Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and director based in New York City. Dev Hynes was born and raised in Ilford, East London to a Guyanese mother and a Sierra Leone Creole father. In early 2007, Hynes, under the blood orange concentrate Lightspeed Champion, recorded his debut album in Omaha, Nebraska with Saddle Creek producer Mike Mogis. The touring band for the Falling Off the Lavender Bridge album at various points consisted of friends of Hynes’ from other bands, including Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine and Emmy the Great.
