French musician Kavinsky found dead • Hacker News Board

Re: French musician Kavinsky found dead

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Post by jpsouth » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

lateralux wrote: post #69

scns wrote: post #34

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Carpenter Brut https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9e7gmwejeGr7aqhn9A4h... Maxime Dangles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyQZip5xLI Arnaud Rebotini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKRfDdsPewQ Terence Fixmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqPzHloXppc Mödern (6 & 7 are good too IMO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lbZzeBe_JQ&list=PLmmhQqegVx... Lazerhawk - Redline (not french but my favourite Synthwave album) h…

Perturbator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bi2nc_De90 Gesaffelstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2vOHYbd5Gs

Nothing more to add here but lovely to see yours and the commentor above you's tastes. I got well into a few of these artists after playing Hotline Miami for far too many hours (followed by HM2, platinum on both).

Terrible shame about Kavinsky :(

Re: French musician Kavinsky found dead

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Post by pcthrowaway » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

technics256 wrote: post #9

TacticalCoder wrote: post #6

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I'm a big fan of french electro and Kavinsky is no exception: I discovered him and his Nightcall hit through the soundtrack of the movie Drive . IIRC he got into electronic music late in his life after a friend gave him a long-outdated Atari ST running Cubase (DAW). RIP.

Same here! Any recommendations for newer french electro artists?

For French musicians (who haven't already been named), I'd also recommend Madeon, Laurent Garnier, and Noisy Freaks.

For an American musician in the synthwave genre (a bit like Kavinsky), I'd also recommend Com Truise

Re: French musician Kavinsky found dead

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Post by ahartmetz » Sun, Aug 02, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC

NikolaNovak wrote: post #12

technics256 wrote: post #9

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Same here! Any recommendations for newer french electro artists?

I enjoy Vitalic, not sure if he's newer but has decent body of work :)

Older I think but still active.

Re: French musician Kavinsky found dead

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Post by ahartmetz » Sun, Aug 02, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC

nekooooo wrote: post #72

nicolas_ wrote: post #32

I ran a fairly popular electronic music blog [1] in France between 2009 and 2014 and met him multiple times. I’m really sad he’s no longer with us. He was an icon of this bloghouse era with the Ed Banger crew. Rest in peace Vinco, you’ll be missed. I can’t say I’m surprised though as most DJs during that era were known to abuse all kinds of substances and had to manage a non existent sleep schedule, long flights all…

you and hypemachine helped fill my ipod and car stereo. thank you!

Also rcrdlbl.com! It didn't have as much, but a higher density of good stuff IME.

That said, finding good stuff on Hype Machine is not that difficult: 1. Find a track that you like (this may take a while), 2. Browse collections of people who liked that track.