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French musician Kavinsky found dead
- mikedd 2mo agoAnd here I thought today couldn't get any worse. :(
- achenet 2mo agolook on the bright side, at least you still have internet! (and here would be a great time for Murphy's Law to kick in and your router to decide to stop working all of a sudden)
- negativezone 2mo agoDidn't realize he was in his 50s. Darn shame.
- ttoinou 2mo agoAktchually 50s start at age 51
- SoftTalker 2mo agoI'd say they start at 49, as that is the beginning of your 50th year.
- ratelimitsteve 2mo agoget enough software people in a room and everything becomes the fencepost problem.
- xvxvx 2mo agoTerrible news. His retro-synth sound was amazing. Had tickets to see him live many years ago and he cancelled the tour.
- reedf1 2mo agoNightcall was kind of the anthem of my life for my early 20s. Still captures a moment. RIP.
- TacticalCoder 2mo agoI'm a big fan of french electro and Kavinsky is no exception: I discovered him and his Nightcall hit through the soundtrack of the movie Drive. IIRC he got into electronic music late in his life after a friend gave him a long-outdated Atari ST running Cubase (DAW). RIP.
- technics256 2mo agoSame here! Any recommendations for newer french electro artists?
- johnsutor 2mo agoNot exactly new but newer, Polo and Pan are great.
- NikolaNovak 2mo agoI enjoy Vitalic, not sure if he's newer but has decent body of work :)
- ahartmetz 2mo agoOlder I think but still active.
- noir_lord 2mo agoWouldn’t say newer as have been around a while but French79 (start with Hometown) are brilliant.
- iammjm 2mo ago+1 for French79, especially his album “Olympic” (2016)
- teroshan 2mo agoHe's rightly credited as having participated in the popularization of the musical and visual "Synthwave" aesthetic: https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Synthwave https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Synthwave
- taejavu 2mo agoThere’s a while sub genre of synthwave named after his album OutRun. Which, by the way, is best experienced while driving on the highway at night. https://www.reddit.com/r/outrun/ https://www.reddit.com/r/outrun/
- uncivilized 2mo agoSynthwave genre named after the video game Out Run.
- bigfishrunning 2mo agoIs it possible that both the album and the genre are named after the video game? or it could be some kind of chain (genre->album->video game) Now i just want to play outrun. I wonder if there's an arcade nearby...
- toyg 2mo agoThe videogame is from the '80s; it became iconic partially because it allowed players to choose the music to listen to "in the car", all of them synths (obviously), and one of the songs you could choose was called "Splash Wave". Folks like Kavinsky later (re)popularized synths and made explicit throwbacks to the game, like the album name. I don't know where the term "Synthwave" came from, but it does look like one of those throwbacks.
- where-group-by 2mo agoSynthwave name is more likely to be related various "wave" genres, like Darkwave or Coldwave.
- dgellow 2mo agoOh non :( Sa musique est une source d’inspiration fantastique, c’est vraiment une triste nouvelle
- creaghpatr 2mo agoLoved "Nightcall", shame to lose him. It was a was a happy surprise to see him get a feature at the 2024 closing ceremonies, RIP.
- usernamed7 2mo agoA true loss for synthwave music. His music was amazing and rich and exciting in a way that many artists fail to reach.
- zero_shift 2mo agoStarcardian also died this year - killed in a road accident whilst cycling
- jimmygrapes 2mo agoDamn didn't know that. I might be the top listener of Interspace on the planet. RIP
- xlii 2mo agohttps://youtu.be/MV_3Dpw-BRY https://youtu.be/MV_3Dpw-BRY
- neom 2mo agoThe breakbot remix is fantastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRBqhU1juaM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRBqhU1juaM
- slicktux 2mo agoHe was a whole aesthetic and genre. Love his music! Rest in peace.
- KageFX 2mo agois there any news or speculation on how ?
- datakan 2mo ago"The Paris prosecutor's office said that "an investigation to establish the causes of death" had been opened, noting that no suspect was found at the scene on Tuesday evening." Its a strange announcement.
