But I wanted to leave I come from the countryside and wanted to “live” something first before I wrote anything, I had the feeling I had nothing to say. I was born in Holland but moved out early, when I was a teenager, to live in Berlin. I live in Amsterdam since August last year, a big change. But know you’re back in Netherlands and live in Amsterdam?
You have moved across borders quite much, like a vagabond, and lived in Berlin while releasing your debut album “Hylas”, stayed in Paris for a while and even recorded music in the Ivory Coast and Japan. A music vagabond becoming more experimental When he made a stopover in Hamburg to play Nochtspeicher, Messed!Up sat down with him and chat about his interest of the unknown and experimental, being musically inspired by life changes, and facing the struggles of being an independent artist. Azier has consistently experimented with different musical directions on his three albums, moving across the World and taking inspiration from wherever he lived, from European cultural epicenters as Berlin and Paris to world cities as Kyoto, Japan, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast, constantly renewing himself musically and visually.Īfter three albums, all with their own geographical and cultural influences, Azier released “Raven On the First Floor” in May this year, a four-song EP created in his combined living quarter / studio space in Amsterdam, and yet again he morphs into a new musical direction. One of those multi-faceted artists never standing still and always morphing into something new, always too restless to settle down, is Thomas Azier. When something is predictable it becomes boring or “weird”. They will always seek out new, yet unknown situations and positions just to be able to be creative. Music is a transformative experience and people taking part this transforming process will morph into new entities and develop, creating new exciting sounds and sonic landscapes they become that kind of musicians who never stand still and becomes comfortable.
There is nothing like music as a means to connect people, bridge linguistic and cultural divides and provide an avenue for identity and expression.
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