Biography

Following the dissolution of Test Icicles and prior to releasing albums as Blood Orange, Devonté Hynes recorded two albums as Lightspeed Champion: Falling Off The Lavender Bridge and Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You. Both albums show off the wide-ranging creativity of a genuinely maverick artist.

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Latest Release

Lightspeed Champion Bye Bye

EP | 13th December 2010

Lightspeed Champion's Bye Bye EP contains four tracks of previously unreleased material. It opens with a magnificent cover of the Beach Boys’ 'Til I Die', reworked in Dev Hynes’ inimitable style, while it is backed by three previously unheard, opulent tracks, full of strings and lush instrumentation.

Latest Release

Lightspeed Champion Bye Bye

EP | 13th December 2010

Album Description

Lightspeed Champion's Bye Bye EP contains four tracks of previously unreleased material. It opens with a magnificent cover of the Beach Boys’ 'Til I Die', reworked in Dev Hynes’ inimitable style, while it is backed by three previously unheard, opulent tracks, full of strings and lush instrumentation.

Tracklisting

  • 1Til I Die
  • 2There's Nothing Underwater
  • 3Bye Bye Icarus
  • 4The Mess You're In
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