(CNN) – The producer and experimental pop artist nominated for Grammy, Sophie Xeon, publicly known as SOPHIE, died in a “terrible accident” on Saturday at the age of 34, following a communication of the artist’s discographic transgressive.
“Tragically, our beautiful Sophie failed this month after a terrible accident. Fiel a su spirituualidad, subió para ver la luna llena y resbaló y cayó », se lee in el communicado posted on Twitter.
SOPHIE murmured at his home in Athens, the Greek capital, at 4 am, the artist’s publisher said in a statement.
SOPHIE, activist for transgender rights, born in Glasgow, worked with Madonna in 2015 to co-produce the single “Bitch, I’m Madonna” and collaborated with Charlie XCX on the EP Vroom Vroom.
El 2018’s debut album by SOPHIE, «Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides», the artist’s selection a Grammy nomination for Best Album Dance / Electronic.
“SOPHIE pioneered a new sound, one of the most influential artists of the last decade,” said the publisher.
“Geen solely for ingenious production and creativity, also for the message and the visibility that logs. A release icon », aggregated.
Various artists are paying homage to the failed artist, including British songwriter Sam Smith, who posted on Twitter: “News items. The world has lost an angel. A visionary and iconic value of our generation ».
The pop artist Francesa Christine and the Queens describes a SOPHIE as “a producer who steals, a visionary, a reference”.
DJ and producer Erol Alkan exclaimed: “It’s a very sad news about Sophie’s death.”
The SOPHIE Publisher solicits privacy for the family and respects the producer’s base.
In an interview with the online paper Review in June 2018, Sophie spoke about being trans. “For me, the trans is to take control so that your body is more in line with your alma mater and you feel like you have no luchen between you and luchen by sobrevivir”, says the artist.
“In this world, it is possible for you to come to terms with the fact that your true essence is without the social pressures of having to fulfill certain traditional roles based on gender. Meaning that no eres madre o padre, eres un individuo que mira el mundo y siente el mundo. And in some ways, being more humane and universal ».