Kavinsky, the French producer behind the synthwave staple ‘Nightcall‘, has died at his home in Paris. According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, emergency responders who arrived at the scene late Tuesday found nothing suspicious, though an official cause of death has not been released. The musician, born Vincent Belorgey, would have turned 51 this Friday.
For a certain generation of dance music fans, Kavinsky’s death hits differently than most producer news. He wasn’t a festival mainstay or a Beatport chart regular in recent years — his catalog was thin, his live shows rare. But ‘Nightcall’ did something few…
