Dave Smith – a synthesizer innovator responsible for inventing MIDI and designing the Prophet 5 – has passed away.
Dave Smith – a synthesizer innovator responsible for inventing MIDI and designing the Prophet 5 – has passed away.
Belgian club entrepreneur and singer Régine has passed away at the age of 92.
Prolific German synthesist, composer, and musician Klaus Schulze has passed away at the age of 74.
At age 47, drum and bass and jungle legend Alphonso Bondzie A.K.A. MC Skibadee passed away this past weekend.
Carsten Klemann, a fixture of Berlin’s DJ scene, has passed away at the age of 41. His cause of death remains unknown.
Calvin Simon, one of the founders of the highly influential American funk group Parliament Funkadelic, has passed away at the age of 79.
Bay Area hip-hop producer Traxamillion, real name Sultan Banks, has passed away at the age of 42.
On December 7th, numerous artists took to Twitter to express condolences at the passing of DJ Scholar. As of this writing, there is no cause of death or statement from the family of the deceased.
Alvin Lucier, experimental sound artist, composer, and longtime music professor at Wesleyan University passed away at the age of 90.
German music producer and electro artist Das Muster (real name Marcus Mumm) passed away over the weekend. No cause of death has been disclosed yet.
Andy Barker, one of the members of late ’80s electronic music group 808 State, has passed away.
Baltimore DJ Lisa Moody – one half of DJ duo The Girl Squad and co-promoter of the Deep Sugar events – has passed away.
Trailblazing Eindhoven DJ Lady Aïda recently passed away at the age of 63 after a short battle with an unspecified illness.
Blue Note Records has confirmed that Dr. Lonnie Smith, maestro of the Hammond B3 organ, has passed away of pulmonary fibrosis.
Andrew Alcee, a producer and vocalist known professionally as Yush of UK garage group Anthill Mob, has passed away.
Mute Records has confirmed that Cabaret Voltaire founding member Richard H Kirk has died at age 65 of as yet undisclosed causes.
Visionary Reggae pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry has passed away in Jamaica at the age of 85. His cause of death remains unknown.
Amapiano artists Killer Kau and Mpura passed away on August 7th in a head-on collision en route to a performance in Rustenburg, South Africa.
Chicago house music DJ and producer Paul Johnson has tragically passed away at age 50 after a battle with COVID-19.
Detroit native DJ and producer K-Hand (real name Kelli Hand), pioneer of Detroit techno and house music, has passed away.
Influential Kuala Lumpur dance music DJ Gabriel Chong has passed away at the age of 48 after an asthma attack and kidney problems.
Dance music pioneer, MFB founder, and drum machine and synth maker Manfred Fricke has passed away following a battle with cancer.
Peter Zinovieff, founder of Electronic Music Studios (EMS) and one of the earliest synth composers, passed away on Wednesday evening at 88.
House music veteran Elbee Bad was reportedly found dead in his bed on Wednesday, June 2nd by his roommate, rapper INFIDELIX.
House pioneer Rodney Bakerr suffered a heart attack last week. He was the first to include live guitar and instruments to acid house music.
Michel Baumann, the co-founder of Philpot Records also known as SoulPhiction and Jackmate, has died from cancer.
A community effort to raise funds for the funeral of highly influential New York disco DJ Tony Smith has been launched.
Vermont-based electronic musician and instrumentalist Pierce Fulton has died at 28 “following a tragic struggle with his mental health.”
The global electronic music community mourns the loss of Tim Baker. The Detroit DJ and producer passed away suddenly over the weekend.
Frankfurt DJ and producer Ramin Naghachian, known mononymously as Ramin, has reportedly passed away at age 52.