Biography
Following the 2012 dissolution of his solo guitar-and-laptop project Banjo or Freakout, Italian-born, London-based Alessio Natalizia persisted with the duo Walls alongside Sam Willis. Personal circumstances combined with diverging musical directions eventually prompted an amicable parting, after which Natalizia devoted himself entirely to the fresh solo endeavor Not Waving. His first album under that name, the 2013 full-length Umwelt, took shape as a conceptual work rooted in the notion of “Remote Listening.” Drawing initial impetus from the CIA and KGB’s Remote Viewing programs at the peak of the Cold War, the record assembled pieces evoking locations Natalizia had never visited. The project also reflected his homeland’s longstanding tradition of avant-garde electronic music and marked a decisive turn in his recorded work. That same year he issued the nine-track limited cassette Redacted and assembled the Strut Records compilation Mutazione, surveying Italy’s 1980s underground new wave, post-punk, and avant-garde electronic scenes. A rapid succession of Not Waving releases followed in 2014: a split 12″ shared with Pye Corner Audio, the self-released Voices cassettes, and the sophomore album Human Capabilities, which appeared on Stuart Leath’s Emotional Response imprint. After numerous live performances throughout 2015, Natalizia returned to the studio for a third long-player. Late that year Oscar Powell and Jaime Williams welcomed Not Waving to their Diagonal label; the limited-edition, EBM-referencing 12″ Get Serious served as the initial outing. The more club-oriented album Animals surfaced to widespread praise at the start of 2016.
Albums
