| “Music has turned into nothing more than just a rush in  the background while you are busy doing other things. I don’t want to change  that, but I try to make something that will catch your ear and communicate with  you.” - Azier.  Thomas Azier is an electronic-pop artist based in  Berlin. Early in 2012 he released his debut EP “Hylas 001” featuring the single  "Red Eyes", a live favorite  of audiences across Europe and the United States. In October he released a 2nd EP “Hylas 002“, which  again appeared on his label “Hylas Records” and contains the upcoming single  “Angelene” with its oneiric video.
 “The mood  of "Hylas 002" arises from the sublime essence of solitude” Azier  explains. Within the darkness of the ever-transforming city he explores the  nature of isolation through conscious introspection; examining the process of  becoming a shadow of oneself.
 Azier wrote and produced all of the  songs himself, with only help from co-producer and sound designer Robin Hunt.  During an extensive tour in 2012 Thomas presented his new material live on  stage, while also supporting Woodkid on several live dates. The 24-year old  multi-instrumentalist is now working on his biggest project yet; his debut  album. The third part within the Hylas trilogy, due out in the late 2013.
 "I love the compact form  of pop music. It's such a strong vessel to carry your message with and  reach lots of people. Every song I write has different layers. As a listener,  you can go through those layers but you can also choose to stay on the pop  surface.“ - Azier.
 Growing up in a small town in the Netherlands, Azier  began making music because there really wasn’t anything else to do. Too broke  to buy analogue gear, and hungry for a means of expression, Azier, like many  young musicians today, began producing tracks on his computer. At 19, Azier  moved to Berlin on a naïve and ambitious whim. Immediately inspired by the  pulse and atmosphere of the city, he began experimenting with his voice, also  adding new equipment to his practice. Layering his productions with dramatic  symphonic vocals, and an aggressive number of synthesizers, his work began to  tell the stories of his new life, the music communicating this evolution with  emotive, passionate, unabashed fervor.
 Exploring the inherent power of pop and its ability to  transcend, communicate, and affect the masses, Thomas Azier’s epic sound is  both nostalgic, and current. Bridging the  analogue and digital worlds with symphonic precision, his music is an anthem  for the present, pulling from the past, looking to the future, a synthesis of  time, sound, and story. Pop music, which sways between hope and despair -  speaking of the nuanced permutations of youth’s mood and feeling and revisiting the sparkle and magic of the so often  underestimated genre.
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