French electronic music pioneer Kavinsky dies at 50

Vincent Belorgey, the French electronic musician who moved through the world as Kavinsky, died at his Paris home on Wednesday at the age of 50, likely from a stroke. He was a self-taught pianist who chose to disappear behind a persona rather than a face, believing music was inseparable from image and story. His song Nightcall — born in 2010, immortalized by a neo-noir film, and reborn at the Paris Olympics — became one of those rare pieces of music that seems to belong to everyone who has ever felt something in the dark.