On 1 September 1991, he started an art-punk band named Shoe Repair (Remont Obuvi) with his school, which morphed into a more serious project, Hot Zex, in the next couple of months.

The band continued to play rare gigs in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg (with Alexander Bogdan on bass), the most recent of which dates back to 2010.

A year later, "Evil Lullaby" and the other three tracks from the same record session ("The Crooked Mile (Without a Song)", "Flickering Light", "Most Expensive Crash") were released on Dairy High's eponymous album.

Apart from sound production, Komarov also played grand piano, melodica, provided backing vocals and arranged the acoustic ballad "Running Aground".

Rolling Stone Russia called the album "a full-fledged contender for Best National Debut of the Year",[4] Afisha dubbed it "perfect English-language post-punk".

Apart from sound production, Komarov also programmed rhythm machines and bass synthesizers on "I Wanna Be Free" and "The One", played guitar on "Magic is Shit".

Komarov has remixed tracks by Ian Brown, Ash, SPC ECO, Asbo Kid, Craig Walker, Kontakte, Electric Mainline, The Nova Saints, Bondage Fairies, Brittle Stars, Bi-2, Mars Needs Lovers feat.