Not Drowning, Waving

Not Drowning, Waving were a musical group formed in Melbourne in the 1980s by David Bridie. Their music combined elements of rock, ambient music and world music; their lyrics dealt with characteristically Australian topic: word-pictures of landscapes and people, the seasons, and some political issues (such as Indonesia's invasion of East Timor).

Not Drowning, Waving broke up in the early 1990s; some of the members (including Bridie and cellist Helen Mountford) went on to form My Friend The Chocolate Cake.

Selected discography

• Another Pond (1984)
• The Little Desert (1985)
• The Cold and the Crackle
• Claim (1988)
• Tabaran (1989)
• Proof (1991 soundtrack to Proof)
• Circus (1993)
• Hammers (1994 soundtrack to Hammers Over The Anvil)