Aug 05, 2011 dev hynes aka lightspeed champion and blood orange. From lightspeed champion to blood orange, the many lives of. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Nov 02, 2015 blood orange s most recent single, sandras smile, made our 5 best songs list last week, and today dev hynes is back with a connan mockasin collaboration. Hynes performing as blood orange in 2011 the discography of british singer, composer, songwriter, producer and author dev hynes consists of work produced under the aliases lightspeed champion, blood orange and productions credited to his given name. Blood oranges dev hynes interviewed the santa barbara. Its late july in new york and dev hynes aka blood orange is sitting on a bench in. Giphy is how you search, share, discover, and create gifs. Its dev hynes fourth album as blood orange, and his first since 2016s freetown sound. He lost music, hard drives, clothing, food, and sentimental items. Blood orange speaks about the sierra leonean influences on. Allinall were excited for new blood orange on the way.
Here, the singer and producer talks about his latest album and why dance will always take priority. Take devonte dev hynes of blood orange, whos crafted a timeless groove of popfunk with synth, r. Dev hynes britney spears demo 2 10 seconds by user43036935. The blood orange sound, which is often tender and melodically rich, is inspired by music played around hynes household, ranging from his fathers appreciation for classical to his mothers love for uk soul like sade and ub40. From 2004 to 2006, hynes was a member of the band test icicles, playing guitar, synth, and occasionally performing vocals. Blood orange contact information name, email address, phone number. Factory 25 ariel pink blood orange heaven knows what. Like his namesake citrus, dev hynes newest album freetown sound is a delicious mix of sweet and sour, oscillating between phat beatsenduring hooks and raw frustrationsocietal truth. Dev hynes, who records as blood orange, talked about the concept for his next album, which is 78 percent done. Blood oranges dev hynes loses everything in apartment fire. Dev saw the film at the new york film festival and brought the lasting memory to the recording. Dev hyness heartbreaking original song hit all the high notes at maryam nassir zadehs fall 2017 show.
Jul 01, 2016 on tuesday, just after midnight, dev hynes released freetown sound, his third lp under the blood orange moniker. Dev hynes, the recording artist behind blood orange, joins bullseye to talk about his music career. Dev hynes had announced a july 1st release for freetown sound, his latest album as blood orange. Through the years told me i should just be myself im better than they thought if its true why am i so faithful to the girl.
Nov 29, 2010 dev hynes is a man of many beautiful faces. Blood oranges dagenham dream video, negro swan hypebeast. The 20 cupid deluxe followup hears features from a long list of diverse talents. Blood orange surprise releases new album freetown sound. Blood oranges new album negro swan is here the fader. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
Aug 10, 2016 blood orange know wave dev hynes join our discussions on discord the hypebeast discord server is a community where conversations on cultural topics can be taken further. Blood orange, aka producer dev hynes, has released his new album, freetown sound, three days early. Oct 09, 2017 after releasing a new single back in september, dev hynes has now confirmed that a new blood orange album is in the works. Dev hynes gives first details of next blood orange album. Jun 28, 2016 dev hynes drops new blood orange album 3 days early. The britishborn, new yorkbased musician is beloved for the gorgeous, 80s. Having spent the past three years making orchestral pop under the moniker lightspeed champion, and releasing two albums on domino, hynes is now laying lightspeed to rest in favor of his new musical project, blood orange.
On a certain level, blood orange is the document of dev hynes s journeys as an englishman in new york. Blood orange tour dates 37 okeechobee, fl okeechobee music festival 39 atlanta, ga variety playhouse 310 atlanta, ga variety. Shawn is an associate editor at complex and the writer and reporter of. Blood oranges dev hynes named band after mailchimp promo. Blood orange was born as david joseph michael hynes. Blood orange know wave dev hynes join our discussions on discord the hypebeast discord server is a community where conversations on cultural topics can be taken further. A thousand halos in the sky youre the face behind my face that keeps me dreaming youre a phase, inside a cage that keeps repeating we should be dancing with the. New yorks last bohemian on the city and his new album.
