
Coil - Teenage Lightning 2

No comment.
Ymo - Perspective

I’m not a die hard fan of Sakamoto. I know there are many around. However, this album, “Office”, still stands in particular place for me. It’s electronic, metronomic but vibrant, silly but meaningful, deep and light at the same time. It was often played in loop in my CD player back then.