Center (or Tsentr, Russian: Центр) is a Russian-speaking band, which can be described as eclectic and experimental. The styles of their music are very different, starting with new wave and

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in the early years, crossing over to electronica. Center was founded by

Vasily Shumov 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 ...

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, Russia in the late 1970s. The first band name was "777". In the early 1980s Center became popular in the Soviet music underground. The band released over 25 albums, created music for films and TV, appeared on TV shows, and performed in Europe and America.Official site - a brief story of Center in English
Center is documented in numerous publications and books. In the 1990s, the band leader Shumov moved from

, Russia to

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, United States where he continued his music and art work. An album "Plastikozamenitel'" ("Plastic substitute") from 2000 is the first release of Center that features the new concept of so-called Centroborators. Centroborators are the artists from various locations, who contribute to the albums of Center, transferring their digital recordings to

's studio using internet. Several albums after "Plastikozamenitel" were created using the Centroborators concept.Official site - a "Centroborators" page
(in russian) Since the mid-2000s, the band recommenced activities in Russia.

References

External links

Centromania.com - official site (in Russian, with an English section)
Musical groups from Moscow Russian rock music groups Russian new wave musical groups Russian electronic music groups Soviet rock music groups {{Russia-stub