Orlando Tobias Edward Higginbottom (born 7 March 1986), known professionally as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (or TEED), is a British electronic music producer, DJ and singer-songwriter based in the United States.
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | |
|---|---|
 Higginbottom in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Orlando Tobias Edward Higginbottom |
| Also known as | TEED |
| Born | 7 March 1986 London, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels |
|
| Website | www |
Early life
editOrlando is the son of Professor Edward Higginbottom, formerly conductor of the choir of New College, Oxford.[2] He was educated at Abingdon School[3] and Cherwell School, Oxford.[4] A classically trained musician, he attended the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London. Orlando began listening to electronic music in his early teens, through borrowing audio tapes from his older siblings.[5]
Orlando commented to Spin that he was looking for a name that "couldn't be cool, couldn't be put into some kind of scene that gets hip for six months and then falls out of fashion."[6]
Musical career
editOn 11 June 2012, TEED's debut album Trouble was released by Polydor Records. The album was well received, with favourable reviews from several well-respected music publications including the NME ("One of the UK's most exciting young producers"), Pitchfork[7] and the BBC. Trouble was named by iTunes UK as their 'Debut Electronic album of the year', it was DJ Magazine's 'album of the year' and was number 5 in the BBC's end of year album poll.[8]
Trouble was also voted 'Best Album' in DJ Magazine's Best of British 2012,[9] with TEED also picking up the award for 'Best Live Act'.[10]
On 8 July 2013, Crosstown Rebels released Get Lost VI, a compilation of music curated and mixed by TEED.[11] Get Lost VI featured tracks from Underground Resistance, Tiga, Breach, Trus'me, Axel Boman, Dave Aju, Mathew Jonson and more. It was voted 'Best Compilation' in DJ Magazine's Best of British 2013.[12]
On 14 August 2014, TEED launched Nice Age, a cross-platform label.[13] The first release, "Feels Like", is a collaboration between TEED and Anna Lunoe.[14]
TEED released an EP titled The Distance in 2021.[15]
On 30 March 2022, TEED announced his second album When the Lights Go, which was supposed to be released on 22 July 2022, but was delayed until 9 September 2022 and was released on his own label, Nice Age.[16]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Trouble |
|
| When the Lights Go |
|
Extended plays
edit- All in One Sixty Dancehalls (2009), Greco-Roman
- All in Two Sixty Dancehalls (2010), Greco-Roman
- Household Goods (2010), Greco-Roman
- Prehistory (2011), Greco-Roman
- Prehistory II (2011), Greco-Roman
- I Can Hear the Birds (2020), I Oh You[17]
- The Distance (2021), Nice Age[18]
Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [19] |
UK Dance [20] |
BEL (Vl) [21] |
US Dance [22] | |||
| "Trouble" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | Trouble |
| "Garden" | 135 | 23 | 87 | — | ||
| "You Need Me on My Own" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tapes & Money" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Stronger / American Dream Part II" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Household Goods" (re-release)" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Your Love" | — | — | 105 | — | ||
| "Lion, the Lion" (with Eats Everything) |
2013 | — | — | — | — | Get Lost VI |
| "Without You" (with Dillon Francis) |
— | — | — | 38 | Non-album singles | |
| "Feels Like" (with Anna Lunoe) |
2014 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Leave a Light On"[23] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Don't You Forget About Me" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Body Move"[24] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Energy Fantasy"[25] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Again" (with SG Lewis)[26] |
— | — | — | — | Dark EP | |
| "Radical" (with Amtrac) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | Oddyssey |
| "Heartbreak" (with Bonobo)"[27] |
— | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "6000 Ft." (with Bonobo)[28] |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Unfold" (with Porter Robinson) |
2021 | — | — | — | 19 | Nurture |
| "Blood in the Snow" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | When the Lights Go |
| "Crosswalk" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Sleeper" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Forever" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Never Seen You Dance" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "When the Lights Go" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||
Featured appearances
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "My Life Is Complete" (Chad Valley featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) |
2012 | Young Hunger |
| "Without You" (Dillon Francis featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) |
2013 | Non-album single |
| "Again" (SG Lewis featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) |
2018 | Dark EP |
| "Radical" (Amtrac featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) |
2020 | Oddyssey |
| "Dawn" (Bronson featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) |
Bronson | |
| "Walking on Water"[29] (The Knocks featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) |
2022 | HISTORY |
Other albums
edit- Kinshasa One Two
as part of DRC Music led by Damon Albarn (2012), Warp
Songwriting and production credits
edit| Year | Artist | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Banks | "Warm Water" | Goddess |
| 2014 | "You Should Know Where I'm Coming From" | ||
| "Fuck Em Only We Know" | |||
| "Under the Table" | |||
| "And I Drove You Crazy" | |||
| "Bedroom Wall" | |||
| 2015 | Mark Ronson | "I Can't Lose" feat. Keyone Starr | Uptown Special |
| 2016 | Boys Noize | "2 Live" | Mayday |
| 2018 | Elderbrook | "Bird Song" | Old Friend EP |
| 2019 | Kelsey Lu | "Blood" | Blood |
| Shura | "The Stage" | Forevher | |
| "Tommy" | |||
| 2020 | SG Lewis | "Impact" with Robyn and Channel Tres | Times |
