Devonté "Dev" Hynes (born 23 December 1985), also known asLightspeed Champion orBlood Orange, is aBritish singer, songwriter, and music producer. Hynes was born and raised inIlford,London. He was a member of the dance punk bandTest Icicles from 2004 until the band broke up in 2006. The band released one album.
In March 2008 Hynes published acomic book.
Hynes gave a TED Talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference inVancouver,Canada about hissynesthesia.[1]