History
2005–2007: ''Naluri Lelaki''
The first album titled ''Naluri Lelaki'', released on 25 November 2005, was a major success for their debut in music industry. It hits multi-platinum award for the record sales, as well as winning some categories in a single night at Anugerah Musik Indonesia (Indonesian Music Awards) in 2006. The categories are ''Best Newcomer'', ''Best Group/Duo'', ''Best Song'' (Kenangan Terindah), ''Best Album'' (Naluri Lelaki), and ''RBT (Ring Back Tone) Award''. The most popular singles from this album are as follows; Naluri Lelaki, Bukan Diriku, Akhir Rasa Ini, Kenangan Terindah, and Di Penghujung Muda. During its heyday, this song occupied the first position on the MTV Ampuh chart from Agustus 2005 to December 2005.2007–2008: ''Penantian Hidup''
The second album ''Penantian Hidup'' released on May 25, 2007, produced in three countries (Indonesia, Australia, and United States). In this album, for the first time Samsons worked with an overseas orchestra group called ''Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra'', which contains 55 of Australia's best musicians, playing an orchestra arrangement written by Erwin Gutawa. ''Penantian Hidup'' was mixed by a senior mixing engineer from Australia, Guy Grey in Singsing Studio, Melbourne. The mastering session ''Penantian Hidup'' takes place in Sterling Sound, New York. Mastered by Ted Jensen, an American mastering engineer, which known for having mastered many recordings including The Eagles (Hotel California), Green Day (American Idiot) and Norah Jones (Come Away With Me). There are some hits that were born from this album. They are "Kisah Tak Sempurna", "Luluh", "Seandainya" and "For You". Celebrating the sale of the ''Penantian Hidup'' that touched platinum sales, in 2008 Samsons released an extended version of the album, named ''Penantian Hidup: Platinum Edition''. Samsons also dedicate this album to ''Samsonia'', a term for their fans, who have supported and appreciated their works since the beginning. The album contains eleven songs on the album ''Penantian Hidup'', plus three new songs "Tak Bisa Memiliki", "Hening" and "Devil's Box".2009–2013: ''Samsons'' and Bams' departure
In 2009, Samsons released their third self-titled album, ''SAMSONS''. The album was produced in Aquarius Studio, Jakarta and recorded using the analog system. Reasons why Samsons back to analog recording technology, is for their sound needs. They also noticed that analog recordings were a form of recording art that began to fade slowly at the time. The album has several hit singles like "Tak Ada Tempat Seperti Surga", "Masih (Mencintainya)" and "Percuma".2013–2016: ''Perihal Besar'' and Aria Dinata
In 2013, they released their fourth album ''Perihal Besar'', featured the hit ballad "Di Ujung Jalan". This album is a debut for the new frontman, Ariadinata, who joined Samsons in 2012 after the first vocalist, Bams, decided to split from the band in the late 2010. Beside "Di Ujung Jalan", ''Perihal Besar'' also has some other hits, like "Langit Runtuh", "Lara" and "Indonesia (Bersatulah!)".2016–2021: ''V'' and the departure of Konde and Aria
In late 2016, Samsons released their single, "I Love You". The song is a lead single from their fifth album. The song was inspired from the birth moment of Irfan Aulia's daughter. In this song, Irfan talks about the feelings of love at first sight, from the view of a father to his daughter. Not leaving their trademark in music, in this song Samsons back with an epic orchestral arrangements. This time, they had the opportunity to work together with the Budapest Scoring Symphony Orchestra. The Orchestra consist a 55-member classical musician based in Budapest, who plays an orchestra arrangement written by Irfan himself. In 2017, Samsons returns with their single, "''Cinta Mati''". This song is a ballad song with the theme of love, which also became a part of their upcoming fifth album. The song is written by Irfan Aulia in 2012. Before performed by Samsons, Cinta Mati was sung by Marcell Siahaan in 2015. Samsons performed this song with a new arrangement and with one of their musical trademarks, which is orchestra. Just like in "I Love You", in "''Cinta Mati''" they are still working with Budapest Scoring Symphony Orchestra. They picked up 55 best orchestra players in Budapest consisting of 40 strings players, 7 woodwinds players, 7 brass players, 1 percussionist who used to make scoring for Hollywood movies. The sound of the orchestra is not something new in Samsons music because in 2007 on the album ''Penantian Hidup'', Samsons was working with the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra. On 18 December 2020, the band released their fifth album titled ''V'' ("five" in the2022–present: Adrian Martadinata joins
On 5 March 2022, the band announced that Adrian Martadinata became their new vocalist, which already know each other since 2008. Irfan admits that his band wants to hire the member, not just as a singer but also has more contributions for the band, and he also admits that Martadinata is a great "single maker". Martadinata, said that Samsons is a well-known band, so he doesn't want to just appeared as a vocalist, but also he wants to contribute more constantly for the band; however, he also stated that he doesn't immediately accept the Samsons proposal and asked Irfan that "why choose him instead find the younger one" and he cite Irfan's words that "wants to find the bandmate can get along with lot of fun". As a result, the band has released two new singles: "''Rayu''" on 25 March and "''Rasa yang Salah''" on 9 September 2022.Discography
* ''Naluri Lelaki'' (2005) * ''Penantian Hidup'' (2007) * ''Samsons'' (2009) * ''Perihal Besar'' (2013) * ''V'' (2020)Band members
Current
* Adrian Martadinata – lead vocals (2022–present) * Erik Partogi Siagian – guitars (2003–present) * Irfan Aulia – guitars, backing vocals (2003–present) * Aldri Dataviadi – bass (2003–present)Past
* Bambang "Bams" Reguna Bukit – lead vocals (2003–2013) * Chandra "Konde" Christanto – drums (2003–2019) * Aria Dinata – lead vocals (2013–2021)Additional
* Yessi Kristianto – keyboard * Henrico Octaviano - DrumReferences
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