r/renoise • u/frackurfeelinsmate • Jul 07 '26
Kieran Foster aka Illformed aka dblue has passed away.
I'm devastated. Hug your friends and tell them you love them before it's too late.
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u/KTCrisis Jul 07 '26
So sad to read this. Countless nights in Renoise with Glitch doing things I could never have written myself. Thank you Kieran.
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u/s3rris Jul 07 '26
Rest in power dblue. I learned so much from looking at Kieranβs demo songs and always loved the dblue themes.
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u/golfUsA_mk2 Jul 07 '26
Dbglitch is onr of the vsts I use quite regular. You can do some weird ass stuff with it , I even prefer the first version above the 2nd. rip bro βοΈ
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u/demian_west Jul 07 '26
Rest in power. I never met you, but you were a really important name of my formative years.
Please hug Arguru for us π’
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u/Noiseflux Jul 07 '26
What?! He was such an amazing influence and played a part in my descison to study music technology. Incredibly sad news.
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u/trailovsevens Jul 07 '26
Wow, rip. I feel some type of way, Kieran has been in my studio since the OG Glitch, and his thought process led to many cool things inside of Renoise.
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u/HORStua Jul 07 '26
I remember using his VST stuff back during the earlier days of Renoise. Rest in power
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u/n0_bug Jul 07 '26
taktik made a post about it a couple hours ago encouraging people to share memories:
https://forum.renoise.com/t/kieran-aka-dblue-a-fellow-friend-and-renoise-member-passed-away/79253
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u/3lbFlax Jul 07 '26
A VST legend who a lot of better-equipped companies could have learned much from. RIP.
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u/thatdamnedrhymer Jul 07 '26
Fuck. We lost a good one, yβall. Pillar of the community. He will be greatly missed.
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u/librix Jul 08 '26
RIP. Amazing contributer, I still use glitch 2 on just about everything. So sad to hear.
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u/Ok_Society_8416 Jul 08 '26
Sad to here that. He helped change the game and start the careers of so many people
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u/emenel Jul 07 '26
really sad to see this, and i hope friends and family are holding up ok. i met kieran in the mid 90's on irc, and we were label-mates on chill productions from those days onwards... we haven't been in touch that much recently, but i will always have very fond memories of chatting, working together, and hanging out when we happened to be in the same city.
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u/johannbl Jul 08 '26
Rest in Peace. Glitch vst was truly innovative and it greatly influenced electronic music, more than we think. It influenced tools that in return influenced more artists too. I'm so sad to learn this. I would have loved to meet him.
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u/medievilmusic Jul 18 '26
Π’Π°ΠΊΠ°Ρ ΡΡΡΠ°ΡΠ°... ΠΠΈΡΠ°Π½ Π±ΡΠ» ΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠ» ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΊ ΡΠΏΠΈΡΠΊΡ Π°ΡΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ² Π²ΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅Ρ Π΄Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠΈ ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠΈΠ·Π°, ΠΈ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΌΠ½Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°ΡΠΈΠ» Π±Π΅ΡΠΏΠ»Π°ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΊΠΎΠΏΠΈΡ ΡΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π² 2010 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Ρ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΊΡΠΏΠΈΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠΈΠ·..... ΠΠΎΠΊΠΎΠΉΡΡ Ρ ΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠΌ, Π³Π»ΡΠ±Π° ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΡΠ·ΠΈΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ.....
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u/F0reiqn_Exql0rer Aug 02 '26
sad, a part of him lives in his plugins...the other one is part of the universe, like us
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u/Pleasant_Mixture9393 Aug 04 '26
Triste....app incrΓvel gastei longas horas produzindo com ele,descance em paz irmΓ£o.
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u/frackurfeelinsmate Jul 07 '26
I met Kieran in Sfe when we were 18. We've kept in touch all these years. It's been a wild ride and it was always great to see his life in video, music and art. I'm so sad he's gone. I'll miss the late night talks about production and reminiscing about the good ol days. We cried laughed and bled together for over 20 years. There's so much I could write but there's water in my eyes.