--- title: Conspirators description: People Sarth Calhoun has made, performed, recorded, toured, designed, or built work with. url: https://www.sarth.net/conspirators/ author: Sarth Calhoun --- People # Conspirators Filter people People I have made things with. ## Third Wall Studio 1. [**Savas**Designer and creative director, Head of Creation at Third Wall Studio. Kubler-Ross Model is his film.](/conspirators/savas/) 2. [**Jacob McCoy**Filmmaker, Director, Production at Third Wall Studio. Book of Sarth, the For Lovers duet, Introspections, and, as director, the Meatsuitz films and Through the Brambles.](/conspirators/jacob-mccoy/) 3. [**Doron Lev**Drummer, MC and illustrator. The drums on my Christmas song, a Beautiful Tornado guest, and three Third Wall films in 2026.](/conspirators/doron-lev/) 4. [**Jonathan Arons**The dancing trombonist, artist in residence at Third Wall Studio. The Trinary Matrix, fourteen minutes from his own book, is his film.](/conspirators/jonathan-arons/) 5. [**Tetiana Khodakivska**Film director and editor, artist in residence at Third Wall Studio.](/conspirators/tetiana-khodakivska/) ## Book of Sarth and the Gralbum Collective 1. [![Heroes on Horses, artwork by Archie P. Valdez for The Book of Sarth: riders on horseback in a stylised landscape.](/images/heroes-on-horses-archie.jpg)**Archie P. Valdez**Illustrator of The Book of Sarth, with Tom Hall.](/conspirators/archie-p-valdez/) 2. [![Bora Yoon performing at TED2014.](/images/conspirator-bora-yoon.jpg)**Bora Yoon**Composer, vocalist and sound artist. Sunken Cathedral was one of the first gralbums, and she played the launch with me.](/conspirators/bora-yoon/) 3. [![Billy Martin, 2007.](/images/conspirator-billy-martin.jpg)**Billy Martin**Drummer of Medeski Martin & Wood, and a visual artist. His Omnisphere was a gralbum in the making.](/conspirators/billy-martin/) 4. [**Andrew Beck**Lead programmer of the (gr)album app. Three years of work together on Book of Sarth and the platform.](/conspirators/andrew-beck/) 5. [**Alex Wyly**The artist of The Book of Sarth, credited as Alex Smith and thanked as Elik Smith. Now a textile and home furnishings designer.](/conspirators/alex-wyly/) 6. [**Adam Matta**Beatboxer, visual artist and animator. Sketches was one of the first gralbums, every sound his own voice.](/conspirators/adam-matta/) 7. [**Tom Hart**The artist of Train O’ Thots, drawn on the subway, with music by Moon Hooch and then by Exaltron and me.](/conspirators/tom-hart/) ## Songs, records and improvisations 1. [![Joe Kelly speaking at WonderCon, 2012.](/images/conspirator-joe-kelly.jpg)**Joe Kelly**Comics writer and filmmaker. The melody of my “Softly Questioning” became the main theme of his film Poughkeepsie.](/conspirators/joe-kelly/) 2. [![Sxip Shirey performing in 2010.](/images/conspirator-sxip-shirey.jpg)**Sxip Shirey**Composer, performer and storyteller. Two improvised duets in 2015, his shruti box and prepared guitar against my Continuum.](/conspirators/sxip-shirey/) 3. [![Moldover performing at SHA2017, lit from below.](/images/conspirator-moldover.jpg)**Moldover**Instrument designer and the coiner of controllerism. Warper Party bills in 2009, the Jamboxes, and improvising together.](/conspirators/moldover/) 4. [**Michael Patrick Flanagan Smith**Folksinger, playwright and author of The Good Hand. The voice of my Christmas song, and a Beautiful Tornado guest.](/conspirators/michael-patrick-flanagan-smith/) 5. [**Dominic Bouffard**Guitarist and composer, a Robert Wilson regular. The Lulu band in Berlin, guitars on my Christmas song, and my co-host on Beautiful Tornado.](/conspirators/dominic-bouffard/) 6. [**Phil Weinrobe**Producer and engineer. He recorded my Christmas song at Figure 8 and played banjo on it.](/conspirators/phil-weinrobe/) 7. [**Marc Urselli**Grammy-winning engineer. He reviewed The Book of Sarth and mixed my Christmas song.](/conspirators/marc-urselli/) 8. [**Scott Hampton**Trumpeter, guitarist and composer, also Exaltron. He named Reflections, Vol. 1, plays its last track, and scored Train O’ Thoughts with me.](/conspirators/scott-hampton/) 9. [**Lou Petto**Drummer. Our one-take duet is “Softly Questioning,” whose melody went into Poughkeepsie.](/conspirators/lou-petto/) ## Lou Reed’s bands and Metal Machine Trio 1. [![Lou Reed seated with his guitar, Metal Machine Trio on stage.](/images/mm3-nyc-wide.jpg)**Lou Reed**American songwriter, guitarist and singer, 1942 to 2013, who co-founded the Velvet Underground and then made solo records for forty years. I played in his touring band and in Metal Machine Trio, and worked on both the theater score and the album of *Lulu*.](/conspirators/lou-reed/) 2. [![Laurie Anderson at her violin and keyboard, Yellow Pony, Madrid, 2009.](/images/yellow-pony-madrid-2009.jpg)**Laurie Anderson**American artist, composer and musician. I