Samsa

Bio



Duluth-Minnesota native Nathan Larson has been creating various forms of electronic and experimental music for over 12 years under the names Samsa, Bunk Data, and Royal Obtuse. Nathan was one of the co-founders of the Green House Music label that released a wide variety of atmospheric and ambient music on CD from 1999-2002. In late 2002 Nathan created the Dark Winter net.label with a focus on dark ambient music. Besides his work with Dark Winter, Nathan is co-curating the Wandering Ear net.label with Mike Hallenbeck, the Rotten Crab net.label with Cordell Klier, and running the Endless Ascent net.label.
Discography

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COMPILATION - KAFKA / TOWARD MINOR TRIVIAL
CDR 2008 Doppelganger Records (DPCDR-125)

Track: False Ring Answered

Personnel: Samsa
Recorded: August 2008 at Grey Hat Terminal

Notes: Constructed using lost remnants from Samsa material from 2000-2002


Album （compi）title:
Kafka/Toward minor trivial
Artist-song list:
1.kol sonzlgn---Yozef.K
2.Samsa---False Ring Answered
3.Ovdk---The night of Chyon-Nyan-Ni
4.Takeshi.F---santa monica glitch
5.makryham----Der prozeB with maturana &varela
6.Ovdk-Tragedy march air Attack(Tokyo raid)
7.makryham----A pig in a cage on Antibiotics

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CIRCLE OF PINES - DARKWATER POND
MP3 2006 Dark Winter (dw030)

Tracks: Lichen Ritual / Wasser-Madrigal / Cove Point / Down to the Dreamy Sky / Cloak of Fog / Zerfrorenes Glas / Mossiges Kissen / Fissures

Personnel: Samsa, Seetyca
Recorded: April-October 2006 at Dark Winter Studios and mbira v.04 studios

Notes: Collaboration between Seetyca and Samsa

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SAMSA - FOREST WITHOUT TREES
MP3 2006 Dark Winter (dw025)

Tracks: Armchair Assention / Belief Revision / Centering Prayer / Devine Subconsciousness / Evening Meditation / Feedback Cleansing / Genetic Memories / Heightened Essence / Introlateral Call / Journey Beyond / Knowing Nothing

Personnel: Samsa
Recorded: January-April 2006 at Dark Winter Studios

Notes: Final full length album. Dedicated to alternative forms of meditation and mind expansion.

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COMPILATION - FROZEN LIGHT
CDR 2006 Essentia Mundi (EM002)

Track: Drawing Oceans

Personnel: Samsa
Recorded: February 2006 at Dark Winter Studios

Notes: Limited Edition of 100 on Romaninan Essentia Mundi Records

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COMPILATION - FROM A DARKENED POOL
MP3 2005 Dark Winter (special3)

Tracks: Deportation Point / Soft Hardware

Personnel: Samsa
Recorded: October 2005 Dark Winter Studios

Notes: A 2-disc compilation of artists who created original recordings using a loop package once available on Dark Winter

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LOOP COLLECTION - DARK WINTER / ABLETON LIVE 5 - LOOP PROJECT
MP3 2005 Dark Winter (special2)
WAV 2005 Dark Winter (special2

Tracks: Drone 1 / Drone 2 / Rhythm 1 / Vocal 1 / Vocal 2

Personnel: Samsa
Recorded: August 2005 Dark Winter Studios

Notes: A dark ambient loop package for Ableton Live 5. 30 loops in 5 categories by 5 Dark Winter artsts.

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COMPILATION - FULL COLD MOON - A Tribute to Jhonn Balance and the Musick of COIL
MP3 2004 Dark Winter (special1)
MP3 2005 Dark Winter (special1)

Track: Distant Procession

Personnel: Samsa
Recorded: November 2004 Dark Winter Studios

Notes: "Full Cold Moon" was only available for one moon cycle after which, the project was removed from Dark Winter. With the first anniversary of Jhonn's passing and the release of the final COIL disc "The Ape Of Naples", this amazing tribute project was available once again for one last moon cycle. The second time around saw the inclusion of several bonus tracks.

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