Thomas Azier

In 2014, he had his first studio album Hylas released, the result of five 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.

In 2017, Azier released his second studio album Rouge, which featured the successful 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.

In 2019, Thomas produced two singles by Dutch rock singer Anouk, which he also co-wrote: It's A New Day and Million Dollar.

The EP Raven On The First Floor was released in May 2019, featuring 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.

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, Pelechian & What Does It Mean To Be Free.

The Inventory Of Our Desire was released on February 10, accompanied by the single Invisible. On March 17 an acoustic first take demo of Invisible was released digitally. OOR Magazine called it a "beautiful album from a musician who is still developing interestingly."[2]

In March 2023, Azier performed music from his albums Love, Disorderly and The Inventory Of Our Desire at the Grasnapolsky Festival with the Noordpool Orkest.

On May 19, the instrumental EP Zonder Titel was released with the pieces Cy's Dance, Anna Goes To London and Permuto.

Azier's 2020 track Love, Disorderly was used in the movie The Equalizer 3, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington. He also co-wrote and performed the piece Nine Seconds for the movie.

On October 6 the 7-track EP Live Recording was released digitally, featuring songs from The Inventory Of Our Desire, as well as the track Love, Disorderly. Performed live by Azier with the Noordpool Orchestra.

• Angelene – Directed by Sander Houtkruijer [8]
• Ghostcity – Directed by Sander Houtkruijer [9]
• Verwandlung – Directed by Sander Houtkruijer [10]
• Love, Disorderly – Directed by Laurent Chanez [11]
• Winners – Directed by Ellen Treasure
• Entertainment – Directed by Nils Edström

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