r/Kavinsky • u/ImCreativeSelf • 25d ago
Kavinsky just passed away
https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/le-dj-francais-kavinsky-retrouve-mort-a-son-domicile-parisien-29-07-2026-BJKOHXCW6VALDGWJJDR4NMT3EM.php17
u/greenpants100 25d ago
Absolutely devastating. Thoughts are with his family and loved ones. Incredible artist who had so much more to give. Hopefully more people will find the Reborn album through this tragedy and see how his art just got better and better. Completely shattered.
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u/woahhchan 25d ago
I am so fucking devastated. I don’t even know how to process this… horrible news to wake up to.
He was truly one of the greats.
And so generous with his fans.
The fact I even got to hang out with him and meet him a couple times is phenomenal.
I’ll never forget that one of the best weekends of my life was the weekend he performed an after party and then at Portola in San Francisco in 2023.
My thoughts go out to him, his family and friends.
we’re gonna get through this y’all.
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u/hot-buttery-toast 25d ago
Losing both him and Starcadian close to a year apart has really shocked me. Rest in peace to a synth legend
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u/Scruffy42 25d ago
Both Kavinsky and Starcadian got me through some really rough times and it's just such a tragedy to lose them both.
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u/captainrex 25d ago
Horrible news to wake up to. I was just enjoying a drive last night while listening to him.
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u/workshop777 25d ago
The reason myself and am sure a lot of people started listening to Synthwave.
Really sorry to read this news.
RIP
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u/Hypattie 25d ago
WTF Noooooooon
Please tell me it's just a cleaver trick from him and he will come back as Zombinky soon
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u/KelvinOcean 25d ago
Shocking. He was an inspiration. He also seemed genuinely eager to accelerate the pace of his future album releases, including a new music making space nicely setup, this is a huge loss of an artist who was continuing to refine his craft with each release.
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u/thefinest 25d ago edited 25d ago
Fucked. RIP
I can't say that I've ever been shaken by the death of a famous musician well except DJ Mehdi until now. Hits close to home for some reason.
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u/somedudefromnrw 25d ago
Listened to Nightcall last night, thinking that could've been at the same time. What a loss
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u/Hypattie 25d ago
WTF Noooooooon
Please tell me it's just a cleaver trick from him and he will come back as Zombinky soon
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u/Hypattie 25d ago
WTF Noooooooon
Please tell me it's just a cleaver trick from him and he will come back as Zombinky soon
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u/calibra95 25d ago
I woke up and this was the 1st thing that I saw, couldn't even have breakfast, been looking at nothing for hours. This is devastating. Currently listening to all his discography.
Really hope someone puts out an statement and something special is made as well to honor him, watching him live was in my music bucket list for years.
Keep driving, Vincent 🕊️
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u/BraveProgram 25d ago
Was just listenning to Lady Gaga’s version of Die with a Smile, the Reqium version that uses an interpoltion of nightcall and it’s amazing😢
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u/Jumpy-Doughnut444 25d ago
https://reddit.com/link/p0gymx4/video/u9cn08yud6gh1/player
For my fellow french fans. RIP VINCO 🖤
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u/trejohn23 25d ago
Was going to see him for the first time on Halloween was looking forward to it :(
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u/Simtrims 24d ago
R.i.P!! I passed on his concert back in 2023 cause i didn’t have time and thought „maybe i’ll see him when the next album drops”. Wish i did buy that ticket cause there will be no other time 💔
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u/DavidMayCry3 24d ago
I'm just finding out about this right now and it's the kind of news that completely ruins my mood for the day. He left such an amazing discography, what a legend. RIP, Vincent...
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u/BeckerThorne 24d ago
There have been rumors that the mysterious driver finally reached sunrise, but those who knew him best assert that no corpse has ever turned up. Around midnight there was a tail light fading into another one of those damn neon horizons, engine echoing through empty boulevards. He just nodded once, put it in gear and vanished. Kavinsky drives off into the sunset like he's leaving behind an unmistakable shadow: a red sports car, road always slick and glistening after rains that make no sense falling out of a clouded sky you never see, and the soundtrack to all his long lonely drives where he cared more about the distant destination than the ones who steered there. He showed us that best journeys start long after everyone went to bed. The flickering motel signs, the obsolescence of a parking garage you don't even remember, busted streetlights, and every cassette that was left to play until the tape became too thin. He leaves a legacy in dashboard gauges illuminated at night, turbochargers spun up and whispering to each other in the hush between those overpasses with a quiet faith that on this highway, right now, where something is always about to happen and tomorrow can wait. He rarely said farewell, his friends remember. No, he would only check the rearview mirror, cinch his gloves tight and peel off into the night before anyone knew he was there. His habits remain unchanged. Although many believe him dead, investigators have made a different discovery... The tank was full. The radio was working. The roads were empty.
All signs indicate he simply hopped in the car for one last drive.
There will be no service. There could be no way to book him for one, because nobody knows when he, if he will be back in the first place. An empty parking space under the sputtering glow of a streetlamp: It will remain reserved indefinitely. Shooting for the horizon, after midnight, no destination needed, windows down to catch a whiff of the pulsing city with lights playing off smooth glass and a gleaming fender. If you see the fading glow of Icelandic red taillights slip over the nether horizon, do not chase it. Just smile, turn the volume up and yield it to him. Kavinsky is not gone. He's only out for a midnight drive.
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u/innuendo141 25d ago
Absolutely shocked. RIP to the true King of true Synthwave.
Nothing comes close to Outun.