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Devonté "Dev" Hynes (born 23 December 1985), better known as Lightspeed Champion or Blood Orange, is a British composer, songwriter, producer, artist and author, who 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. Hynes was born and raised in Essex, England . He was educated at the Chadwell Heath Foundation School, now known as Chadwell Heath Academy. He currently resides in New York. The name 'Lightspeed Champion' comes from a series of comic strips Hynes drew as a teenager in his school mathematics books. Hynes was voted the 49th 'coolest person in rock' in ''NME'''s 2007 Cool List, jumping to position 20 in the following year's list. 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. The band were known for their blisteringly crazy and diverse music and for their raucous live performances. They released only one full-length album (''For Screening Purposes Only'') in 2005. Hynes is currently producing and working on songs closely with Solange Knowles on his third studio album which is set to release in early 2013 alongside Mutya Keisha Siobhan on their debut album.

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Lightspeed Champion Albums

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Marlene EP 2010-01-25 itunes amazon

Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You Album 2010 itunes amazon

House-Sitting Songs Album 2009-12-02 itunes amazon

Daytrotter Session Live 2008-05-01 itunes amazon

Falling Off the Lavender Bridge EP 2008-01-21 itunes amazon

Falling Off the Lavender Bridge Album 2008-01-20 itunes amazon

Midnight Surprise Single 2007-09 itunes amazon

Galaxy of the Lost Single 2007-07-29 itunes amazon

How Do You Do? Single 2007-01-15 itunes amazon

Tell Me What It's Worth Single 2007 itunes amazon

I Wrote And Recorded This In Less… unknown itunes amazon

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