Not Waving

Not Waving is the solo project of Alessio Natalizia, an Italian electronic musician who grew up in Abruzzo and moved to London. Earlier known for Banjo or Freakout and for the duo Walls with Sam Willis, he took the name from the Stevie Smith poem Not Waving but Drowning. His records range from minimal wave and industrial pulses to dance pop and slow ambient pieces. Natalizia set up the label Ecstatic with Sam Willis, and it released his 2014 collaboration with Pye Corner Audio, Intercepts. On Diagonal he issued Animals (2016) and Good Luck (2017), and later a record with Jim O'Rourke.