I 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 not 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 really 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.
Newer is not specifically it since I'm getting a bit too "old / nostalgia" now, but here is a small list (songs chosen are not specifically their biggest but ones I like to come back to)
"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."
It'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"
I 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 not 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 really 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
[1] https://www.stopthenoise.fr/
He's rightly credited as having participated in the popularization of the musical and visual "Synthwave" aesthetic:
https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Synthwave
There’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/
Loved "Nightcall", shame to lose him. It was a was a happy surprise to see him get a feature at the 2024 closing ceremonies, RIP.
Nightcall was kind of the anthem of my life for my early 20s. Still captures a moment. RIP.
It really hit a specific vibe. RIP to a legend.
I'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.
Same here! Any recommendations for newer french electro artists?
Carpenter Brut
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9e7gmwejeGr7aqhn9A4h...
Maxime Dangles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyQZip5xLI
Arnaud Rebotini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKRfDdsPewQ
Terence Fixmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqPzHloXppc
Mödern (6 & 7 are good too IMO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lbZzeBe_JQ&list=PLmmhQqegVx...
Lazerhawk - Redline (not french but my favourite Synthwave album)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYc-KHaHGswVjvp4UuqBY...
Wouldn’t say newer as have been around a while but French79 (start with Hometown) are brilliant.
+1 for French79, especially his album “Olympic” (2016)
Newer is not specifically it since I'm getting a bit too "old / nostalgia" now, but here is a small list (songs chosen are not specifically their biggest but ones I like to come back to)
French79
- Hometown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAv5pLO37mE
NTO
- Invisible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFIcEwCPWZ8
Worakls
- Trauma Worakls Remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6QFfmwFT3k&list=RDf6QFfmwFT...
- Salzburg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tTber0f8qc&list=RD_tTber0f8...
Uppermost
- sooo many ... Dance is iconic to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TeOByrJgak
- Flashback https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZAECHHJ8U4
- but his Revolution album gives a good walk around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83zdpv_ovow
Gesaffelstein
- Hate or Glory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_NgkfRmUPk
- Viol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYtpobVmYY4
M83
- you probably already know them, but Outro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyjj8BgsBGU
Danger
- 4h30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVUo4W4XFiI (my personnal king of "you had to be there", thus a live music exemple)
Justice
- Stress (warning it and its clip are true to its name, it got awards, it got also banned from primetime) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWaWsgBbFsA
- D.A.N.C.E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy1dYFGkPUE
Or a ton more really, JM Jarre / Daft Punk / David Guetta really help breed an insane french electro scene each on their own way.
EDIT: in a Kavinsky thread I feel like I should include
Carpenter Brut
- Turbo Killer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er416Ad3R1g
- Le Perv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYtVf0wvPpc
Pertubator
- Future Club (you know it from Hotline Miami) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY66fdMt4vc
Thanks for this! I created a Spotify list for future reference: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3QbfwerjjiFUvip6Xbkbq6?si=...
Would throw Air in there, though it's more chillout/triphop than techno:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBVK7Z9AyNM&list=RDZBVK7Z9Ay...
Danger and justice! Great mentions!
I enjoy Vitalic, not sure if he's newer but has decent body of work :)
Adding Lewis Ofman, Sebastian and Paradis
Not exactly new but newer, Polo and Pan are great.
I like this interview with him from 2008 https://foolsgoldrecs.com/2008/09/17/fools-gold-qa-vol2-kavi...
Oh non :(
Sa musique est une source d’inspiration fantastique, c’est vraiment une triste nouvelle
Encore un que je regrette de ne pas avoir vu. RIP Kavinsky.
And here I thought today couldn't get any worse. :(
https://youtu.be/MV_3Dpw-BRY
He was a whole aesthetic and genre. Love his music!
Rest in peace.
Didn't realize he was in his 50s.
Darn shame.
A true loss for synthwave music. His music was amazing and rich and exciting in a way that many artists fail to reach.
Starcardian also died this year - killed in a road accident whilst cycling
Terrible news. His retro-synth sound was amazing. Had tickets to see him live many years ago and he cancelled the tour.
is there any news or speculation on how ?
"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.
It'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"
Thanks for clarifying
Purely speculative but he's been known for his excessive drinking for a while now, sad news.