Nat Baldwin (born February 21, 1980 in

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) is an American bassist, improvisor, and songwriter. He's released several solo albums since 2003 and is also known for being a former member of

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. In 2020 he released a series of experimental works for solo double bass: ''AUTONOMIA I: Body Without Organs'', ''AUTONOMIA II: Recombinations'', and ''AUTONOMIA III: Endnotes''. The last album featuring his songwriting is ''In the Hollows''. He has appeared on many albums such as ''

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'' (2008) by

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, ''

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'' (2010) by

Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records. The band was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chris Tomson ...

and ''

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'' (2012) by Grizzly Bear.

Solo discography

*''Solo Contrabass'' (2003) *''Lights Out'' (2005) *''Enter the Winter'' (2006) *''Most Valuable Player'' (2007) *''People Changes'' (2011) *'' In the Hollows'' (2014) *''AUTONOMIA I: Body Without Organs'' (2020) *''AUTONOMIA II: Recombinations'' (2020) *''AUTONOMIA III: Endnotes'' (2020)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, Nat Experimental musicians American rock bass guitarists 1980 births Living people Dirty Projectors members 21st-century American bass guitarists Western Vinyl artists