💔 Kavinsky has died. He was 50.

He was found at his Paris home Tuesday evening. Police have opened an investigation; no foul play is suspected — per Reuters, he'd been complaining of headaches in the days before his death.

If the name doesn't land — "Nightcall" will. The opening track from Refn's *Drive*, 2011, made with Guy-Manuel of Daft Punk. One of the defining electronic tracks of that decade. In 2024 he performed it at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony alongside Phoenix and Angèle.

Real name Vincent Belorgey, born 1975. Synthwave as a genre owes a lot to him. That's just how it is.

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