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Thomas Azier (born in Leiderdorp, Netherlands, on 14 August 1987) is a Dutch avant-pop singer and musician.[1]

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Thomas Azier
Thomas Azier in 2020
Background information
Born	(1987-08-14) 14 August 1987 (age 35) Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Hylas Records Mercury Records
Website	www.thomasazier.com

Azier studied at the Academie voor Popcultuur in Leeuwarden in 2005. At age 19, he moved to Berlin, Germany, where he performed in various night venues. In 2012, he won the Friesland Pop Talent Award and released two EPs, Hylas 001 and Hylas 002 on his own Hylas Records label which led to a deal with Universal Music France (Island France / Mercury Music Group).

Debut album Hylas

In 2014, he had his first studio album Hylas released, the result of 5 years of work. It has charted in the Netherlands, France and Belgium. The album became Album of the Week at VPRO's 3VOOR12 in Holland and the single Red Eyes became Single of the Week at iTunes. Another single from the album - Ghostcicty - was featured in the series Lucifer.

Azier also co-wrote and played on several songs on the album Racine carrée by the Belgian singer Stromae and as a solo artist he provided the support acts during his tour and tours of Woodkid.

Rouge, Stray & Raven On The First Floor

In 2017, Azier released his second studio album Rouge, which featured the succesful radio singles Talk To Me and Gold.

The music on the album Stray, 2018, was composed and produced fully on the move, a travel that took him from Kyoto to Abidjan, Paris, New York, Berlin and back to the Netherlands. The tension of constant travel resulted in the fact that the entire album was recorded and created on his laptop with a USB microphone in several hotels and short term rental flats. Stray was released independently on Azier's label Hylas Records. The song Vertigo was released as a single. Echoes, White Horses and Hymn became live favourites.

The EP Raven On The First Floor was released in 2019, including the singles Map Of Your Loneliness and Strangling Song. On the EP Thomas collaborated with the German multi-instrumentalist Obi Blanch for the first time .

Love, Disorderly, A Collection Of Broken Ideas & new music

The album Love, Disorderly was released on Hylas Records on 12 June 2020. Preceded by the short films Love, Disorderly, Entertainment and Hold On Tight. Thomas' version of Gala' 1997 hit Freed From Desire was featured on the album as well.

In 2021 - during the pandemic - the meditative A Collection Of Broken Ideas was released, a more 40-minute, largely instrumental piece, divided into Side A and Side B. About the piece Thomas wrote on his Facebook page: "Recorded at my home studio over the past year, these compositions kept me company when making music with others was impossible. I searched for space in my music and these ideas gave me hope. Now I hope it can do the same for you".

During his club tour in October 2022, Azier announced a new album to be released in February 2023. Preceded by the singles Faces, Blister & Skin and Pelechian.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions
		NED [2]	BEL (Fl) [3]	BEL (Wa) [4]	FRA [5]
2014	Hylas	24	144	60	57
2017	Rouge	18	137	168	82 [6]
2018	Stray		101
2020	Love, Disorderly
2021	A Collection Of Broken Ideas

EPs

• Hylas 001 (2012)
• Hylas 002 (2013)
• Live At Studio Davout, Paris (2017)
• S t r a y (2018)
• Raven On The First Floor (2019)
• Too Much Entertainment (Remixes) (2020)
• A Collection Of Broken Ideas (2021)

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		NED	BEL (Fl) [3]	BEL (Wa) [4]	FRA [5]
2012	"Red Eyes"				79
2013	"Ghostcity"
2016	"Talk To Me"		Tip
2017	"Gold"			Tip
2018	"Hymn"
2018	"Vertigo"
2019	"Strangling Song"
2020	"Entertainment"
2020	"Hold On Tonight"
2021	"Buryatia"
2022	"Skin & Blister"
2022	"Sick Loop Lover"
2022	"Pelechian"
2022	"Faces"

Videography

• Angelene - Directed by Sander Houtkruijer [7]
• Ghostcity - Directed by Sander Houtkruijer [8]
• Verwandlung - Directed by Sander Houtkruijer [9]
• Love, Disorderly - Directed by Laurent Chanez [10]
• Winners - Directed by Ellen Treasure
• Entertainment - Directed by Nils Edström

References

• Official website
• Newsarticle Nu.nl
• Interview 3voor12
• Interview The Daily Indie
• Interview The Daily Indie

External links

• Official website

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