On this 7 youll hear i need a minute, his song that closes heaven knows what. Someone just sent me a bunch of blog posts on tumblr dissectingdiscussing my. Until recently, the visual world of blood orange, also known as the artist dev hynes, seemed firmly rooted in reality. The album covers a lot of ground 17 songs in less than an hour and. Blood orange dev hynes videos music videos negro swan join our discussions on discord the hypebeast discord server is a community. In the video for augustine, a highlight off his 2016 album freetown. Dev hynes talks new blood orange album, james baldwin, and. Produced by ariel rechtstaid and cowritten by dev hynes the man with an ear of gold for indie darlings like solange and sky ferreira, all that is an 80s. Dec 17, 20 last night blood orange mastermind dev hynes returned home to find his new york apartment completely destroyed by a fire. Blood orange released his fifth album, angels pulse. Blood oranges dev hynes allegedly assaulted by lollapalooza security guards. The effort is marked for an october 11th release date through cedille.
Combining early 80s disco with beautiful eastern melodies, put simply, blood. Dev hynes, the singersongwriter behind the critically acclaimed indie act blood orange, says he and his girlfriend samantha urbani were assaulted by security guards at lollapalooza festival today. Blood oranges dev hynes named new band, released song as part of that big mailchimp promo campaign. Blood oranges dev hynes is an endlessly, ebulliently creative soul. Dev hynes began his musical career as a member of the test icicles, after moving to london from his home in edinburgh, scotland to attend art school. Stream tracks and playlists from blood orange on your desktop or mobile device. Dev hynes drops new blood orange album 3 days early. Blood oranges dev hynes just announced that a new mixtape, angels pulse, will be released this friday. Dev hynes showed off a bunch of unreleased blood orange. Blood orange genius dev hynes has announced fields, his firstever album of classical music. I have a habit through the years of making records that i just give to friends, or on tape to people on the street, or no one. An annotated media guide to blood oranges dev hynes. Dev hynes tells us about the sierra leonean and west african influences on his new blood orange album freetown sound.
Artist and producer dev hynes has defined the sound of pop in 20. The beginnings of a new project for the blood orange mastermind. But as ezra koenig sagely noted in our recent digital cover story, it was dev hynes who pioneered the cheap. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Stream dev hynes britney spears demo 2 10 seconds by user43036935 from desktop or your mobile device. Carly rae jepson, debbie harry, empress of, nelly furtado, ian isiah, ava raiin, bea1991, starchild, tanehisi c, kelsey lu, and zuri marley. Behind the scenes of blood oranges opulent new benzo. With the exception of a few oneoff contributions to new albums from haim and blondie, its been a pretty quiet year for dev hynes.
Sep 15, 2017 his first blood orange sketch since 2016s freetown sound. These days, the annotation has flipped, with black artists dominating nearly every genre. I let dev hynes pick the place for us to jumpstart this interview, and he chose the slickly stylized, jamaicanthemed joint miss lilys, smack dab in the heart of new yorks greenwich village. Dev hyness new blood orange project angels pulse is a patchwork and focused body of work at the same time. Dev hynes simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Speaking at the new yorker festival, hynes described the followup to. Blood orange reenvisions 18th century european aristocracy in benzo video. Dev hynes on solange, blood orange and life in new york. Beyond singers, hynes samples quotes from vince staples, ashlee haze. Dev hynes shares two new blood orange songs the fader. Born devonte hynes, the singer, songwriter, and producer is also known to perform under the names dev hynes and blood orange. Aug 02, 2014 blood oranges dev hynes and his girlfriend, friends singer samantha urbani, were allegedly assaulted by lollapalooza security staff following hynes performance at the festival on friday. The londonraised producer and songwriter dev hynes, who performs under the name blood orange, is a fan of the slow burn. Devonte dev hynes born 23 december 1985, also known as lightspeed champion or blood orange, is a british singer, songwriter, and music producer.
