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Kavinsky
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Kavinsky was the stage name of Vincent Belorgey, a French DJ, producer and actor, born in 1975 in Paris, in the Barbès district. According to the source, he died in 2026. His style recalls the electropop of 1980s film music. He said himself that his music was inspired by the thousands of films he watched as a child, whose best parts he brought together in a single concept.
Music and breakthrough
After years as an actor, his musical career began in 2005, encouraged by his friends Jackson Fourgeaud and Quentin Dupieux. He appeared in Dupieux's 2007 film Steak, in which his music was also heard. His first single was Testarossa Autodrive, named after the Ferrari Testarossa. He signed with Record Makers and released three EPs: Teddy Boy (2006), 1986 (2007) and Nightcall (2010), the last with Lovefoxxx of CSS. In 2007 he toured with Daft Punk and Justice, among others. SebastiAn's remix of Testarossa Autodrive appears in the video games Grand Theft Auto IV and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.
Influence
Nightcall became a big success when it accompanied the opening titles of the film Drive in 2011. His debut album OutRun appeared in 2013, followed after seven years of silence by Reborn in 2022. At the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 he played Nightcall with Phoenix and Angèle. He is compared to Daft Punk and Danger. His music made the synthesizer atmosphere of the 1980s popular again.
Listening
Nightcall · Kavinsky, 2010Apple Music ↗
Discography
Studio albums
In School of Rock
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- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 5NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Synthwave Genre
French producers such as Kavinsky and College made it popular in the mid-2000s; Nightcall (2010) was heard in the film Drive (2011).
- Synthwave-revival Genre
Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011) brought that style to the cinema with a score by Cliff Martinez, former drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, supplemented with songs by Kavinsky and College, among others.