Colder – “Inside” (Stereogum Premiere)

Colder – “Inside” (Stereogum Premiere)

French producer Marc Nguyen Tan, better known as Colder, is an electronic innovator. His sound amalgamates artful waves of the past ranging from krautrock to post-punk while propelling his music into the future via dark electronica. Though Colder released his third album Many Colours late last year and shared a new EP called Some Lost Tapes on Record Store Day, the project is not easing into a break between album cycles. Rather, Colder will release two albums on the same day this June, a rhythm-heavy collection called Goodbye and a more ambient set called The Rain.

With the announcement of his upcoming albums, Colder has released “Inside,” the first single off Goodbye. It’s a mellow, transformative krautrock track that takes you into into the mindset of an individual questioning their sanity. The song begins slowly, with only a few quiet, paced synthetic rhythms at play as Nguyen Tan gently sings, “What’s going on inside?” And something is going on inside, as the song takes a different turn, whirling you into bold percussion, trickles of guitar, and intensifying, distorted sounds like that of voices speaking a foreign language in your head. Throughout the song, though, the same sequencer rhythm remains, perhaps illustrating the bit of sanity that exists even among the chaos. Listen below.

Goodbye tracklist:

01 “Blackhole Speedway”
02 “Sad Faces”
03 “The Hill”
04 “Sugar”
05 “Inside”
06 “Cold Hand Bop”
07 “So Easy”
08 “Some Passions (Version)”
09 “Goodbye”

The Rain tracklist:

01 “The Rain”
02 “Mango Coconut”
03 “Market Day”
04 “Pass And Go (Demo Version)”
05 “Maracas”
06 “All Along The Way”
07 “Re 501 Friday Night”
08 “Forth”
09 “Holy Night”

Goodbye and The Rain are out 6/24 via Bataille. Pre-order them here.

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