TEED | |
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 Higginbottom in 2012 | |
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| Also known as | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs |
| Born | Orlando Tobias Edward Higginbottom (1986-03-07)7 March 1986 (age 39) London, England |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Website | www |
Orlando Tobias Edward Higginbottom (born 7 March 1986), known professionally asTEED (formerly known asTotally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) is a Britishelectronic musicproducer, DJ and singer-songwriter based in the United States.
Orlando is the son of ProfessorEdward Higginbottom, formerly conductor of the choir ofNew College, Oxford.[2] He was educated atAbingdon School[3] andCherwell School, Oxford.[4] A classically trained musician, he attended the JuniorRoyal 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 toSpin 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]
On 11 June 2012, TEED's debut albumTrouble was released byPolydor Records. The album was well received, with favourable reviews from several well-respected music publications including theNME ("One of the UK's most exciting young producers"),Pitchfork[7] and theBBC.Trouble was named byiTunes UK as their 'Debut Electronic album of the year', it wasDJ 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' inDJ 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 releasedGet Lost VI, a compilation of music curated and mixed by TEED.[11]Get Lost VI featured tracks fromUnderground Resistance,Tiga,Breach,Trus'me,Axel Boman,Dave Aju,Mathew Jonson and more. It was voted 'Best Compilation' inDJ 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 andAnna Lunoe.[14]
TEED released an EP titledThe Distance in 2021.[15]
On 30 March 2022, TEED announced his second albumWhen 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]
| Title | Album details |
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| Trouble |
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| When the Lights Go |
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| Always with Me |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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| 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" (withDillon Francis) | — | — | — | 38 | Non-album singles | |
| "Feels Like" (withAnna Lunoe) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Leave a Light On"[23] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Don't You Forget About Me" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Body Move"[24] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Energy Fantasy"[25] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Again" (withSG Lewis)[26] | — | — | — | — | Dark EP | |
| "Radical" (with Amtrac) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Oddyssey |
| "Heartbreak" (withBonobo)"[27] | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "6000 Ft." (with Bonobo)[28] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Unfold" (withPorter 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" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "So Alive" (with Moullinex) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Right Here" (withAnna Lunoe) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | Pearl |
| "Back in Time" (withCulture Shock) | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Desire" / "The Echo" | 2025 | — | — | — | — | Always with Me |
| "My Melody" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Piece of Me" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Come Tonight" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "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 |
| Year | Artist | Song | Album |
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| 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"withRobyn andChannel Tres | Times |
| Elderbrook | "Why Do We Shake in the Cold?" | Why Do We Shake in the Cold? | |
| SG Lewis | "Time"withRhye | 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 MewithTove Lo | |||
| Oh Laura | |||
| Honest | |||
| 2024 | SG Lewis andTove Lo | "Heat" | Heat EP |
| "Let Me Go Oh Oh" | |||
| "Busy Girl" | |||
| Nelly Furtado | Honesty | 7 |
| Year | Artist | Song |
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| 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(featuringTerri 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(featuringSasha 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(featuringPanama) | "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] |
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