Devonte Hynes

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Devonté "Dev" Hynes, also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is a British singer, composer, songwriter, producer and author. He has written for artists such as Florence and the Machine, Diana Vickers and The Chemical Brothers on their 2007 Grammy award winning album We Are the Night. He is currently signed to Domino Records. The name 'Lightspeed Champion' comes from a series of comic strips Hynes drew as a teenager in his school mathematics books.[4] Hynes was voted the 49th 'coolest person in rock' in NME's 2007 Cool List,[5] jumping to position 20 in the following year's list.[6] From their formation in 2004 until their break-up in 2006, Hynes was a member of the band Test Icicles, playing guitar, synth, and occasionally performing vocals. They released only one full-length album (For Screening Purposes Only) in 2005. Hynes released his fourth studio album in November 2013 under his 'Blood Orange' moniker entitled Cupid Deluxe. Currently Hynes has been working with Mutya Keisha Siobhan on their forthcoming album. In December 2008, Hynes was asked on behalf of The British Film Institute to perform the Soundtrack of the cult Hal Ashby film Harold And Maude after a screening of the performance. Hynes then had to cancel this due to an operation he had to undergo on his throat. The event was rescheduled for May 2009. In July 2009 Hynes reprised the soundtrack and performed at Latitude Festival. In June 2009 Hynes performed at The Barbican in London in c

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Palo Alto (Original Motion Picture Score)

Myths 001

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Palo Alto (Music from the Motion Picture)

Fields

Queen & Slim (Original Motion Picture Score)

Palo Alto

Desire Will Set You Free (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

We Are Who We Are (Original Series Score)

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Myths 001 - Single

Palo Alto - Original Score (by Devonte Hynes)

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Beckett (Music from the Netflix Film)

Mainstream (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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