Runtime Comp._Backstory Card

When Abel first played me the rough edits that were to become Runtime Compilation, each track gave me the feeling of moving from one place to another. Synthwave and Outrun have always been quintessential driving music, so I began to name the tracks after different roads and paths. As I imagined the eponymous places conjured by the music, I wondered how they might fit together on a map — how do you get from the boulevard to the overpass? What happened to the subway system? Why are you making this journey at all? These questions gave shape to a story: you're a courier, on a rather generic mission to deliver a secret package. You'd never be so unprofessional as to look at the contents, which ...View all