Maxim Zhestkov

Maxim is an animation director and visual artist from Ulyanovsk, Russia.

What role does music play in your day-to-day life as a creative?:

Music has been the main inspirational force for my creative energy since my childhood. Sound and music for me is some kind of key for spiritual substance; my brain always tries to connect sound with images and paint bright pictures in my mind.

Also, music can work as a filter for all my unnecessary information / thoughts. When I’m listening to my favourite tracks, I feel comfort and can totally concentrate on work.

I prefer electronic music and some IDM, but my preferences are quite wide… sometimes I listen to Pink Floyd or some classics.

I’m too picky to listen to some streaming radio or something. I prefer to use my library with my favourite tunes.

Tell us about your playlist:

It was quite hard to choose a bunch of tracks from my library. But I decided to use an old trick with the idea of 20 tracks which I want to listen to before I die. And here they are!

I love to create something like a sound barrier between me and the universe. These tracks have been my guardians for over a decade.