Bio

Nat Harvie (they/them) is a producer, recordist, and performance artist currently based in Minneapolis, MN. Nat began their recording career at eighteen with the bygone Duluth label, Chaperone Records (Charlie Parr, Retribution Gospel Choir, Lion or Gazelle). After the dissolution of the label only a year later, Nat fell deep into the world of DIY recording and began to produce and release their own work independently, starting with their 2015 debut solo EP, Snow is a Gift to my Fear. Following this release, Nat formed their live outfit, Nat Harvie Trio, and quickly became a leading voice in the Duluth scene, garnering local and regional attention for their heartfelt songwriting, lush arrangements, and powerful live performances.

While developing their voice and style as a solo artist Nat also continued to hone their craft as a recordist and producer, learning and working in studios between Duluth, Vancouver, Pittsburgh, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. During this period, Nat produced their first LP, Nat Harvie’s Broken Record, a rococo alternative pop effort independently released in the spring of 2018. After a year of shows supporting Broken Record, Nat Harvie Trio played one final farewell show at Duluth’s Sacred Heart Cathedral with added guitarist Alan Sparhawk of Low. The trio then disbanded and Nat moved to St. Paul to work at Salon, the recording studio of Zoo Animal frontwoman Holly Hansen.

While working and playing solo in the Twin Cities over the following years Nat branched out into several instrumental, synth-based ambient/experimental live and recorded projects including a collaborative EP with Brent Penny, Alan Sparhawk, and Cole Pulice, 4 Embraces, released on Suntanman Records in 2020. After a brief stint in the Pacific Northwest Nat returned to their hometown to work with Alan Sparhawk’s Charkickers’ Union label on the release of their sophomore album, Married in Song, released in February 2022.

Following “Married in Song”, Nat returned to the twin cities to record “Strawberry Roan”, an instrumental ambient/experimental album in collaboration with electro-acoustic saxophonist Cole Pulice featuring cellist Hilary James (Bathtub Cig) and pedal steel player Zack Warpinski. “Strawberry Roan” released June 2022 via the Austin, TX- based experimental label, Aural Canyon to warm reception.

Nat currently lives and works as a recording and mix engineer in North Minneapolis.