Vasily Shumov
Sound
Biography
Vasily Gerardovich Shumov (Russian: Василий Герардович Шумов; born 23 March 1960) is a Russian-American artist, musician, multimedia and experimental artist, short film director and record producer. He is probably best known for his music band "Центр", which was formed in Soviet Union (late 1970s - late 1980s) and is based in Los Angeles, United States 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.
Known For
A drama from the life of two generations of a big family from Leningrad. Loosely based on a novel by Yuriy Nagibin.
Rest Time from Saturday Until Monday
It is a comedy film which is put on the motives of A. Milne's known poem in S. J. A. Marshak's translation. It tells us how for the sake of trifling whim of whimsical king the whole kingdom was agitated.
The King's Sandwich
The life story of the legendary music critic, journalist, TV and radio host Artemy Troitsky, who for many years has been recognized as a musical authority not only in Russia, but also beyond its borders.
The Critic
The film tells about the birth of a new wave in the USSR under a strict political regime and about the era of "perestroika", when musicians received freedom of expression.
Heroes of the Soviet New Wave
Kelton's Dark Corner can best be described as "Ed Wood meets Raymond Chandler". An older, wiser, more resilient Kelton the Cop, best known for facing off against aliens, zombies and disembodied spirits, finds himself on the mean streets of L.a., confronting real life monsters, like a character in a Joseph Conrad novel, in a literal, figurative and psychological jungle hell.
Kelton's Dark Corner
"Life's tough in the big city." But life just got a whole lot tougher for Kelton the cop. Kelton the Cop as a young man was forced to face his fears, constantly being called upon to go one-on-one with supernatural entities such as "spooks, ghouls and zombies" with little more than a gun and a badge.