{{short description|American musician}} {{lead too short|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Sarth Calhoun | image = | caption = | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | alias = | birth_place = | birth_date = | origin = | instrument = Continuum fingerboard, bass | genre = Electronic, alternative, rock, experimental | occupation = | years_active = 1999–present | label = Searching Eye Records, The Gralbum Collective | associated_acts = Number19, Lucibel Crater, Metal Machine Trio | website = {{URL|sarth.net}} }} '''Sarth Calhoun''' is an American musician from Brooklyn, New York known for working in experimental electronic music.
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookofsarth.com/quicklist/ |title=quickList |publisher=Bookofsarth.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-18}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.number19.com/sarth.html |title=Sarth |publisher=Number19.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-18}}</ref>
In 1999 he, Leah Coloff (vocals/lyrics/cello), Tony Diodore (violin, guitar), and Marcus Righter (drums) formed Number19, a rock band that developed experimental sounds within alternative and indie rock settings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/number-19/4399303 |title=iTunes - Music - Number 19 |publisher=iTunes |date= |access-date=2013-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.number19.com/band.html |title=Number Nineteen - Rhythm & Strings |publisher=Number19.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-18 |archive-date=2003-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030806114644/http://www.number19.com/band.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 Calhoun founded the rock/electronic group Lucibel Crater, 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.".<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.buzzbinmagazine.com/home/2008/07/02/lucibel-crater-the-family-album/ |title=Lucibel Crater: The Family Album |publisher=Buzzbin Magazine |date=2013-05-25 |accessdate=2013-07-18}}</ref> 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.<ref>Urban Magazine, 2009, Italia</ref> Sarth came to know Lou Reed 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 to form the Metal Machine Trio.<ref>LA Times, 2008, Lou Reed, Ulrich Krieger, Sarth Calhoun at REDCAT</ref><ref>Billboard, 2008, Lou Reed at the REDCAT [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012192601/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/live_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872344]</ref> 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''.<ref>Lulu, album credits</ref> He went on to record and perform that material with Metallica.<ref>{{cite web|author=David Fricke |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/when-metallica-met-lou-reed-20110930 |title=When Metallica Met Lou Reed | Music News |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2011-09-30 |accessdate=2013-07-18}}</ref> During the same year Sarth performed bass on the Buddy Holly compilation album, ''Rave on Buddy Holly'' for the song "Peggy Sue", also with Lou Reed.
Calhoun 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.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bryan Bishop |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/3/3828314/the-book-of-sarth-ipad-app-graphic-novel-concept-album |title='The Book of Sarth' app melds graphics and music to create a 21st-century concept album |publisher=The Verge |date=2013-01-03 |accessdate=2013-07-18}}</ref>
Sarth Calhoun plays the continuum fingerboard<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lostinsound.org/2010/02/03/lucibel-crater-not-your-dads-jazz/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-03-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516151732/http://lostinsound.org/2010/02/03/lucibel-crater-not-your-dads-jazz/ |archivedate=2013-05-16 }}</ref> and beta tests for the Symbolic Sound Kyma workstation.<ref>Kyma X, startup screen credits</ref> He refers to himself as an "electronic alchemist" using audio equipment to perform live looping and processing of other instruments during performances.<ref>{{cite web|author=text/html; charset=utf-8 |url=http://storyboard.tumblr.com/post/41358319321/the-book-of-sarth-an-interactive-cyberpunk-tale |title=Storyboard |publisher=Storyboard.tumblr.com |date=2013-01-24 |accessdate=2013-07-18}}</ref>
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