George Smaragdis, the influential digital music producer recognized to followers around the globe as Starcadian, handed away final week following a deadly biking accident in Manhattan.
In accordance with the New York Police Division, Smaragdis, 44, was driving his e-bike on Broome Road round 10am when he slammed into the door of a parked Mercedes van that the motive force had opened. The affect despatched Smaragdis careening towards the road and into the trail of a supply truck, which ran over and crushed him.
The artist sustained extreme head trauma and was in the end pronounced lifeless at Bellevue Hospital. The drivers of each automobiles remained on the scene and no arrests have been made on the time of this writing, though authorities are investigating the incident and the potential for prison fees.
Smaragdis was celebrated globally as Starcadian, a masked determine whose spellbinding, sci-fi-inspired music blurred the strains between fantasy and futurism. In an eerie Instagram submit shared in January 2025, he wrote: “Hello I am alive and dealing very laborious on the perfect album I’ve ever made, I can’t wait to play it for you.”
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Starcadian’s debut album Sundown Blood, launched on Halloween in 2013, turned a cult basic within the synthwave group and had its music featured in HBO’s Vice Principals in addition to commercials for ASICS and League Of Legends. The late producer, who usually known as his tracks “ear films,” launched 4 full-length albums in his profession, constructing a mythos across the Starcadian persona that drew followers not only for the sound, however for the story.
“I’m completely gutted to be taught of Starcadian’s passing just a few days in the past,” fellow synthwave artist Robots With Rayguns wrote on X. “He was not solely an especially proficient artist however a supportive pal and peer who impressed me and gave me invaluable recommendation through the years that I’ll always remember. We misplaced a musical titan and an unimaginable human being.”
We at EDM.com specific our honest condolences to the household, buddies and family members of George Smaragdis.
