4Play for Channel 4: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

4Play for Channel 4: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

24 October, 2011 | 4.59AM

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Forget Jurassic Park: you’ll find all your dinosaur-related entertainment in this oddball documentary on the one and only Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.

Since the inception of TEED, creator Orlando Higginbothom has made the most of the visual realm in fleshing out his quirky, psychedelic (and yet oh-so-deep) approach to dance music, so it’s a pleasure to see director David Terranova evoke the same kind of dreamy, off-kilter sensations in his portrait of the artist. (You may recognize Terranova’s name from his Rebel Rave videos for Crosstown Rebels; read on to check out more of his work.)

Higgingbothom’s attitude is as inspiring as his music: “I say that I make dance music,” he tells the filmmakers. “But most people in dance music say that they make house, or techno, or tech house, or trance, or drum ‘n’ bass, or liquid drum ‘n’ bass. And if we just kind of woke up tomorrow morning and there were none of these genres, you just had your record collection in front of you, you didn’t know what any of it was called or where it came from, it wouldn’t matter, that would be great! And you’d probably write some amazing music, and you’d love some music that you’d never loved before, because all the connotations and the weird ideas you have about whether it’s cool, and where it comes from, and what scene it is, and who wrote it, and whether you’ve heard it before—those would just be gone. I like that idea.”

We can’t wait to hear TEED’s forthcoming debut album, due out in early October 2012; for now, sink your teeth into his re-released ”Garden” EP, featuring reworks from MYNC, Soul Clap, Hackman and Joe Goddard, plus his Crosstown Rebels remixes for Luca Bacchetti and Fur Coat feat. Argenis Brito.

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