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Taking inspiration for the name from the dancehall legend Don "Niryaman" Gorgon and their passion for Greek Mythology, Gibbon and Robson-Scott were influenced by their love of everything jungle, house, grime, hip-hop and garage. Early collaborations from the pair stemmed from working on "The Crypt" EP. In 2012 they released the "Real EP" via digital download featuring singer Yasmin on the title track, with the single peaking at number 44 on the UK Charts.
The duo signed with Black Butter records in 2012, home to Rudimental, Bipolar Sunshine and Clean Bandit. High demand set in for the pair as they began collaborating with the Klaxons on the track "Here For You", produced Jess Glynne's "Right Here" and it wasn't long before the dynamic duo caught the attention of likes of Diplo, Annie Mac and Mistagram.
Following a string on singles, the duo released the incredible "Ready For Your Love" in January 2014 featuring neo-soul British singer MNEK on vocal duties which stormed the UK charts at number four becoming an infectious club anthem across the country.
Their highly anticipated full length debut "Sirens" came out later that year, full of energetic electro-pop tunes featuring a host of global artists including Maverick Sabre, Katy B and Jennifer Hudson on the single “Go All Night” fully immersed in their definitive uplifting soul infused sound. The mainstream radio response which the album received was unprecedented as the album also produced the singles “Unmissable” and a re-release of early hit “Real”.
The duo have taken their riveting and electric performances on the road playing major festivals such as: Glastonbury, Great Escape, Bestival, Reading and Leeds and SW4 building upon their incredible live reputation.
Orlando was born in London, England to a Professor of New College in Oxford. His father, Edward Higginbottom was the conductor of the choir at the college and undoubtedly had a large influence on Orlando’s musical upbringing.
Orlando went to the Cherwell School in Oxford and progressed to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied classical music. Despite his heavy exposure to the classical form he developed a new found interest in electronic music in his early teens and has since pursued this style entirely. Fueled by the electronica cassettes he inherited from his older sibling he took up sound production and composition. At the age of 13 he was buying records in bulk and fine tuning his skills as a DJ.
In 2007 he started putting out rough demo recordings on myspace under the name Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED). The name is a ploy in many ways, acting as a reactionary comment to the swell headedness and aloof attitude commonly projected in the electronic music community. Orlando’s stage name is not the only thing in this project that is boisterous. His live set up sometimes consists of him dressing up as a dinosaur backed by dancers cladded in equally ridiculous costumes.
These kinds of stunts would make one think he would be a perfect headliner for the mushroom eating, broski subculture permeating at festivals like Electric Forest. While some of his songs get an amped up treatment, his work often steers closer to the nuanced but complex sound engineering heard from many of Warp Records’ artists. In some ways his counter paring of absurdist imagery with thought provoking music often brings to mind the contradictory and often hilarious style of Aphex Twin.
In fact one of TEEDs‘ first official releases was featured on the label Warp. Orlando was recruited by Damon Albarn (Blur frontman and mastermind behind the Gorillaz) to work on material for the electronic compilation album “Kinshasa One Two”, which saw release through the label on 30 September 2011.
TEED put out his studio debut on 11 June 2012 through Polydor Records. The album was garnered with critical praise from publications ranging from BBC to Pitchfork and won a variety of accolades including iTunes ‘Debut Electronic Album of the Year‘ and DJ Magazine’s ‘Album of the Year’. Likewise TEED received high praise for the tour supporting this album.
TEED released several singles following his debut album such as “Lion, the Lion”, “Feels Like” and the Dillon Francis co-written single “Without You”. In addition to TEEDs‘ own recordings he is also known for his remixes. He has done work on songs such as Sky Ferreira’s “One”, Katy Perry’s “Firework”, Lady Gaga “Mary the Night”, Friendly Fire’s “Hawaiian Air”, Disclosure’s “F For You”, and Little Dragon’s “Paris”.
Gorgon City are Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott, two of the most in demand electronic music producers around right now, signed to Black Butter Records and are therefore label mates with Clean Bandit and Rudimental. Not a bad talent group to be associated with.
Most recently, they have been responsible for a handful of chart smashes. Jess Glynne’s ‘Right Here’, their own number four track ‘Ready For Your Love’ featuring vocals from MNEK before their debut album, ‘Sirens’ drops in October.
But way before this all happened I saw Gorgon City for the first time at Nottingham nightclub, Stealth upon the release of their debut deep-house E.P ‘Real’ and haven’t stopped listening to them since.
Effortlessly they shake the floor with the deep-house beats making the audience’s hearts pound. Bobbing their heads up and down, with headphones wrapped round their necks, they mix samples with infectious beats.
Playing their remix of label-mates Clean Bandit’s track ‘A&E’, they start the set well before playing debut release ‘Real’ featuring vocals from pop songstress Yasmin. The song is catchy, easy to dance to and has an incredible bass beat and received widespread radio support. Nearing the end of the set, the duo drop Duke Dumont’s deep house smash ‘The Giver’ and Ben Pearce’s soul vocalised club hit ‘What I Might Do’ much to the crowds delight. A bass edit on The XX’s ‘Angels’ tops off the flawless set.
With the imminent debut album release, a new live show and the euphoric, end of the summer track ‘Unmissable’ to come, the rest of 2014 belongs to Gorgon City!
You're probably thinking this is like any other DJ or Producer, like Steve Aoki or Calvin Harris (both of which are excellent, don't get me wrong), with flashing lights, maybe an LED backdrop, and some smoke and mirrors. Nope. Orlando Higginbottom has dancers, in DINOSAUR COSTUMES.
Hot girls in dinosaur costumes? Who's gonna say no to that? And not to mention, Orlando himself wears an outfit too - he was decked out like an Native American chieftan with the full feather headdress and beads and bits of fluff. It was crazy. Oh, and not to mention, when Household Goods started playing, TEED grabbed a cannon and started firing confetti and streamers and bits of sparkles and whatnot into the crowd. How awesome is that?
This isn't just another artist trying to get paid a check for the night and moving onto the next show, this guy is proud of his music and he wants you to have a great time at his concert more than anything else.
From the giant blow-up dinosaur that looms threateningly behind the stage, to the invitation of singers for songs like Garden, Orlando is here to make sure that you leave his show with something to talk about for a while.