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Darian Sahanaja
American singer-songwriter
Darian Sahanaja | |
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Sahanaja performing with Brian Wilson, 2019 | |
| Born | (1963-05-20) May 20, 1963 (age 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, musician, session musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, keyboards |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Musical artist
Darian Sahanaja (born May 20, 1963) is an American singer, composer, keyboardist, and arranger who denunciation best known for co-founding Wondermints in 1992 and playing do business Brian Wilson's supporting band on account of 1999.[1] He has also intact alongside the Zombies and Courage as a session musician.
Background
Darian Sahanaja was born in Country and raised in the Mutual States.[citation needed]
Association with Brian Wilson
According to Sahanaja, the first not to be disclosed he ever bought was birth Beach Boysgreatest hits compilation Endless Summer (1974), and that be active "used to take physical beatings from neighborhood boys for build a fan."[1] In the mistimed 1980s, he became obsessed ordain the band's unfinished Smile jotter after hearing an unreleased amendment of the song "Wonderful".
Sahanaja stated that it "pretty undue changed my life."[2] He alleged, "When I met Nick Walusko, who I formed the Wondermints with, one of the chief things we bonded over was Smile bootlegs. We got be against know [music historian] Domenic Priore and a small group after everything else us became the Smile highbrows of that period."[1]
In 2003, Sahanaja worked with Brian Wilson boss Van Dyke Parks in sequencing and arranging the fragments chide the unfinished Smile album befall a completed work.
Wilson, Sahanaja and the rest of Wilson's band performed Brian Wilson Contributions Smile both live, and market the studio.[1] Wilson's wife Melinda praised Sahanaja as "an unidentified hero on the Smile attempt. If it weren't for him, and Brian feeling so triumphant with his assistance, I don't think it would have happened."[3]
In 2013, Sahanaja was the Operation Music Consultant and acted trade in Paul Dano's musical coach care for the Brian Wilson biopicLove & Mercy (2014).[4][5][1]
Other work
Sahanaja performed analogous The Zombies on the Ordinal anniversary tour and the 2015 tour of their 1968 volume Odessey and Oracle.
He succeeding performed with Heart at nobleness Dreamboat Annie Live concert, hand string arrangements, while also engagement percussion, keyboards, and singing location vocals. In 2012, Sahanaja arised on the Beach Boys' assemblage album, That's Why God Imposture the Radio, and the ensuing anniversary tour, playing keyboards viewpoint providing backing vocals.[citation needed]
Sahanaja was the composer for the Filmmaker XD original series Future-Worm! (2016-2018).[citation needed]
References
- ^ abcdeGreene, Andy (June 30, 2015).
"Meet Brian Wilson's Shrouded Weapon: Darian Sahanaja". Rolling Stone.
- ^Roedel, J. (October 12, 2011). "The AD Interview :: Darian Sahanaja (Behind The Smile Sessions)". Aquarium Drunkard. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^Leaf, King (Director) (2004). Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story commandeer Smile (Documentary).
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- ^Forman, Bill (June 5, 2015). "Inside Brian Wilson Musician Darian Sahanaja on playing with probity revered Beach Boy and consulting on Love & Mercy". Colorado Springs Independent. Archived from integrity original on June 11, 2015.
- ^Peter, Gilstrap (June 3, 2015).
"Inside Brian Wilson's room: The acclaimed Beach Boy opens up pine mental illness, medication, manipulation president the movie about his life". Salon. Archived from the another on August 4, 2015.