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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Announce New EP

• 1st Nov 2010

Are you dancing? Because Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs is asking. Stepping out of the dark corner of the club and onto the edge of the dance floor, Orlando Higginbottom’s profile has grown significantly since his last EP All In Two Sixty Dancehalls cut through nightspots and airwaves all summer. Its balance of pop sensibility, sharp basslines and dance floor melancholy charming everyone from Annie Mac to Laurent Garnier and marking him out as one of the dance music’s brightest new talents.

'Household Goods', already garnering major Radio 1 support, picks up where last single 'Garden' left off. Its unsure, soft lyrics and 80s high school chimes rub shoulders with urgent rushes of energy, bouncing back and forth leaving the listener unsure as to the result of our unlikely hero’s awkward advances on the lonely girl on the dance floor. So what of the girl? Well maybe the clue lies in 'Waulking Song': the long, lonely walk home, the mind wandering as a siren call repeatedly beckons over a warm old school bassline, an ethereal chant laid down over vintage 808 State for 7 dreamy minutes.

It’s the varied musical spectrum from the 24 year old, jungle-loving son of an Oxford Music Professor that makes TEED unique, and why he is so beloved by Greco-Roman: the Berlin/London record label and collective of artists, musicians and DJs. Pausing for thought he asks himself 'How Far', casts aside his youthful desire and steps up with some tough garage, an expertly crafted lesson in Jump-Up for the post-dubstep generation.

TRACKLISTING: 1. Household Goods 2. Waulking Song 3. How Far

Orlando is now in an exclusive club of young artists being tipped to cross-over and have a big say in 2011, with the release of his debut artist album scheduled for May. Partly down to his breakthrough single Garden – which cut through nightspots and airwaves all summer – and his recent stand-out, bass-heavy remixes for Sky Ferreira, Professor Green, Tinashe and Fenech Soler, that have all received tons of support and praise for the 24-year old. It's also the totally enormous live shows that really make him stand-out from the crowd, alongside dinosaur dancers equipped with glitter cannons (of course!), Orlando is carving a reputation for himself as a must-see artist!

Haven't caught TEED live yet? Now's your chance. We're getting very excited about the Moda vs Greco-Roman party @ CAMP (London) on Thursday 4th November. Alongside DJ sets from Jaymo & Andy George, Joe Hot Chip and the Greco-Roman Soundsystem, Orlando Higginbottom, aka Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs will be playing live at 11pm. RSVP for guestlist – this is the perfect date to come and bear witness!

Upcoming live dates:
4th November – Moda vs. Greco-Rompresent, Camp, London
5th November – Greco-Roman, The Social, Paris
11th November – Annie Mac Presents, Digital, Brighton
12th November – Annie Mac Presents, Motion, Bristol
13th November – Mixmag, The Plug, Sheffield
18th November – Diesel party, Tokyo

We're also now delighted to inform you that Orlando has just been confirmed to support the self-proclaimed “hipster” Darwin Deez for every show on his 14-date tour of the UK and Germany this coming February/March (2011).

Darwin Deez + TEED tour dates:
24th February – Academy 2, Manchester
25th February – Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
26th February – Garage, Glasgow
27th February – Metropolitan University, Leeds
1st March – Waterfront, Norwich
2nd March – HMV Institute, Birmingham
3rd March – Koko, London
4th March – Anson Rooms, Bristol
5th March – Concorde2, Brighton
7th March – Knuust, Hamburg (Germany)
8th March – Gleis 22, Muenster (Germany)
9th March – Gloria, Kolm (Germany)
10th March – BackstageHalle, Munchen (Germany)
11th March – Lido, Berlin (Germany)