Kavinsky, French electronic artist and 'Drive' composer, dead at 50

Kavinsky, the French physics instrumentalist and DJ whose moody azygous “Nightcall” scored the deed movie “Drive,” has died. He was 50.

French paper Le Figaro and TV presumption BFM reported that Kavinsky, calved Vincent ‌Belorgey, died from a suspected stroke. Paris prosecutors investigated and recovered “no suspicious elements,” they said.

Kavinsky was a defining enactment of the Paris physics country of the 2000s and 2010s, whose neon-smeared synths and noirish atmospheres lent themselves to L.A. freeways and Montmartre nightclubs alike.

Adopting a droll persona — a red-eyed physics shaper who returned from the dormant aft a Ferrari clang — Kavinsky was a large fig successful the 2nd question of the “French touch” creation scene.

His fashionable breakthrough came with “Nightcall,” a collaboration with CSS’ Lovefoxxx and Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. The opus was a propulsive taxable of Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 movie “Drive,” a brutal and romanticist revenge thriller beloved for its slinky, retro-futuristic soundtrack. Kavinsky performed the opus to adjacent retired the 2024 Paris Olympics, performing with the French set Phoenix and the Belgian vocalist Angèle.

While helium lone released 2 workplace LPs, including the 2013 singles postulation “OutRun” and “Reborn” successful 2022, helium was influential to large acts that came aft him. The Weeknd, who sang connected an edit of Kavinsky’s “Odd Look,” wrote connected X: “So heartbreaking to perceive the news. An inspiration to truthful many, including myself. I volition proceed to grant your sanction and your music. Rest casual Kavinsky.”

French President Emmanuel Macron besides wrote a tribute connected Instagram, calling Kavinsky an creator France could beryllium arrogant of forever.