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LONDON Grammy-nominated experimental pop artist and producer Sophie Xeon publicly known as SOPHIE died in a terrible accident on Saturday morning aged 34, according to a statement from the musician s record label Transgressive. Tragically our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident. True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and slipped and fell, the statement posted on Twitter read. SOPHIE died at home in the Greek capital Athens at 4 a.m., the artist s publicist said in a statement. A Glasgow-born trans rights activist, SOPHIE worked with Madonna in 2015 to co-produce the single Bitch, I m Madonna and collaborated with Charli XCX on the EP Vroom Vroom.
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Sophie – Bipp
This was the track that brought Sophie, the Scottish producer who has died aged 34 following an accidental fall, to wider attention, and how could it not. The opening sounds like an alert announcing a malfunction on a clown car assembly line, all sproings and sirens; these polished, corporate sonics would become a hallmark of the producer’s early work, revelling in the kitsch of the smartphone age. But unlike producers with similar satiric intentions like James Ferraro and Oneohtrix Point Never, you could dance to Sophie – and Bipp is so deliriously danceable.
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Future Classic said in a statement, “True to her spirituality, she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell. She will always be with us.”
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, SOPHIE was introduced to electronic music at an early age. The artist’s father shared cassettes full of electronic music and they would go to raves together. These formative years were instrumental in solidifying SOPHIE’s passion to become an electronic musical artist.
SOPHIE began to make waves in the European club scene of the early 2010s. After meeting with Dux Kids, a duo comprised of