Kavinsky - Outrun

At this stage in the blog's history, my obsession with French electronica is probably becoming blatantly apparent. This week's dose of French goodness comes in the form of a new album by producer Kavinsky called Outrun. Although he has been around for many years, this is his debut LP and contains a few previously released tracks.

The album (and Kavinsky's music as a whole) has a very distinct sound and feel to it and is somewhat conceptually driven. The concept is that Kavinsky was killed in a road accident in 1986 after crashing his Ferrari Testarossa, and has now come back as an electronic-music-making zombie. Rather far-fetched, but it helps in understanding the sound. His music almost sounds as if it could be a soundtrack for an 80's car-chase movie, and when listening to any one of the tracks it is almost impossible not to picture an old school red Ferrari driving at full speed in the night time through the streets. Not quite for the clubs but the sound is really appealing to me, he has really captured the 80's vibes but in a cool modern way and this music (personally) seems perfect for cruising around in your car at night wearing sunglasses (sunglasses not recommended). Not every track on the album is a winner, some get rather repetitive, but standouts include Odd Look (co-produced by SebastiAn), ProtoVision, First Blood, and of course the unmistakable 2010 electronic classic Nightcall.

Nightcall (feat. Lovefoxxx) by Kavinsky

Odd Look - Kavinsky:


Check out the totally 80's video for the excellent Protovision:


Shayne