Dumbtron is a duo comprised of former Asamov members, and friends, Willie Evans Jr. and Paten Locke.

Lately they've been working on some new music so, we figured this was a good time to unleash 'The Fat Russian.' 

Peep the funkiness and wordplay. Be careful though, you don't want to get slapped by a Fat Russian. 

Dumbtron (Willie Evans Jr. & Paten Locke) - The Fat Russian

An experiment to create the evolving textures and forms you may hear in a Spitfire Audio evo grid/EMS VCS3 system with sounds/samples coming back and forth. I wanted to try this with some of the cheaper or free options available from Spitfire in preparation of one day owning some of the Evo grid VSTS (such as the awesome sounding Chamber Evolutions!)

I created 4 separate tracks using the following:
Arc String Textures - Vn and Cello
Spitfire Labs Frozen Strings - Harmonics
Spitfire Labs Scary Strings + Performance Samples River Harp (still free I think!)
Spitfire Labs Vc 'The Frozen String'

On these tracks I also added:
My Daw's default delay plugin (a different delay length for each track, no delay on the cello)- gonna buy U-He's Colour Copy soonish!
Soundtoys Little Plate

I armed all the tracks at once and explored the sounds through a couple of chords, the mod wheel was used to bring in the dynamics a little throughout and I placed certain elements higher or lower on the keys so 1 or 2 notes were able to be solo'd if I needed them (usually in the bass). 

I hope this helps to inspire others to give stuff a go with what they have, maybe as a warm up to that particular instrument or sound you want to achieve!

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08.03 - St Petersburg, Russia - Jesus Club
09.03 - Moscow, Russia, Rodyna Studio
13.03 - Birmingham, UK - The Bulls Head
14.03 - Brighton, UK - The Green Door Store
15.03 - Portsmouth, UK - Theme
16.03 - Norwich, UK - Norwich Arts Centre
20.03 - Manchester, UK - Islington Mill
21.03 - London, UK - Dance Tunnel
22.03 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Liquid Room
23.03 - Nottingham, UK - Stealth
27.03 - Dublin, Ireland - The Lost Society
28.03 - Glasgow, Scotland - Broadcast
29.03 - Bristol, UK - Thekla
30.03 - Sheffield, UK - Bungalows and Bears

04.04 - Stockholm, Sweden - Landet
05.04 - Berlin, Germany - Gretchen
06.04 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Motel Mozaique Festival
11.04 - Munich, Germany - Yip Yab
12.04 - Bucharest, Romania - Control Club
20.04 - Paris, France - La Bellevilloise
24.04 - Lisbon, Portugal - Musicbox
26.04 - Krakow, Poland - Pauza
27.04 - Poznan, Poland - Pawilon Nowa Gazownia

03.05 - Vienna, Austria - Cafe Leopold
06.05 - Brussels, Belgium - AB Box 
10.05 - Madrid, Spain - Post Club
11.05 - Belfast, Ireland - Oh Yeah Music Centre

07.06 - Oslo, Norway - Bla
08.06 - Manchester, UK - Parklife Festival

05.07 - Helsinki, Finland - Kuudes Aisti Festival

10.08 - Sventoji, Lithuania - Satta Outside Festival

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