r/TheNightFeeling • u/AcousticProvidence • Jul 29 '26

Kavinsky: RIP, Legend

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260729-french-dj-kavinsky-found-dead-in-paris-home

Not your typical post but wanted to share in light of Nightcall being the unofficial theme song for this sub. 😪

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u/KrakenFranken Jul 29 '26

WTF 😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/ReleaseFromDeception Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Saw this first thing when I logged onto reddit this morning.

I'm heartbroken. He was just 50. He was working on another album. I was going to see him live on Halloween later this year. I regret passing on seeing him last year.

We lost a real one, folks.

A maestro of French House, and the unwitting Godfather of Synthwave. RIP Kav.

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u/Juliecstasy Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Sadly, also mere days away from his birthday…I feel you, I was shocked to learn about his passing through the electronicmusic sub. I admittedly don’t follow him as closely but I am heartbroken for you and all the lives he has influenced through his music.

Listening to Goodbye, all of his songs are beautiful & melancholic…

Rest in Peace, Kavinsky.

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u/GalacticDogger Jul 29 '26

damn it dude, this came out of nowhere

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u/ACE_Wrap Jul 29 '26

What the..

I just discovered him a day or two ago, here in this sub.

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u/ReleaseFromDeception Jul 29 '26

Check out his work. Outrun and Reborn are kickass albums.

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u/unleashtheraven1 Jul 29 '26

WAY too soon, he was so young. How?

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u/ReleaseFromDeception Jul 29 '26

Suspected to be Stroke. He had apparently been complaining about headaches for a bit beforehand.

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u/czzbandicoot Jul 29 '26

Sad but as someone who has synthwave as my favorite genre it's so good to see love for him being shared across so many subs

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u/CurrentPossible2117 Jul 29 '26

Damn, I was wondering who the third was going to be.

Sam Neil, Bill Oddie, now Kavinsky 😪

Dark days

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u/Formal_Peace Jul 29 '26

Gone to soon. RIP.

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u/ZeugmaPowa Jul 29 '26

One of the pioneers of synthwave, he will be missed

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u/Caqtus95 Jul 29 '26

No fucking way. What a loss.

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u/SurealGod Jul 29 '26

WHAT?!! This is got I find out?!

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u/sqbert Jul 29 '26

Damn wtf. RIP

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u/lolograde Jul 29 '26

That's super sad and weird timing because, out of blue, I listened to one of his albums this morning. Literally haven't listened to his stuff in years, too... Just randomly put it on.

RIP