Maxim Sergeevich Fisenko (Russian: Максим Сергеевич Фисенко; born 14 December 1998), better known as Kishlak (formerly known as Avtostopom po faze sna), is a Russian singer-songwriter and musician.[1]

Early life and education

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Maxim Sergeevich Fisenko was born December 14, 1998, in Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. His childhood in the polar city was fraught with psychological trauma and abuse from both his grandfather and father who suffered from alcoholism, where the latter would frequently beat Maxim's mother.[2]

Fisenko recorded his first musical compositions at the age of 14 on a cheap voice recorder. The first serious project is “The ”Автостопом по фазе сна” (”Hitchhiker's Guide to the Sleep Phase”) (“APFS”). He posted audio recordings on his community page on VKontakte. Subsequently, a scammer re-uploaded the songs to serious music platforms in his own name and appropriated the authorship in order to generate income. Due to this and heavy-drug themes of the project, Fisenko decided to stop producing music under the APFS pseudonym, now making music under the name Kishlak.[3][self-published source]

Upon being drafted into the Russian army due to dropping out of school at 16, Fisenko was excused from serving due to being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID).

During his teenage years, Fisenko worked at, then later attempted to rob a car wash, where he subsequently planned to subsequently flee to St. Petersburg with his girlfriend at the time and commit suicide upon spending the money. Due to no available bus, he opted to travel by train. He was then caught and arrested by police in Apatity railway station where he attempted suicide while being questioned.[4]

Kishlak is an extremely impoverished area of Severomorsk in which the artist grew up in, where it was given this nickname due to a significant amount of Central Asian migrants who worked there in Soviet times.[5]

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Fisenko has been repeatedly accused of promoting drugs by Russian politican Ekaterina Mizulina as part of a crackdown on drug promotion on the internet.[6]

Discography

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Автостопом по фазе сна(APFS):[7]

  • Кругосветка в рамках черепной коробки (Travel Within The Cranium)
  • Собачий вальс (Dog Waltz)
  • Не забирай меня домой (Don’t Take Me Home)
  • Опианариум (Opianarium)
  • Движение (Movement)
  • Лайтово (Light)

Kishlak:[8]

  • 11:11
  • Кто я (Who Am I)
  • Screech
  • Сборник хуйни и картинки (Collection of shit and pictures)
  • Эскапист (Escapist)
  • СХИК2 (SHIK2)

References

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  1. ^ Bychkova, Karina (1 February 2023). "Зависимость, секс, селфхарм: как устроена вселенная артиста Кишлак" [Addiction, sex, self-harm: how the universe of the artist Kishlak works]. The-Flow.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. ^ Ensomehed (2024-04-15). Разговор кишлака с матерью [Conversation between a villager and his mother]. Retrieved 2024-06-12 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Fisenko, Maxim (2021-11-13). Информация про Автостопом по фазе сна (АПФС) [Information about Hitchhiker's Sleep Phase Guide (APPS)]. Retrieved 2024-06-12 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Fisenko, Maxim (2024-01-06). "Кишлак — «Я человек, обиженный на мир»: про настоящую ненависть, тату глаз и попытки *роскомнадзор*" [Village - “I am a person offended by the world”: about real hatred, eye tattoos and attempts *Roskomnadzor*] (Interview). Retrieved 2024-06-12 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Bychkova, Karina (1 February 2023). "Зависимость, секс, селфхарм: как устроена вселенная артиста Кишлак" [Addiction, sex, self-harm: how the universe of the artist Kishlak works]. The-Flow.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  6. ^ "Рэпер Кишлак не выступит в Петербурге после обвинений в пропаганде наркотиков - Газета.Ru | Новости".
  7. ^ "Автостопом по фазе сна (APFS)". Genius. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  8. ^ "Кишлак (Kishlak)". Genius. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

Category:Russian musicians Category:People from Severomorsk