''OutRun'' is the debut studio album by French
electronic
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musician
Kavinsky
Vincent Belorgey (born 31 July 1975), known professionally as Kavinsky, is a French musician, producer, DJ, and actor. His production style is reminiscent of the electropop film soundtracks of the 1980s. Kavinsky claims that his music is inspire ...
, released on 22 February 2013 by Record Makers,
Vertigo Records
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and
Mercury Records
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. Production for the album was handled primarily by Kavinsky, along with close friend and fellow French
electro house
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artist
Sebastian
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. The album is named after
Sega
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's
1986 arcade game of the same name, which featured the
Ferrari Testarossa
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.
The concept behind ''OutRun'' follows Kavinsky's backstory of a young man who crashed his Testarossa in 1986 and reappeared in 2006 as a zombie who produces electronic music.
Kavinsky cites influences from 1980s video games,
television cop shows such as ''
Miami Vice
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'', and the films of
Dario Argento
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.
Singles
"ProtoVision" was released on 10 December 2012 as the album's official lead single. The music video, directed by Marcus Herring, was released on 7 December 2012 on
Vimeo
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and on 10 December 2012 on
YouTube
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.
Usage in media
A one-minute snippet of the song "Odd Look" was used in a 2012 French commercial for
BMW i
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, which was shown in cinemas. "
Nightcall" plays during the opening credits of the 2011 film ''
Drive
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''.
"Roadgame" has been used by Mercedes-Benz in a 2012 French commercial and in 2015 for the Italian commercial of the CLA Shooting Brake. It was also used when
Manchester City
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players and their staff arrives at the
Etihad Stadium
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from their bus during their home matches. In a British 2021 TV commercial for Gusto pre-prepared food ingredient boxes, a short clip of "Rampage" was used as an example of 80's electronica.
Critical reception
''OutRun'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a
normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an
average
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score of 75, based on 12 reviews.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''OutRun''.
Musicians
*
Kavinsky
Vincent Belorgey (born 31 July 1975), known professionally as Kavinsky, is a French musician, producer, DJ, and actor. His production style is reminiscent of the electropop film soundtracks of the 1980s. Kavinsky claims that his music is inspire ...
– vocals
* Paul Hahn – voice
* Raw Man – guitars
*
Sebastian
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* ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film
* ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film
...
– vocals
*
Havoc
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Background
Venus is a planet with a ru ...
– vocals
*
Lovefoxxx
Luísa Hanae Matsushita (born February 25, 1984), known by her stage name Lovefoxxx, is the lead singer of the Brazilian indie band Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS).
Early life and career
Lovefoxxx was born in Campinas, Brazil. She is of Portuguese, G ...
– vocals
* Tyson – vocals
* José Reis Fontão – backing vocals
Technical
* Kavinsky – production
* Sebastian – production ; mixing
*
A-Trak
Alain Macklovitch (born March 30, 1982), known by his stage name A-Trak, is a Canadian DJ, record producer, and record executive. He came to prominence in the late 2000s as an international club DJ and remix artist, known for incorporating highly ...
– recording
*
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
Guillaume Emmanuel "Guy-Manuel" de Homem-Christo (; born 8 February 1974) is a French musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, DJ and composer. He is known as one half of the former French house music duo Daft Punk, along with Thomas Bang ...
– production
* Florian Lagatta – engineering
* David Mestre – recording
Artwork
* The Directors Bureau Special Projects – album art concept, photography
* Marcus Herring – director
* Tari Segal – director of photography
* Benjamin Glovitz – production
* Duffy Culligan – executive production
* Charlotte Delarue – art direction
* Adrien Blanchat – image manipulation
* Graphame – layout
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
Notes
References
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2013 debut albums
Albums produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
Casablanca Records albums
Concept albums
Mercury Records albums
Republic Records albums
Kavinsky albums
Synthwave albums
Vertigo Records albums