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Just the Synth · October 27 · 25 min

Episode 7 - Highway Superstar

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Tel Aviv-based Israeli producer Alex Karlinsky records as Highway Superstar, making playful, danceable outrun synthwave steeped in 80s pop, funk and movie scores — more road-trip party than brooding night-drive. His debut album Take My Time came out on Rosso Corsa Records in December 2013, and his track 'Careful Shouting' later featured in the Kung Fury soundtrack (2015). Whistling Shurikens — 0:01 Femme Fatale (feat. Highway Superstar) — 2:15 Them or Us — 7:50 Splash — 10:45 Maximum Performance — 15:07 Dialtones — 18:59 Whistling Shurikens is the episode track (podcast closing excerpt, as before). Femme Fatale is a Perturbator track featuring Highway Superstar, from Perturbator's official Bandcamp (The Uncanny Valley). Them or Us and Dialtones are from Rosso Corsa Records Bandcamp (Take My Time); Splash and Maximum Performance are from his own Bandcamp. Support the artist here... Bandcamp: https://highwaysuperstar.bandcamp.com/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/highwaysuperstar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighwaySuperstar X: https://twitter.com/highwaysuperstr YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/HighwaySuperstarTV

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Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!

Tel Aviv-based Israeli producer Alex Karlinsky records as Highway Superstar, making playful, danceable outrun synthwave steeped in 80s pop, funk and movie scores — more road-trip party than brooding night-drive. His debut album Take My Time came out on Rosso Corsa Records in December 2013, and his track 'Careful Shouting' later featured in the Kung Fury soundtrack (2015).

  1. Whistling Shurikens — 0:01
  2. Femme Fatale (feat. Highway Superstar) — 2:15
  3. Them or Us — 7:50
  4. Splash — 10:45
  5. Maximum Performance — 15:07
  6. Dialtones — 18:59

Whistling Shurikens is the episode track (podcast closing excerpt, as before). Femme Fatale is a Perturbator track featuring Highway Superstar, from Perturbator's official Bandcamp (The Uncanny Valley). Them or Us and Dialtones are from Rosso Corsa Records Bandcamp (Take My Time); Splash and Maximum Performance are from his own Bandcamp.

Support the artist here...

  • Bandcamp: https://highwaysuperstar.bandcamp.com/
  • SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/highwaysuperstar
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighwaySuperstar
  • X: https://twitter.com/highwaysuperstr
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/HighwaySuperstarTV
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