| Elderbrook | "Why Do We Shake in the Cold?" | Why Do We Shake in the Cold? | |
| SG Lewis | "Time" with Rhye | Times | |
| 2021 | "Fall" | ||
| Shura | "T-Shirt" | Forevher: Deluxe Edition | |
| Anna Lunoe | "Back Seat" feat. Genesis Owusu | Non-album single | |
| 2023 | SG Lewis | Infatuation | AudioLust & HigherLove |
| Call On Me with Tove Lo | |||
| Oh Laura | |||
| Honest | |||
| 2024 | SG Lewis and Tove Lo | "Heat" | Heat EP |
| "Let Me Go Oh Oh" | |||
| "Busy Girl" | |||
| Nelly Furtado | Honesty | 7 |
Remixes
edit| Year | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sugababes | "Denial" |
| 2009 | Asavioure & DJ IQ | "Cracked It" |
| 2010 | Fenech-Soler | "Lies" |
| Professor Green | "Monster" | |
| Sky Ferreira | "One" | |
| Darwin Deez | "Constellations" | |
| Tinashé | "Saved" | |
| Wafa | "Ewid Disco" | |
| Killa Kela | "Everyday" | |
| Deathray Trebuchay | "No 6 Friend 1" | |
| 2011 | Fur Coat | "Space Ballad" |
| Lee Mortimer | "Where the Party At" | |
| Donae'o (featuring Terri Walker) | "When Angels Sing" | |
| Katy Perry | "Firework" | |
| Lady Gaga | "Marry the Night" | |
| The 2 Bears | "The Lunatics" | |
| Crystal Fighters | "Xtatic Truth" | |
| Friendly Fires | "Hawaiian Air" | |
| 2012 | Jonquil | "It's My Part" |
| 2013 | Foals | "My Number" |
| Zinc (featuring Sasha Keable) | "Only for Tonight" | |
| Disclosure | "F for You"[30] | |
| 2014 | Little Dragon | "Paris" |
| 2018 | Low Island | "The Whole World Tucked Away" |
| 2020 | Lastlings | "Take My Hand" (Sky and Earth Remix)[31] |
| Bag Raiders (featuring Panama) | "How Long" | |
| Jessie Ware | "Save a Kiss" | |
| LA Priest | "Beginning" | |
| Darkstar | "Text" | |
| Damian Lazarus | "Holy" | |
| 2021 | Silly Boy Blue | "The Riddle"[32] |
| Jake Shears | "Do the Television"[33] | |
| Gorgon City and Jem Cooke | "Dreams"[34] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lymangrover, Jason. "Trouble by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ "BBC - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs interview". 25 October 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Joint Choral Society" (PDF). The Abingdonian. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ Tim Hughes (2 February 2012). "Orlando Blooms". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Hire Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs for a Corporate Event or Performance Booking". www.celebritytalent.net. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and His Jurassic Pop". SPIN. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "BBC Music's Top 25 Albums of 2012". BBC Music. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "BEST ALBUM". djmag.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "BEST LIVE ACT". djmag.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Talks New Crosstown Rebels Get Lost VI Compilation". Miami New Times. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "BEST COMPILATION: TEED 'GET LOST VI'". djmag.com. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "T-E-E-D Lauches New Label Nice Age". Clash Music. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "PREMIERE: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs x Anna Lunoe: "Feels Like"". Vice Media. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "The Distance". bandcamp.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs announces first album in 10 years When the Lights Go". Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Middleton, Ryan (27 May 2020). "Isolation Ambient Music: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - I Can Hear The Birds". Magnetic Mag. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "The Distance by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs". Bandcamp. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Peak positions for singles in the UK:
- For "Garden": "New Chart Entries > 29 October 2011". Zobbel.de.
- ^ Peak positions for singles on the UK Dance Chart:
- For "Garden": "Chart Archive > 29 October 2011 >". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Belgium (Flanders) Charts". ultratop.be/nl/ Hung Medien.
- ^ "Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Chart History: Dance/Electronic Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ Bagshaw, Bella (12 June 2018). "Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs returns with 'Leave A Light On'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Ju, Shirley (2 September 2018). "Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs delivers grooving new single, 'Body Move'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Kenneally, Cerys (7 September 2018). "Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs shares glaring new track "Energy Fantasy"". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ Evans, Steph (6 November 2018). "SG Lewis and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs link up on 'Again'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ Martin, Josh (25 September 2020). "Bonobo teams up with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs for disco tribute 'Heartbreak'". NME Asia. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Leight, Elias (16 November 2020). "Bonobo, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs join forces on dreamy '6000 Ft.'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Walking On Water (feat. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) - Single by The Knocks on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Disclosure – F For You". Indie Shuffle.
- ^ Alzgheibi, Husam (24 April 2020). "TEED delivers two remixes for Lastling's 'Take My Hand'". EDM Tunes. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "The Riddle (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) - Single by Silly Boy Blue & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Do the Television Remixes - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Single by Jake Shears & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Dreams (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) - Single by Gorgon City & Jem Cooke on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 14 November 2021.