Outside (stylised as 1. Outside and subtitled The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper-cycle) is the 20th studio album by English musician David Bowie. It was released on 25 September 1995 through Virgin Records in the United States and Arista Records, BMG and RCA Records in other territories. It reunited Bowie and musician Brian Eno following the late 1970s Berlin Trilogy. The two were inspired by concepts "outside" the mainstream, such as various outsider and performance artists. Recording began in March 1994 in Switzerland and continued on and off until November. During the experimental sessions, Bowie conceived a world where "art crimes", such as murder, pervade society, resulting in the Leon project, which initially faced resistance from labels due to its uncommercial nature. After the proje