Welcome to 3 Song Story, where we get to know some of our favorite artists over the course of three songs that hold special meaning for them. Each guest brings us something old, something new, and something of their own. And then we get into it.
Producer extraordinaire of thinky-British-dance-music Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs joins us just ahead of releasing his first full length album in ten years, “When the Lights Go,” due out Sept. 9 via his own LA-based label Nice Age.
The artist born Orlando Higginbottom’s 3 Song Story finds him preoccupied with certain elemental things that humans seek, even as the world visibly melts away from us in real time: Love, family, shelter, fairness, proper mental health care, bodies in motion on a packed dance floor, rawly emotive singing voices vanquishing all language barriers… and so on. Prepare for total transcendence.
Music in this video:
1. Mercedes Sosa - “Gracias a la vida”
2. Mystic Bill - “Body Moves (NYC Mix)”
3. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - “Crosswalk”
Credits:
Host: Travis Holcombe
Producer: Marion Hodges
Digital producer: Andrea Domanick
Video edited and styled by Patrick Jewett
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