IC3PEAK

IC3PEAK is a Russian experimental electronic band from Moscow that formed in October 2013. The band initially recorded songs almost exclusively in English, however, their latest albums are in Russian, except the track "Pain" on Сладкая Жизнь (Sweet Life)which was released November 2017, сказка (fairy-tale) which was released on September 2018.

IC3PEAK
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Background information
OriginRussia
Genres
Years active2013 (2013)–present
LabelsManimal Vinyl
The Orchard
Stellar Kinematics
STYLSS
MembersAnastasia Kreslina
Nikolay Kostylev

In 2018, a series of the band's concerts were cancelled or disrupted by law enforcement and the music duo were detained at the Siberian city of Novosibirsk with no probable reason and they were not released in time to perform at the show.[1]

History

The Moscow band IC3PEAK consists of vocalist Nastya Kreslina and producer Nikolay Kostylev. The band describes itself as an "audio-visual project".[2]

The duo’s first performance took place in Saint Petersburg, followed by a concert in Moscow as the second part of the series "W17CHØU7" ("Witchout"),[3] to an audience of around 600 people.[4] The band released their first EP "Substances" on the Portland label STYLSS in 2014, featuring the track "Ether" for which they released their first music video. The band released the EP "Vacuum" in 2014, on French label Stellar, Kinematics, allowing them to widen their audience in Europe. Their first European performances took place in Paris, Bordeaux, Riga, Prague and Helsinki, followed by more shows in Russia[5]. In 2016, the band toured Brazil and filmed the music video for the track "Go With the Flow"[4].In the same year, their first tour of the U.S. and a performance in Mexico took place. In 2017, IC3PEAK won the Electronics category in the Jägermeister Music Awards[6][7] and the Golden Gargoyle Award for "best experimental project of the year". At the beginning of November 2017, the band released their first Russian-language album "Сладкая Жизнь" (Sweet Life) and the track "Грустная сука" (Sad Bitch),[8] which received more than 10 million views on YouTube.

The album "Сказка" (Fairytale) contains songs on social themes. In the song "Смерти Больше Нет" (Death No More) Kreslina sings from the perspective of a riot squad militiaman, facing the Lubyanka jail-headquarters of the FSB (Federal Security Service). The song features the lyrics "Together with others you will be twisted in the square" and "I go outside to caress a cat while a cop car runs it over".[9][10] In the fall of 2018, the group, like a number of other Russian independent performers, started having problems with the cancellation of concerts in Russian cities by local security forces.[11][12] The band have been caught up in a crackdown on popular music acts across provincial Russia, where shows have been cancelled in a flurry of local pressure that is said to have provoked an intervention by the Kremlin.[13] They are still allowed to travel abroad and are currently touring China.

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Current members
  • Anastasia Kreslina 

Born November 13, 1995

  • Nikolay Kostylev

Born August 31, 1995

Discography

Studio Album
  • IC3PEAK (2015)
  • Fallal (2016)
  • Сладкая Жизнь (2017)[14][15]
  • Сказка (2018)[16][17]

Singles
  • "Ellipse" (2014) / Electronica Records
  • "I’ll Be Found Remixes" (2014)
  • "Really Really" (2014)
  • "Kawaii" / "Warrior" (2016) / Manimal Vinyl
  • "КТО" (2017) / Self released
  • "Monster" (2017) / Manimal Vinyl
  • "THIS WORLD IS SICK" (2018)[18]
  • "Fairy Tale/Сказка" (2018)
  • "Death No More/Смерти больше нет" (2018)
  • "Boo-Hoo/Плак-плак" (2020)

EP
  • SUBSTANCES (2014) / STYLSS
  • Vacuum (2014) / Stellar Kinematics

Collaborative work
  • "Mirror" (2017) (together with Boulevard Depo)
  • "CRY" (2017) (together with Tommy Cash)[19]
  • "Burns" (2018) (together with Boulevard Depo)

Videos
No Year Title Russian title
1 2014 Ether
2 2014 Vacuum
3 2016 Go with the flow
4 2017 Kawaii warrior
5 2017 So safe
6 2017 Make you cry
7 2017 Sad bitch грустная сука
8 2018 This world is sick
9 2018 Fairy tale сказка
10 2018 Death no more смерти больше нет

References
  1. "News From Russia: What You Missed Over the Weekend". Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  2. "IC3PEAK — «Грустная сука». Премьера клипа одной из самых успешных российских электронных групп, которая теперь поет по-русски". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  3. Макарский, Артем (2015-01-22). "Почему в России так популярен витч-хаус". Афиша Daily. ООО «Компания Афиша». Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  4. Редькин, Николай (2016-08-22). "IC3PEAK: «аудиовизуальные террористы» из Москвы". Новый Флоу. the-flow.ru. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  5. Кокоулин, Дмитрий (2014-10-24). "Электронный дуэт IC3PEAK - о визуализации смерти, "терроре" и попрошайках в сети". Москва 24. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  6. "Объявлены шорт-листы премии Jägermeister Music Awards". TNT Music. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  7. "Монеточка стала «Лучшей группой» на Jager Music Awards". 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  8. "IC3PEAK выпустили мрачный клип «Грустная сука»". Wonderzine. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  9. Казани силовики сорвали концерт IC3PEAK, другие выступления тоже под угрозой. Недавно группа начала петь про митинги, Россию и смерть
  10. «Выхожу на улицу гладить кота, а его переезжает тачка мента»
  11. Александр Горбачев (2018-11-23). "В Казани силовики сорвали концерт IC3PEAK, другие выступления тоже под угрозой. Недавно группа начала петь про митинги, Россию и смерть". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  12. "Участников группы IC3PEAK задержали в Новосибирске" (in Russian). Медиазона. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  13. Roth, Andrew (2018-12-12). "'Even a half-finished show is a victory': Russian bands fight new crackdown". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  14. Сергей Мезенов (2017-12-12). "Что слушать в декабре". Colta.ru. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  15. "50 отечественных альбомов 2017. Часть 2". The-Flow.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  16. Сергей Мезенов (2018-10-18). "Что слушать в октябре — 2". Colta.ru. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  17. "Рецензия: IC3PEAK - «Сказка» ***". 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  18. IC3PEAK (2018-04-03). "IC3PEAK - THIS WORLD IS SICK". Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  19. €A$H, TOMM¥ (2017-11-14). "TOMMY CASH X IC3PEAK - CRY". TOMM¥ €A$H via SoundCloud. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
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