Gesaffelstein

Born: 24 June 1985

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Years Active: 2008–present

Genre/s: French electro, electro, alternative R&B, trap, hip hop, electro-industrial, synthwave

Label/s: Parlophone, Columbia, OWSLA, Bromance, Zone, Turbo

Mike Lévy (born 24 June 1985), known professionally as Gesaffelstein (German: [ɡəˈzafl̩ʃtaɪn]), is a French music programmer, DJ, songwriter and producer from Lyon. He is best known for the single "Lost in the Fire" with The Weeknd. Often called the "Dark Prince of Techno", he has worked alongside artists such as Lady Gaga, Daft Punk, Kanye West, A$AP Rocky, the Hacker, Lil Nas X, Charli XCX and Pharrell Williams. At the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, he won the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for his remix of Gaga's "Abracadabra".

Gesaffelstein is a portmanteau of Gesamtkunstwerk ("total artwork" in German, also the title of an album by the American electro group Dopplereffekt) and Albert Einstein.