Been hearing lots of buzz about UK producer Joy Orbison onlin and on radio and the buzz is fully justified.

The twenty-two year old from Croydon has gotten me very excited for next year. BBC Music added him to their Sound of 2010 list which is a strong sign considering how much the media giant has invested in music over the past 4 years.

BBC Radio 1 (past 7pm) is now a solid station and a first choice for me. Zane Lowe, Mary Anne Hobbs, Rob Da Bank and Pete Tong are all stellar DJ’s to tune into any day of the week.

Anyway, his productions have a strong sense of old school house and big elements of garage (especially in the vocal edits). It’s minimalist but each track is packed to the brim if that makes sense?

Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo - download

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Joy Orbison – Wet Look – download

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Joy Orbison – J. Doe – download

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Buy the Joy Orbison EP from

He’s playing some dates toward the end of the year and into 2010…

Cargo, London – 26th December

Fabric, London – 8th January

Tufnell Park Dome, London – 12th February

Bigger Than Barry, Birmingham – 13th February

Faversham, Leeds – 26th February

More info up on his MySpace.