played between her and Lou Reed on the Yellow Pony tours in 2009, resampling their voices live.](/conspirators/laurie-anderson/) 3. [![Ulrich Krieger on saxophone, Metal Machine Trio on stage.](/images/mm3-nyc-wide.jpg)**Ulrich Krieger**German composer and saxophonist. He arranged Lou Reed’s *Metal Machine Music* for ensemble, and was a third of Metal Machine Trio with Reed and me.](/conspirators/ulrich-krieger/) 4. [![Rob Wasserman on upright bass at the left of Lou Reed’s band, 2008.](/images/mwm-5113.jpg)**Rob Wasserman**American bassist, 1952 to 2016, known for the electric upright bass he developed with Ned Steinberger and for the *Solo*, *Duets* and *Trios* records. He and I first played together at Lou Reed’s apartment, in the session that became “Junior Dad”.](/conspirators/rob-wasserman/) 5. [![Kevin Hearn, 2003.](/images/conspirator-kevin-hearn.jpg)**Kevin Hearn**Barenaked Ladies keyboardist and Lou Reed’s musical director. Lou’s band with me from 2008, and the Winter Garden in 2023.](/conspirators/kevin-hearn/) 6. [![Steve Hunter with a guitar, 2013.](/images/conspirator-steve-hunter.jpg)**Steve Hunter**The guitarist of Berlin and Rock ’n’ Roll Animal. Lou Reed’s band with me in 2008 and 2009.](/conspirators/steve-hunter/) 7. [![Tony “Thunder” Smith at the drums behind Lou Reed, on an outdoor stage.](/images/conspirator-tony-thunder-smith.jpg)**Tony “Thunder” Smith**Lou Reed’s longest-serving drummer. The band with me from 2008 to 2011.](/conspirators/tony-thunder-smith/) 8. [![Aram Bajakian playing guitar at the Vancouver Jazz Festival, 2017.](/images/conspirator-aram-bajakian.jpg)**Aram Bajakian**Guitarist and composer. The eight-piece band on Lou Reed’s 2011 European tour.](/conspirators/aram-bajakian/) 9. [![Shahzad Ismaily playing bass on stage, 2009.](/images/conspirator-shahzad-ismaily.jpg)**Shahzad Ismaily**Multi-instrumentalist and owner of Figure 8 Recording. Lou Reed Drones with me in 2019 and 2023.](/conspirators/shahzad-ismaily/) 10. [![John Zorn with his saxophone at the Newport Jazz Festival, 2014.](/images/conspirator-john-zorn.jpg)**John Zorn**Composer and saxophonist. A set with Lou’s band in 2008, sitting in with Metal Machine Trio in 2009, and the drones in 2019.](/conspirators/john-zorn/) 11. [![Marc Ribot playing guitar on stage, 2007.](/images/conspirator-marc-ribot.jpg)**Marc Ribot**Guitarist. The ten-piece set at Noise Night, Sydney Opera House, 2010.](/conspirators/marc-ribot/) 12. [**Mike Rathke**Lou Reed’s guitarist since New York. The 2008 band, a trio at the Whitney, and “Solsbury Hill.”](/conspirators/mike-rathke/) 13. [**Stewart Hurwood**Lou Reed’s guitar tech, who performs Lou Reed Drones. I have played inside the drones in 2019 and 2023.](/conspirators/stewart-hurwood/) ## Lulu 1. [![Robert Wilson, portrait, 2014.](/images/conspirator-robert-wilson.jpg)**Robert Wilson**Theater director, 1941 to 2025. Lou Reed and I wrote the score for his Lulu at the Berliner Ensemble.](/conspirators/robert-wilson/) 2. [![On a television stage: Kirk Hammett on guitar, Sarth Calhoun at his keyboard and laptop, Lars Ulrich at the drums, James Hetfield on guitar.](/images/lou-reed-metallica-2011.jpg)**Metallica**The band. Lulu, 2011: our score reinterpreted, and I played on every track and on stage in November 2011.](/conspirators/metallica/) ## Number19 and Lucibel Crater 1. [![Leah Coloff, with Lucibel Crater, in Brooklyn.](/images/l1000209.jpg)**Leah Coloff**Brooklyn cellist, singer and songwriter. She fronts Lucibel Crater and played in Number19 with me.](/conspirators/leah-coloff/) 2. [![Paul Chuffo, with Lucibel Crater, in Brooklyn.](/images/l1000209.jpg)**Paul Chuffo**Drummer, originally with the punk and jazz band Gutbucket. He played in Lucibel Crater.](/conspirators/paul-chuffo/) 3. [![Cover of Suspension by Number19.](/images/art-suspension.jpg)**Mark Righter**Drummer of Number19, on Suspension, 2001. Now a furniture maker.](/conspirators/mark-righter/) 4. [**Tony Diodore**Guitarist and violinist. He and I formed Number19 in 1999 and played together again in Lou Reed’s band from 2011.](/conspirators/tony-diodore/) 5. [**Rich Kulsar**Drummer and Grammy winner. We are both on Mike Acerbo’s The Search.](/conspirators/rich-kulsar/) 6. [**Mike Acerbo**Singer-songwriter. My bass is on “Trilby,” the opening track of The Search.](/conspirators/mike-acerbo/) ## The makers of my instruments 1. [![Carla Scaletti, portrait, 2011.](/images/conspirator-carla-scaletti.jpg)**Carla Scaletti**Composer and the inventor of Kyma. I beta-tested it, and my name is on the Kyma X startup screen.](/conspirators/carla-scaletti/) 2. [**Kurt Hebel**Co-founder of Symbolic Sound and designer of the Paca, the orange box I ran on stage.](/conspirators/kurt-hebel/) 3. [**Lippold Haken**Inventor of the Continuum Fingerboard, my instrument.](/conspirators/lippold-haken/)