As originally published on sarth.net, 2010 and 2014
Conspiracies
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October 31, 2010
• Metal Machine Trio • Lucibel Crater • Yellow Pony
Metal Machine Trio:
"We have formed a recording unit Called BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE. We intend to put out different types of my music - from industrial to meditative to songs and all subway stops in between. - CREATE!"
--Lou Reed
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Lucibel Crater:
Sarth's current brainchild is Brooklyn-based electronic/rock group Lucibel Crater.
Often described as "cubist," this trio has been called "Bjork crossed with the White Stripes" and is fronted by singer/songwriter/cellist Leah Coloff, who has recorded for artists ranging from Dr. John to Ziggy Marley to Joel Thome to David Bowie, as well as receiving critical praise and radio play for her solo album "Dark Sweet Heart."
and with Paul Chuffo on drums. Lucibel Crater uses experimental methods to create music with familiar structure and grooves; A typical Lucibel Crater show might begin by meticulous live looping of syncopated drum parts, build into a crescendo of noise, then dissolve and coalesce into a catchy melody sung over a brooklyn-style groove.
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September 9, 2014
• Metal Machine Trio • Lucibel Crater • Yellow Pony • Lulu • Book of Sarth • Number 19 • Mike Acerbo • The Gralbum Collective
Metal Machine Trio:
"We have formed a recording unit Called BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE. We intend to put out different types of my music - from industrial to meditative to songs and all subway stops in between. - CREATE!"
--Lou Reed
In 2008 Lou called me up and told me he was doing a free improvised noise gig at The REDCAT in LA with saxophonist and composer Ulrich Krieger. Ulrich had made a real impression on Lou by arranging Metal Machine Music for orchestral ensemble ... a rare and some might say unnatural feat that should be impossible. I had done a tour with Lou's rock band, processing and sampling the various instruments on stage, and we had talked talked about doing some duet shows performing the meditation music we'd been working on. That stuff was drones and melodies combined with pure noise, so this seemed only natural. Ulrich had billed us as "Unclassified" because obviously the group had no name yet.
The shows in LA were great, they sold out right away and we added a second set on one of the nights. We recorded the sets with a matched pair of Schoeps and a stereo Royer, and released them as is, pure ambient microphone tracks with no direct lines. That stuff was released as a double live CD, "Creation of the Universe."
This was the start of the group which was eventually renamed The Metal Machine Trio, and we went on to play in Europe, Brazil, and Australia.
We called the music "Deep Noise" because that's what it was. At times though, it felt almost like improvised classical music, or something which didn't have a name.
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- Metal Machine Trio
- Anticipation of our noise madness in Sydney Anticipation of our noise madness in Sydney
Lucibel Crater:
The rock/electronic group Sarth always dreamed he could have but never realized he would is called Lucibel Crater.
Often described as "cubist," this trio has been called "Bjork crossed with the White Stripes" and is fronted by singer/songwriter/cellist Leah Coloff, who has recorded for artists ranging from Dr. John to Ziggy Marley to Joel Thome to David Bowie, as well as receiving critical praise and radio play for her solo album "Dark Sweet Heart."
and with Paul Chuffo on drums. Lucibel Crater uses experimental methods to create music with familiar structure and grooves; A typical Lucibel Crater show might begin by meticulous live looping of syncopated drum parts, build into a crescendo of noise, then dissolve and coalesce into a catchy melody sung over a brooklyn-style groove.
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Yellow Pony:
In 2009 I had the unique opportunity to do two short tours with Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson. I played continuum fingerboard and did live resampling of their voices. Also, I got to stand in the center of the stage, like a drummer. It was a wonderful experience, and it is also when I fell in love with Spain.
Lulu:
I got a call from Lou one day to go over to his house and make some "interstitial" music for a theater production. Robert Wilson was staging "Lulu" with the Berliner Ensemble. This turned into co-writing 8 more songs with Lou Reed. Hells yeah. After I got back from Berlin, we took the project to San Francisco and recorded it with Metallica. What a blast. They completely reinterpreted all the stuff, of course. They were awesome. Of course.
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Book of Sarth:
2.5 years in the making. my first full-length solo release. plus a platform for releasing music and interactive art in a new way. Andrew Beck was amazing. Elik Smith is a genius. Leah Coloff is a force of nature. Jacob McCoy is unstoppable. Together we made this.
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Reproduced word for word from the Internet Archive’s copy of October 31, 2010 and the Internet Archive’s copy of September 9, 2014. Its thumbnail images are not reproduced. Links that no longer work now go to the Internet Archive’s copies: http://www.loureed.com/metalmachinetrio/; http://lucibelcrater.com/.