Background
Vasily Shumov is the son of Maria Evlakhova and Gerard Shumov.
Vasily Shumov is the son of Maria Evlakhova and Gerard Shumov.
He is probably best known for his music band Center, which was formed in Soviet Union (late 1970s - late 1980s) and is based in Los Angeles, United States of America since 1990. Shumov created music in such genres as new wave, electronic music, avantgarde. His art of singing is often sprechgesang, especially on later albums.
Shumov"s career as an artist started in the late 1970s in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, and included work with the band Center (albums, concerts, television appearances), solo albums, soundtracks for the films and cartoons.
He also produced several records, including the debut album of Zvuki Museum After a decade of artistic activity in the Soviet Union he moved 1990 to Los Angeles (California, United States of America), where he remains an active musician, making records (both, with Center and solo), playing live shows in United States of America and Russia, shooting short films and creating multimedia art
Shumov is giving lectures regarding multimedia art, design and computer technologies. In the first half of 2000s Shumov is coordinating the "c-e-n-t-e-r" project, which results in the mini-films, combining experimental music and videos of various artists from different countries.
A short film "Kelton"s Dark Corner" by Vasily Shumov starring Paul Marco was released in January 2006.
Paul Marco is probably best known for the Editor Wood"s 1950s films. Unfortunately, Marco died the same year, without completing further films of the planned "Dark Corner" series.