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9 on Bali

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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."

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Member Since: 10/04/2007
Band Website: http://cropcirclecollective.com/
Band Members: 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.
Sounds Like: You tell us...
Record Label: Audible Cropcircle
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

2nd Annual Trips Festival

I'm just now listening to the new Dan Susnara/Greg Stomberg collab "The 2nd Annual Trips Festival" CD. Stomberg narrates in a southern/midwestern voice (similar to David Lynch's) telling stories of tr...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:37:00 GMT

Mark Linkous (aka Sparklehorse) dies

I was glancing through Entertainment Weekly and noticed Mark Linkous' name in the obituary page. Apparantly, he shot himself in the heart after receiving a text message. I remember back in the 90's he...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:09:00 GMT

New CD

We've been playing a couple songs from the next CD live; Survivorman & Snares, and are working on a new longer piece of which 3 movements have been constructed so far. I'm very excited about playing (...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:20:00 GMT

Pots, pans, and gongs

I just finished building a number of stands for the pots & pans and gongs we'll be playing on the August tour. I discovered that stainless steel mixing bowls make a nice rattling sound w...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:00:00 GMT