Darian Sahanaja

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Darian Sahanaja

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Darian Sahanaja
Sahanaja performing with Brian Wilson, 2019
Background information
Born	(1963-05-20) May 20, 1963 (age 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock, pop
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, arranger, session musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, keyboards
Years active	1992–present

Darian Sahanaja (born May 20, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and arranger who is best known for co-founding Wondermints in 1992 and playing with Brian Wilson's supporting band since 1999.^[1] He has also performed alongside the Zombies and Heart as a session musician.

Background

[edit]

Darian Sahanaja was born in Indonesia and raised in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Association with Brian Wilson

[edit]

According to Sahanaja, the first record he ever bought was the Beach Boys greatest hits compilation Endless Summer (1974), and that he "used to take physical beatings from neighborhood boys for being a fan."^[1] In the early 1980s, he became obsessed with the band's unfinished Smile album after hearing an unreleased version of the song "Wonderful". Sahanaja stated that it "pretty much changed my life."^[2] He said, "When I met Nick Walusko, who I formed the Wondermints with, one of the first things we bonded over was Smile bootlegs. We got to know [music historian] Domenic Priore and a small group of us became the Smile intelligentsia of that period."^[1]

In 2003, Sahanaja worked with Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks in sequencing and arranging the fragments of the unfinished Smile album into a completed work. Wilson, Sahanaja and the rest of Wilson's band performed Brian Wilson Presents Smile both live, and in the studio.^[1] Wilson's wife Melinda praised Sahanaja as "an unsung hero on the Smile project. If it weren't for him, and Brian feeling so comfortable with his assistance, I don't think it would have happened."^[3]

In 2013, Sahanaja was the Supervising Music Consultant and acted as Paul Dano's musical coach for the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy (2014).^[4]^[5]^[1]

Other work

[edit]

Sahanaja performed alongside The Zombies on the 40th anniversary tour and the 2015 tour of their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. He later performed with Heart at the Dreamboat Annie Live concert, writing string arrangements, while also playing percussion, keyboards, and singing background vocals. In 2012, Sahanaja appeared on the Beach Boys' reunion album, That's Why God Made the Radio, and the subsequent anniversary tour, playing keyboards and providing backing vocals.^{[citation needed]}

Sahanaja was the composer for the Disney XD original series Future-Worm! (2016-2018).^{[citation needed]}

References

[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Greene, Andy (June 30, 2015). "Meet Brian Wilson's Secret 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, David (Director) (2004). Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (Documentary). Event occurs at 1:12:00.
^ Forman, Bill (June 5, 2015). "Inside Brian Wilson Musician Darian Sahanaja on playing with the revered Beach Boy and consulting on Love & Mercy". Colorado Springs Independent. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015.
^ Peter, Gilstrap (June 3, 2015). "Inside Brian Wilson's room: The famed Beach Boy opens up about mental illness, medication, manipulation and the movie about his life". Salon. Archived from the original on August 4, 2015.

External links

[edit]

v t e The Zombies
Rod Argent Colin Blunstone Chris White Hugh Grundy Paul Atkinson Steve Rodford Tom Toomey Soren Koch Jim Rodford Russ Ballard Bob Henrit Sebastian Santa Maria Keith Airey Darian Sahanaja Paul Arnold
Albums	Begin Here/The Zombies Odessey and Oracle New World R.I.P. As Far as I Can See... Breathe Out, Breathe In Still Got That Hunger Different Game
EP	The Zombies
Compilations	Time of the Zombies Zombie Heaven
Singles	"She's Not There" "Leave Me Be" "Tell Her No" "She's Coming Home" "I Want You Back Again" "Whenever You're Ready" / "I Love You" "Just Out Of Reach" "Care of Cell 44" "Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)" "Time of the Season" "Imagine the Swan"
Related articles	Argent

v t e Heart
Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson Steve Fossen Roger Fisher Howard Leese Mark Andes Denny Carmassi Fernando Saunders Scott Olson Mike Inez Darian Sahanaja Gilby Clarke
Studio albums	Dreamboat Annie Magazine Little Queen Dog & Butterfly Bébé le Strange Private Audition Passionworks Heart Bad Animals Brigade Desire Walks On Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas Jupiters Darling Red Velvet Car Fanatic Beautiful Broken
Live albums	Greatest Hits/Live Rock the House Live! The Road Home Alive in Seattle Dreamboat Annie Live Live in Atlantic City
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits/Live These Dreams: Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Greatest Hits: 1985–1995 The Essential Heart Love Songs Strange Euphoria
Singles	"Magic Man" "Crazy on You" "Dreamboat Annie" "Barracuda" "Little Queen" "Kick It Out" "Heartless" "Straight On" "Dog & Butterfly" "Without You" "Even It Up" "Bebe le Strange" "Tell It Like It Is" "Unchained Melody" "This Man Is Mine" "City's Burning" "How Can I Refuse?" "Allies" "What About Love" "Never" "These Dreams" "Nothin' at All" "If Looks Could Kill" "Alone" "Who Will You Run To" "There's the Girl" "I Want You So Bad" "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" "I Didn't Want to Need You" "Stranded" "Secret" "You're the Voice" "Black on Black II" "Will You Be There (In the Morning)" "The Woman in Me" "Stairway to Heaven" "All Through the Night"
Related articles	Discography List of band members Whirlygig Hope & Glory
Category

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darian_Sahanaja&oldid=1218539529"

Categories:

Hidden categories:

Authority control databases
International	ISNI
Artists	MusicBrainz