Sarth Calhoun is an American musician from Brooklyn, New York.

Biography

Sarth Calhoun grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing music and writing lyrics at age six. In his teens, he stopped buying comic books to save up for his first bass guitar. His music career started with various rock bands around New York City, during which time he developed a love of computers and the Internet, and formed electronica-improv group, Gebbeth. In 1999 he,

Leah Coloff Leah Coloff is an American singer-songwriter, and cellist who lives in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. Biography Leah Coloff started cello lessons at the age of six. She attended the New England Conservatory. However, she became disillus ...

(vocals/lyrics/cello),

Tony Diodore Tony Diodore is a musician from Brooklyn, NY. He played guitar and violin in Lou Reed's live tour band, and formerly played guitar and/or violin in multiple Brooklyn trip hop and electronic bands, including: Number19, BM Linx, and Puracane. Bi ...

(violin, guitar), and Marcus Righter (drums) formed Number19, a rock band that developed experimental sounds within alternative and indie rock settings. The music orients around cello and violin swooping over grooving bass and drums. The band performed online as well as in person, and funded its first album, ''Suspension'', from mp3.com downloads. The band is on an indefinite hiatus. In 2005 Sarth founded the rock/electronic group

Lucibel Crater Lucibel Crater is a band from Brooklyn, New York. Their style is different from song to song but blends live electronic music, alternative rock, and indie rock. Lucibel Crater recorded their EP Miracles in 2007. In 2008 they released their first ...

, and experimented more with electronic music and sound-looping. Singer/songwriter/cellist, Leah Coloff, and Paul Chuffo (drums) rounded out the trio. The band has been described as "Cubist," and "if Picasso had a band.". Lucibel Crater recorded their EP ''Miracles'' in 2007, and their full-length CD, ''The Family Album'' in 2008. ''The Family Album'' refers to and explores the theme of American Life. Sarth came to know

Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. ...

during this time, due to common passion for Chen Taiji, and Lou Reed provides guitar accompaniment on the track ''Threadbare Funeral''. While touring in Italy and Germany with Lucibel Crater, Sarth joined a new band with Lou Reed and

Ulrich Krieger Ulrich Krieger (born 1962 in Freiburg) is a German contemporary composer, performer, improviser and experimental rock musician based in Los Angeles. Krieger's artistic work spans a broad field from contemporary classical composition and free impro ...

to form the

Metal Machine Trio Metal Machine Trio was a group founded in 2008 by Lou Reed, Ulrich Krieger and Sarth Calhoun. The group played free improvised music, touching on various genres from free rock, free jazz, minimal music, noise music, electronica, to ambient mu ...

. Their collaboration resulted in a tai chi meditation record. In 2011 he co-wrote and recorded noise compositions with Lou Reed for Robert Wilson's stage production of ''

Lulu Lulu may refer to: Companies * LuLu, an early automobile manufacturer * Lulu.com, an online e-books and print self-publishing platform, distributor, and retailer * Lulu Hypermarket, a retail chain in Asia * Lululemon Athletica or simply Lulu, a C ...

''. He went on to record and perform that material with

Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...

. During the same year Sarth performed bass on the

Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas ...

compilation album, '' Rave on Buddy Holly'' for the song "

Peggy Sue "Peggy Sue" is a rock and roll song written by Jerry Allison and Norman Petty, and recorded and released as a single by Buddy Holly on September 20, 1957. The Crickets are not mentioned on label of the single (Coral 9-61885), but band members Jo ...

", also with Lou Reed. Sarth founded The Gralbum Collective, a new publishing company. He is overseeing the development of a new mobile and entertainment application called the gralbum (graphic+album), or graphic album, an artistic medium that is the combination of a graphic novel and music album. The company's debut work, The Book of Sarth, was released 6 October 2012, and features Sarth's electronic music, and artwork by Alex Smith. It was programmed by Andrew Beck. Sarth plays the continuum fingerboard and beta tests for the

Symbolic Sound Symbolic Sound Corporation was founded by Carla Scaletti and Kurt J. Hebel in 1989 as a spinoff of the CERL Sound Group at the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Originally named ''K ...

Kyma workstation. He refers to himself as an "electronic alchemist" using audio equipment to perform live looping and processing of other instruments during performances.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calhoun, Sarth American electronic musicians Musicians from Brooklyn Living people Year of birth missing (living people)