- n_e 2mo agoIt's a mistranslation, the original quote is "Une enquête en recherche des causes de la mort est ouverte afin de déterminer l’origine du décès, aucun élément suspect n’ayant été découvert sur place par les services primo-intervenants. Les investigations sont en cours", which translates to "no suspicious element was found", not "no suspect was found"
- datakan 2mo agoThanks for clarifying
- Zealotux 2mo agoPurely speculative but he's been known for his excessive drinking for a while now, sad news.
- wonderwonder 2mo agoAuthorities believe it was a stroke, he had been complaining of headaches for several days prior.
- bni 2mo agoI like this interview with him from 2008 https://foolsgoldrecs.com/2008/09/17/fools-gold-qa-vol2-kavinsky/ https://foolsgoldrecs.com/2008/09/17/fools-gold-qa-vol2-kavi...
- Dependance 2mo agoEncore un que je regrette de ne pas avoir vu. RIP Kavinsky.
- nicolas_ 2mo agoI ran a fairly popular electronic music blog [1] in France between 2009 and 2014 and met him multiple times. I’m really sad he’s no longer with us. He was an icon of this bloghouse era with the Ed Banger crew. Rest in peace Vinco, you’ll be missed. I can’t say I’m surprised though as most DJs during that era were known to abuse all kinds of substances and had to manage a non existent sleep schedule, long flights all around the world, and jet lag. It takes a toll on your body. The entire industry is sharing stories about him today and The Toxic Avenger (Simon) shared a funny one about a set in Zurich https://x.com/toxavanger/status/2082434657300177372 https://x.com/toxavanger/status/2082434657300177372 [1] https://www.stopthenoise.fr/ https://www.stopthenoise.fr/
- jordanscales 2mo agoDefinitely linked to you many times (I ran a blog called ilictronix in high school). Small world! Great posts over the years.
- nicolas_ 2mo agoThank you! Small world indeed! I’m glad the blog resonated with people as much as it did. I shared mp3 with friends back then and firmly believed that more people in France and around the world would love the same music as much as we did. Kudos for still posting on yours after all the years. That’s an insane feat! I really wished I kept going but starting my career in Paris in 2014 killed the momentum. I worked on the blog from 6pm to midnight pretty much every day after school and couldn’t do the same once I started working. I’ll bring it back one day! In the meantime, I’ll definitely check ilictronix. Thanks for sharing with the world. Love the MySpace like personal website with flat Eric!
- JodieBenitez 2mo agoAh ! So it was you... I have like 300 mp3s from your blog. Also, Fluokids.
- nicolas_ 2mo agoYes! I don’t know how many mp3s I shared on it but definitely a lot! It was wild to be able to do this with the support of the artists and the labels. I’m glad you still have them (I do too). The blog is still online if you want a trip down memory lane but sadly the download links are not. Thanks for being part of the adventure and sorry for messing up the ID3 tags of each mp3.
- sha-3 2mo agoHis Nightcall performance during the 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony got me into Synthwave. Really sad to see him go :(
- teroshan 2mo agoBetween letting Kavinsky play at the closing ceremony [0] and Gojira play at the opening ceremony [1], I really can't applaud and thank Thomas Jolly enough for directing the 2024 Olympic ceremonies. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSayp2tArqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSayp2tArqA [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Iv5kq93K4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Iv5kq93K4
- moralestapia 2mo agoThat Gojira opening has been the most EPIC ceremony I've seen anywhere. I remember I got so excited that I started jumping on my couch and accidentally knocked over a stand with my collectibles and food. Five-second rule, so I still ate my nuggets afterward, hehe. My partner complained a lot, but... some of these things... only a few of us get. Gojira is definitely not for everybody. It's an acquired taste that only a select few of us get to enjoy.
- mrtksn 2mo agoAccording to the BBC article, he was complaining of headaches since the last few days and authorities believe that he might have had a stroke [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c204n74xyv3o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c204n74xyv3o
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- nahimn 2mo agoRIP. Loved this mans music
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- lenerdenator 2mo agoA huge loss for synthwave. Thank you for all of the trips back to a more hopeful time in technology.
- NDlurker 2mo agoOh man, I just started listening to him a few months ago after a recommendation from a colleague.
- LightBug1 2mo agoRIP ... loved his work. Glen Hansard gone too. Shit day for music. But they'll always live on from their incredible contributions.
- tetrisgm 2mo agoAmazing artist. Thanks for all the work. Rip