David Bridie
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David Bridie is a musician from Melbourne, Australia. Bridie first rose to prominence as a member of Not Drowning, Waving
, which he started in the early 1980s with guitarist John Phillips. They released four albums on Australian independent labels to some level of critical acclaim and very limited sales. Their fifth album, Tabaran, was to be released internationally through Warner Brothers, but was dropped at the last minute.
In the early 1990s, Bridie formed a second band, My Friend The Chocolate Cake
with Helen Mountford as a side project. The new band became Bridie's main focus when Not Drowning Waving broke up after the release of the 1992 Circus album. My Friend the Chocolate Cake has released six studio albums and a live album.
Bridie has released three solo albums, Act of Free Choice (2000), Hotel Radio (2003) and Succumb, released in August 2008. He has also written several soundtracks for Australian movies and television, most notably The Man Who Sued God
in 2001, Remote Area Nurse
and The Circuit
in 2007-2010.
Not Drowning, Waving
Not Drowning, Waving were a musical group formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1983 by David Bridie and John Phillips...
, which he started in the early 1980s with guitarist John Phillips. They released four albums on Australian independent labels to some level of critical acclaim and very limited sales. Their fifth album, Tabaran, was to be released internationally through Warner Brothers, but was dropped at the last minute.
In the early 1990s, Bridie formed a second band, My Friend The Chocolate Cake
My Friend The Chocolate Cake
My Friend The Chocolate Cake is an Australian musical group based in Melbourne. They have recorded seven albums since being founded in 1989 by David Bridie and Helen Mountfort, members of Not Drowning, Waving...
with Helen Mountford as a side project. The new band became Bridie's main focus when Not Drowning Waving broke up after the release of the 1992 Circus album. My Friend the Chocolate Cake has released six studio albums and a live album.
Bridie has released three solo albums, Act of Free Choice (2000), Hotel Radio (2003) and Succumb, released in August 2008. He has also written several soundtracks for Australian movies and television, most notably The Man Who Sued God
The Man Who Sued God
The Man Who Sued God is a 2001 Australian film, starring Billy Connolly and directed by Mark Joffe.-Plot:Advocate Steve Myers is a disillusioned lawyer who becomes fed-up with the perceived corruption within the judicial system. He quits the law business and buys a small fishing boat and takes up...
in 2001, Remote Area Nurse
RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series)
RAN is an Australian television program , filmed entirely on Masig Island in the tropical Torres Strait north of the Cape York Peninsula, the northern-most part of Australia , and the border with Papua New Guinea.This is an important series to Torres Strait Islanders, but also to the...
and The Circuit
The Circuit (TV series)
The Circuit is an Australian television drama series. The six part first season screened on SBS TV, premiering on 8 July 2007 at , and concluding on 12 August 2007. Season 2 began airing on December 1, 2009....
in 2007-2010.
Discography
- Projects 1983-1993 (1994) [with John Phillips]
- Act of Free Choice (2000; rereleased in 2007; US release in 2002) The Title refers to the Act of Free ChoiceAct of Free ChoiceAct of Free Choice was an event in July to August 1969 by which Indonesia asserts that the Western New Guinea population decided to relinquish their sovereignty in favor of Indonesian citizenship...
1969 which was essential for the takeover of West Papua by Indonesia. - Act of Free Choice (EP) (2001)
- Hotel Radio (2003; rereleased in 2007)
- Succumb (2008)
- Gone, un viaje que nunca olvidarás (2007)