I loved Colder the first time I saw the video for ‘Crazy Love’ on MTV2’s ‘120 Minutes’ show. Although I don’t get to watch the programme as much as I’d like to, it’s been a regular source of bringing great artists to my attention. Some people dismiss Colder as a Joy Division clone. It would be silly to suggest that Marc Nguyen Tan isn’t influenced by JD and he’s also influenced by Kraftwerk. The fact is that these two bands are amongst my favourites so sounding like both of them is no bad thing in my book. As you can see from the video, there are similarities between the running man in the animation and Ian Curtis’ odd dancing.
I suppose what made me think of Colder was watching the Joy Division biopic ‘Control’ over the weekend. I found this to be a very moving film. It was extremely sad to watch a film knowing the “hero” of the film was going to die and seeing the people who obviously cared for him helplessly trying to bring him back from the brink of his despair. Given that many of the actors were largely unknown and that this was Anton Corbijn’s directorial debut, I feel the film is a triumph on all levels and would recommend it as essential viewing for Joy Division fans.
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