IC3PEAK

According to the duo, October 19, 2013, is considered to be the foundation date of IC3PEAK.[2]

From the very beginning of the project the distinctive features of IC3PEAK's work were a mixture of musical genres, a simultaneous emphasis on both audio and visual components, and lyrics that dealt with taboo topics such as death. Both artists characterize the initial period of their work as “audiovisual terrorism”.[3] In 2014 came EP "Substances", their first project release. The entire mini-album was written in English. The visual design was done by Anastasia and Nickolai themselves. Shortly after the first release, the video for the song "Ether" was presented to the public, being the first video work of IC3PEAK.[4] According to what Anastasia and Nickolay say, from the very origins of the project, they were in charge of and carried out all the work processes on their own.[5] This kind of approach made it possible for them to convey their ideas in an original form, without being affected by labels.

From the first days of its existence the project gained popularity outside of Russia. In 2014, after the release of their second mini-album "Vacuum", IC3PEAK performed at their first overseas concerts in European cities such as Bordeaux, Paris, Riga, Prague, and Helsinki. Two years later, in 2016, the project performed in South America. During their stay in Brazil, the duo partially filmed their music video "Go With The Flow". To this day, the IC3PEAK project continues to successfully tour abroad.[6]

On November third, 2017, IC3PEAK released their first album in Russian — "Sladkaya zhizn" (“Sweet life”) and the music video “Grustnaya suka” ("Sad Bitch") which quickly became a hit. The video currently has over 57 million views on YouTube.[7]

In the duo's earlier work their vocals performed the role of an ”instrument”. However, in Russian-language texts the semantic component prevails and references to Russian folk art are emphasized. Flowing with their increased popularity in their homeland, the duo released another Russian-language longplay named "Skazka” (“Fairy Tale") on September 28, 2018. It included new videos made for the compositions "Skazka” and ”Smerti bolshe net” ("There is no more death"). The video for the song "Smerti bolshe net" is IC3PEAK's most viewed music video - at this time it has more than 100 million views on YouTube.[8] The band's third album in Russian called "Do Svidanya" ("Goodbye") was released on April 24, 2020.

The second Russian-language album by IC3PEAK named “Sladkaya zhizn” and, in particular, the video for the song “Smerti bolshe net” had wide political resonance. Some conservative public figures protested the video as an insult to law enforcement structures and to the authorities of the Russian Federation. They also claimed the video contained calls to suicide, which, according to the authorities, could have an impact on the duo's underage fans.[9] The Russian security forces began to actively oppose IC3PEAK's next planned tour. According to IC3PEAK, people calling themselves representatives of the security forces made threatening calls to concert venues throughout Russia forcing them to refuse to host the duo's concerts.[10] The performance in Novosibirsk on December first, 2018 became the peak of that confrontation. On that day, the participants of the IC3PEAK project and the local concert organizers were detained while exiting the train at Novosibirsk Central Railway Station. After a series of threats, interrogations and 3 hours of detention, the police, under public pressure (which included Western media), was forced to release the artists without drawing up protocols.[11] The concert took place at an alternative venue. After a series of canceled concerts, a number of musicians and public figures around the world expressed their active support for IC3PEAK and their opposition to art censorship in Russia.[12][13][14]

• IC3PEAK (2015)
• より多くの愛 (2015)
• Fallal (2016)
• Сладкая Жизнь (2017)[15][16]
• Сказка (2018)[17][18]
• До Свидания (2020)
• Kiss of Death (2022)

• SUBSTANCES (2014)
• Vacuum (2014)

• "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)[19]
• "Fairy Tale/ Сказка" (2018)
• "Death No More/ Смерти больше нет" (2018)
• "Boo-Hoo / Плак-Плак" (2020)
• "TRRST" (featuring ZillaKami) (2020)
• "VAMPIR" (featuring Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon) (2021)
• "Червь / Worm" (with Kim Dracula) (2022)
• "Dead but Pretty" (2022)