Pat Hamilton: keyboards, samples, gongs, vocals --
Dan Sweigert: guitars, bass, keyboards, pots & pans, tingklik, kalimbas, gongs, vocals --
Jim Molina: keyboards, gongs --
Mike Sary: bass
Dan Susnara: guitars, gongs, vocals --
Dan VanSchindel: drums --
Influences
Cibelle, Gamelan Kebyar, Konono No. 1, Yes, Gentle Giant, Sonic Youth, Cheer-Accident, Scrooge, Frank Zappa, PIL, King Crimson, the Melvins, Discus, Flaming Lips, Tom Waits, Kansas, Genesis, PFM, Illusion of Safety, Shadowfax, Morphine, Pox, Jandek, Idaho, Miles Davis, Meshuggah, Sonic Youth, the Orb, Bartok, Stravinsky, High Llamas, Stereolab, Herbie Hancock, Steve Shehan, Mark Heard, the 77s, Daniel Amos, the Tangent, Bobby Hutcherson, 5uus, Thinking Plague, Univers Zero, Sparklehorse, Henry Threadgill, Caetano Veloso, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Nurse with Wound, Kelly Joe Phelps, This Heat, Charles Hayward, Don Caballero, Star Period Star, French TV, Sinister Moustache, Planets & Stars, Port City Music, Sandia, Phil Collins' retirement.
9 on Bali was formed as a trio of Dans. Veteran home taper Dan Susnara & Dan Sweigert (Star Period Star) wanted to create music that mixed indie pop gamelan kebyar, progressive rock, psychedelic music, tropicalia, and jazz. Dan VanSchindel (Star Period Star) joined on drums and they released their debut CD "Kite Hawker on the Beach."
Ryan Humm of Splendid magazine described the epic "My Poor Old Blue Projector" this way, "Listening to 'MPOBP' with headphones is a tremendous experience, and allows the song's just-so layers to interact while remaining distinguishable and clear." He added, "Overall, 'Kite Hawker' is astonishingly original in scope and deserves a spot in any well-rounded record collection."
The two Dans recruited two new keyboardists, an old friend Jim Molina (That People's Sleep), and Savannah resident Pat Hamilton (Sinister Moustache) to capture more of the gamelan sound. They released a CD/DVD called "Sanur" which they debuted on a mini-tour of the Southeast in August, 2007.
Currently 9 on Bali is working on another full length CD. The live shows feature a variety of exotic and home made instruments along with the traditional "rock gear."
I didn't get to talk with you after your show. I really enjoyed it! Perhaps as good as the Huntsville show at times. I dug the additional lineup as well.
Just two of us live in South Carolina. The English accent comes from Dan Susnara, who lives in Chicago. He speaks like a Southsider but sings like an Englishman. I think he left his heart in Liverpool.
dig the exotica of sanur, like the beach boysish bit on my blue projector, but are you english? didn't know south carolina had that kind of accent. nice though.
Yeah, very original. These mix sounds great, progressive in the actual sense of the word! Please come to Sao Paulo (or Rio)and show it to Caetano! Abracos Pedro
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