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Vincent BelorgeyAs credited in the film Drive. (born 31 July 1975), known professionally as Kavinsky, is a French musician, producer, DJ, and actor.[1] His production style is reminiscent of the electropop film soundtracks of the 1980s. Kavinsky claims that his music is inspired by thousands of movies he watched as a young boy and that he has cherry-picked the best parts from them, consolidating them into one concept. Kavinsky has been compared to many similar French house artists, including Danger and French duo Daft Punk. He achieved greater mainstream recognition after his song "Nightcall" was featured in the 2011 film Drive. His debut studio album, OutRun, was released in 2013.
Kavinsky went on to release three Extended play on the Record Makers label: Teddy Boy in 2006, 1986 a year later, and Nightcall with Lovefoxxx of CSS in 2010. Kavinsky toured alongside Daft Punk, The Rapture, Justice, and SebastiAn in 2007. Linkedin, & Slideshare. (28 January 2012). Kavinsky (Speech transcript). Retrieved 12 December 2012, from Slideshare website
The SebastiAn remix of "Testarossa Autodrive" off the 1986 EP is featured in the video games Grand Theft Auto IV and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. Kavinsky's single "Nightcall" was featured in the opening credits of the film Drive, and became a major hit soon after.
In December 2012 he released "ProtoVision" and on 25 February 2013 released his debut studio album OutRun. Staff. (10 December 2012). Kavinsky: "ProtoVision" (Steam/Official Video) Editorial. Retrieved 14 December 2012, from Prefixmag website
In November 2021, he returned from his seven year hiatus with the lead single "Renegade" from his second studio album Reborn. The song is produced by Gaspard Augé and Victor Le Masne.
In 2024 Kavinsky performed Nightcall alongside Phoenix and Angèle at the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Paris.
| +List of studio albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="10" | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | Teddy Boy | Record Makers | |
| 2007 | 1986 | ||
| 2008 | Blazer | Fool's Gold Records | |
| 2010 | Nightcall | Record Makers | |
| 2011 | Nightcall (Anniversary Edition) | 11 November 2011 | |
| 2013 | ProtoVision | ||
| Odd Look |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
| "Gravity's Rainbow" |
| "Roder" |
| "Roche" |
| "Embody" |
| 2006 | "Testarossa Autodrive" | Jonas & François | Record Makers | |
| 2009 | "Dead Cruiser" | — | ||
| 2012 | "ProtoVision" | Marcus Herring | ||
| 2013 | "Odd Look" | |||
| 2021 | "Renegade" | Alexandre Courtès | ||
| 2022 | "Cameo" | Filip Nilsson | 25 Mars 2022 |
| "Nightcall" |
| "Nightcall" |
| "Testarossa Autodrive (SebastiAn Remix)" |
| "Testarossa Autodrive (SebastiAn Remix)" |
| "Wayfarer" |
| OutRun album |
| Nightcall |
| "Renegade (feat. Cautious Clay)" |
| Pattt |
| Agent SNCF |
| Boon / Ricardo Bello-Radio Skotlett |
| Verbrugghe |
| Dan |
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