Thomas Azier
Thomas Azier (born in Leiderdorp, Netherlands, on 14 August 1987) is a Dutch avant-pop singer and musician. 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). 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. In 2017, Azier released his second studio album "Rouge". 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. Azier's latest album, "Love, Disorderly , was released on Hylas Records on June 12th, 2020. Short films Love, Disorderly", "Entertainment" and "Hold On Tight" have been released early 2020.