Alex Karlinsky (known under his stage name Highway Superstar) is an Israeli record producer of

synthwave Synthwave (also called outrun, retrowave, or futuresynth) is an electronic music microgenre that is based predominantly on the music associated with action, science-fiction, and horror film soundtracks of the 1980s. Other influences are drawn fr ...

music. Having been raised in the 1980s, Karlinsky says Highway Superstar is his attempt to recreate musical elements from the period, while combining them with modern production techniques and

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s. After several internet singles between 2012 and 2013, a full album was released via the USA/Canadian label Rosso Corsa Records. His track "Careful Shouting" was featured in the 2015 short film ''

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''. A sophomore album titled Endgame was released in 2015. The 2015 album by The Fading features Karlinsky's synth playing. Karlinsky is also active in the Israeli music scene as a session

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, arranger, producer, mixing and mastering engineer.

Discography

Singles

* ''Whistling Shurikens'' (2012) * ''Emotional Passenger'' (2012) * ''The Chase'' (2013) * ''The Road to Alpha Centauri'' (2013) * ''Aftershock (with Amazing Police)'' (2013) * ''Empathy'' (2015) * ''Minds to Rest (feat. Honey Colonna)'' (2015) * ''Splash'' (2017) * ''Eurodrive'' (2017)

Albums

References

External links

*
Beyond Synth interview
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