Thomas Fersen (born 4 January 1963 in
Paris
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) is a French singer-songwriter.
During his childhood, he was part of a
punk
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group before playing the piano in café-theatres. He released his first album in 1993; it gave him immediate name recognition.
Fersen is an accomplished poet who regularly plays with language, using puns, rich rhymes, symbols and images taken from the realms of plants (vegetables and fruits) and animals (birds and various beasts) to tell stories or original
fable
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s, to recreate moments from daily life, impressions and sentiments, and also the dreams of ordinary people and their failings and faults. His deep and gravelly smoker's voice gives a particular tone to his songs, which belong to different musical styles depending on the album (rock,
folk
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-rock or
jazz
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and
blues).
The stage name "Thomas Fersen" comes from the names of Tomas Boy, a Mexican
[ :fr:Tom%C3%A1s Boy] footballer, and Hans-Axel de Fersen, Marie-Antoinette's Swedish lover.
He was one of the first singers to join the label
Tôt ou tard
Tôt ou Tard (stylized as tôt Ou tard) is an independent French record label. It was founded in 1996 as a break-off from Warner Music Group, and turned independent in 2002. The name of the label can be translated as "Sooner or later" in Frenc ...
.
Discography
*1993 – ''Le Bal des oiseaux'' (''The Ball of the Birds'')
*1995 – ''Les Ronds de carotte'' (''The Slices of Carrot'')
*1997 – ''Le Jour du poisson'' (''The Day of the Fish'')
*1999 – ''Qu4tre'' (''Four'')
*2001 – ''Triplex'' (triple album live)
*2003 – ''Pièce montée des grands jours'' (''
Pièce montée for the Great Days'')
*2004 – ''La Cigale des grands jours'' (''La Cigale in the Great Days'') (public recording at
La Cigale
La Cigale (; English: ''The Cicada'') is a theatre located at 120, boulevard de Rochechouart near Place Pigalle, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The theatre is part of a complex connected to the Le Trabendo concert venue and the Boule Noi ...
; a DVD of the concert also exists)
*2005 – ''Le Pavillon des fous'' (''The Insane Asylum'')
*2007 – ''Gratte-moi la puce – Best of de poche'' (''Scratch My Flea – Pocket-sized Best Of '')
*2008 – ''Trois petits tours'' (''Three Times Round'')
*2011 – ''Je suis au paradis'' (''I am in heaven'')
*2013 – ''Thomas Fersen & The Ginger Accident''
*2017 – ''Un coup de queue de vache''
*2019 – ''C'est tout ce qu'il me reste''
Other musical involvement
*2005 – on the ''Plutôt tôt'' ''Plutôt tard'' album by duos from the
Tôt ou tard
Tôt ou Tard (stylized as tôt Ou tard) is an independent French record label. It was founded in 1996 as a break-off from Warner Music Group, and turned independent in 2002. The name of the label can be translated as "Sooner or later" in Frenc ...
label, the songs "Escobar" with , "Le bouton" with , and "La barmaid" with
Jeanne Cherhal
*2006 – Cover of "Sacré géranium" by
Dick Annegarn
Dick Annegarn (born in The Hague, 6 May 1952) is a Dutch rock singer-songwriter who sings mostly in French, and occasionally in Dutch and English.
Discography
Albums
* '' Sacré Géranium'' (1974)
* ''Dicks'' (1974)
* ''Je te vois'' (1974)
* ' ...
on the compilation ''Le Grand Dîner''
References
External links
*
Fersen Makes His Scene (unofficial site)*
Fersen on the site of the label Tôt ou tard
French singer-songwriters
French male singers
1963 births
Living people
Lycée Condorcet alumni
Ukulele players
French male singer-songwriters
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