Thomas Fersen (born 4 January 1963 in

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) is a French singer-songwriter. During his childhood, he was part of a

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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

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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,

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-rock or

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and

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). The stage name "Thomas Fersen" comes from the names of Tomas Boy, a Mexican :fr:Tomás Boy footballer, and Hans-Axel de Fersen, Marie-Antoinette's Swedish lover. He was one of the first singers to join the label

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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'' (''

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for the Great Days'') *2004 – ''La Cigale des grands jours'' (''La Cigale in the Great Days'') (public recording at

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; 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

label, the songs "Escobar" with , "Le bouton" with , and "La barmaid" with Jeanne Cherhal *2006 – Cover of "Sacré géranium" by Dick Annegarn on the compilation ''Le Grand Dîner''

References

External links

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Fersen Makes His Scene (unofficial site)
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Fersen on the site of the label Tôt ou tard
French male singers 1963 births Living people Lycée Condorcet alumni Ukulele players French male singer-songwriters French singer-songwriters {{France-singer-stub