Sophie, Grammy-Nominated Avant-Pop Musician, Dies at 34 A.D. Amorosi, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Sophie Xeon, the Grammy-nominated producer-musician whose pioneering work combined sweet pop melodies with mechanical noises into a genre now known as hyper-pop, died in a climbing accident in Greece on Saturday. She was 34. “True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell,” a statement from her label announcing her death reads. “She will always be here with us.” More from Variety Equally inspired by pop music and the crushing ind...