The dance music world has lost an important heartbeat, as it has been reported that 52 year old Philippe Zdar of French band/duo Cassius has died after an accidental fall from a Parisian building.
As one half of Cassius with Hubert Blanc-Francard aka Boom Bass, the duo reached dance-floors world wide when they formed in the late 90’s with their French House sounds, which also, formed a movement with influential French groups like AIR and Stardust/DaftPunk.
While creating their own sound, Cassius also produced for a slew of ItsNotYouItsMe favorite artist such as Phoenix, Franz Ferdinand, The Rapture, Cut Copy and The Beastie Boys. Their 2016 album Ibifornia was a feature album here at headquarters and the duo was tentatively set to release a new album entitled Dreems this coming Friday (6/21).
As this story is just breaking there is no word if the release of the final album will continue.
Farewell Philippe Cerboneschi your music will live on.
Farewell, my friend. pic.twitter.com/U6aZB5iHce— Αλεξ Καπράνος (@alkapranos) June 20, 2019
Awful news about Phillipe Zdar, what an unbelievably lovely man with an incredible legacy. I was mesmerized by this record as a 15 year old https://t.co/H79OZ19Nxq— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) June 20, 2019
Rest Easy Philippe
I bet you are filtering the music of the spheres as we weep
blessings to your family and all who have encountered the genius that is you 💛 pic.twitter.com/tIcXtjp0EY— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) June 20, 2019
