IC3PEAK

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IC3PEAK is a Russian experimental electronic band from Moscow that was formed in October 2013. Originally the band recorded songs almost entirely in English , but their latest albums are in Russian , with the exception of the title "Pain" on Сладкая Жизнь (Sweet Life), which was released in November 2017, and сказка (Fairy Tale), which was released in September Published in 2018.

Against the Isolation of Runet (March 10, 2019)

In 2018, a number of the band's concerts were canceled or disrupted by law enforcement agencies, and the musical duo were detained in the Siberian city ​​of Novosibirsk for no valid reason and not released in time to perform on the show.

history

The Moscow band IC3PEAK consists of the singer Nastya Kreslina and the producer Nikolay Kostylev. The band describes itself as an "audio-visual project".

The duo's first appearance took place in Saint Petersburg, followed by a concert in Moscow as the second part of the series "W17CHØU7" ("Witchout") in front of around 600 listeners. 2014, the band their first EP "Substances" published in the Portland - Label STYLSS entitled "Ether", for which they released their first music video. The band released the EP "Vacuum" in 2014 on the French label Stellar Kinematics, with which they were able to expand their audience in Europe . Her first appearances in Europe took place in Paris, Bordeaux, Riga, Prague and Helsinki, followed by further shows in Russia. In 2016 the band toured Brazil and shot the music video for the song "Go With the Flow".

In 2016 she made her first tour of the USA and performed in Mexico.

In 2017 IC3PEAK won the electronics category at the Jägermeister Music Awards and the Golden Gargoyle Award for "best experimental project of the year".

In early November 2017, the band released their first Russian-language album "Сладкая Жизнь". (Sweet life) and the title "Грустная сука". (Sad slut) who got 10+ million views on YouTube.

The album "Сказка" (fairy tales) contains songs on social issues. In the song "Смерти Больше Нет" (No more death) Kreslina sings from the perspective of a militiaman of riot police outside the prison headquarters of the FSB (Federal Security Service) in Lubyanka . The lyrics of the song read: "You and others will be beaten in the square" and "I go outside to pet a cat while a police car runs over it". In the fall of 2018, the group, like a number of other independent Russian artists, began to face problems with the cancellation of concerts in Russian cities by local security forces. The band was involved in a crackdown on popular music acts throughout the Russian provinces, where shows were canceled due to the hectic local pressure, which allegedly an intervention of the Kremlin to have provoked. The band is still allowed to travel abroad and is currently touring China .

Against the Isolation of Runet (March 10, 2019)

Current members

  • Anastasia Kreslina (born November 13, 1995)
  • Nikolay Kostylev (born August 31, 1995)

Discography

Studio albums

  • IC3PEAK (2015)
  • Fallal (2016)
  • Сладкая Жизнь (2017)
  • Сказка (2018)

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)
  • "Fairy tale / Сказка" (2018)
  • "No more deaths / Смерти больше нет" (2018)
  • "Boo-Hoo / Плак-плак" (2020)

EPs

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

Working together

  • "Mirror" (2017) (together with Boulevard Depo)
  • "CRY" (2017) (with Tommy Cash)
  • "Burns" (2018) (with Boulevard Depo)

Videos

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

Web links

Commons : IC3PEAK  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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