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Kavinsky, the French electronic musician whose oeuvre was heavily inspired by his love for movies, has died at the age of 50. A cause of death has yet to be determined, but French authorities have found nothing suspicious.
Born Vincent Pierre Claude Belorgey on July 31, 1975, in Seine-Saint-Denis, France, Kavinsky was a part of a revolutionary music scene that included Daft Punk, Phoenix, Quentin Dupieux, and Jackson Fourgeaud. The character of Kavinsky was a zombie who crashed his Ferrari Testarossa in 1986 and rose from the grave in 2006. His first LP, “OutRun,” was released in 2013 and featured the song “Nightcall,” which was memorably used as the opening credits music for Nicolas Winding Refn’s critically acclaimed action film “Drive.” That song set the dreamy tone of the film and powered a soundtrack that is considered a classic of the form.