Dev hynes, at the lincoln theatre in washington on sept. Dev hynes new album couldnt be coming at a better time. Dev hynes has come a long way since his tenure in the dance punk outfit test icicles and the days when he was making indie rock records as lightspeed champion. Various live performances under this alias have taken place in new york and london within november and december 2009, consisting of hynes, a guitar, and a laptop. Blood oranges dev hynes announces first classical album. His next album will be about growing up in essex county, outside of london. Jun 28, 2016 when singer dev hynesstage name blood orangecelebrated the surprise launch of his new album freetown sound last night, projecting video across apollo theaters walls of the spry performer. Blood orange dev hynes announces new mixtape angels. Someone asked pablo casals later in life why he kept. Linda nylind for the guardian d evonte hynes is trying to tell a story but his words are muffled and hes struggling not to laugh. Nice to meet you as lightspeed champion in 2010, a throat operation forced devonte hynes to change his singing style to a falsetto. Last night dev hynes live streamed some unreleased tracks from a mixtape and album he announced on instagram. The album is loaded with collaborations, with features.
Blood oranges dev hynes debuts new project veilhymn. Blood orange blends guitar, poetry and the cello to explore his black identity. Dev hynes performs original new song at maryam nassir. Dev hynes is still fresh from last years excellent blood orange album freetown sound and hes already released hymn, the. The four albums he has recorded as blood orange have gained an international audience and the admiration of his peers. Dev hynesstatecollapsed to show the template collapsed, i. Dev hynes, formerly lightspeed champion, has released his fifth album as blood orange, angels pulse. Hynes went on to release two solo studio albums as lightspeed champion and. Dev hynes, the british singer behind blood orange, alleged that he and his girlfriend were assaulted by lollapalooza security guards shortly after his friday, august 1 set at the music festival.
The short answer to the titular question is no dads invented the dad cap, obviously. Each record employs vocals from local legends and samples of metropolitan street noise. Dev hynes talks the origins of the upcoming blood orange album, james baldwin, and ferguson by ross scarano a deputy editor at complex who is okay at twitter. Blood oranges dev hynes interview on freetown sound vibe. July 15, 2019 blood orange creates a decadent and gorgeous video for a track off his latest project, angels pulse. How dev hynes, english misfit, became blood orange, r. Dev hynes has come a long way since his tenure in the dance punk outfit test icicles and the days when he was. Miracle worker the polymath musician is a whole new model of artist, daubing his signature sensibility over music, film, dance and. The stylish sonic palette of musical chameleon and indie impresario dev hynes has helped define the sounds of ingenues ranging from sky ferreira to solange knowles, but nowhere is his wistful retro pop more compelling than his solo work as blood orange.
The third blood orange album, released this july, engages with the urgent issue of. Cool managers is a boutique artist management company whose clients include devonte hynes, majical cloudz, and tim hecker, among others. Dev hynes x know wave freetown sound tshirt hypebeast. Dev hynes world, as it has been revealed to his fans, is a multitextural one.
There are two new blood orange songs in the world after dev hynes uploaded fresh material to soundcloud overnight. Blood orange wouldnt exist if it wasnt for that period of new york. View blood orange booking agent, manager, and publicist info here. On his most recent album, negro swan, the multidimensional singersongwriterproducer thoughtfully addresses the joys and sorrows of black and queer identities and finding beauty within and without. Created as an epilogue for his universally acclaimed album, negro swan, hynes calls it a mixtape due to his past. Miracle worker the polymath musician is a whole new model of artist, daubing his signature sensibility over. Blood orange tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster. He joins genderbending french chanteuse christine and the queens at the santa barbara bowl on thursday, april 18. June 28, 2016 dev hynes, the producer and songwriter known as blood orange, has released a new album called freetown sound and shared a new video for the song augustine.
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