After alternative rock and folk, Dev Hynes has been focusing on R&B since 2009. The Briton was previously known as , but other music also had a different name. As Blood Orange, Hynes guarantees a game of sweet electronics and soul. With your eyes closed, the music sometimes seems to come straight from the 80s and 90s. Yet those moments often only last a short while. Blood Orange is so eclectic
… that you are regularly startled by a strange sound or a different rhythm. Therein also lies the strength of the restless Hynes. His lyrics are not finished stories, but fantasies. About his ancestors in Sierra Leone, about his youth, about life in New York. There is a lot of thought and as a listener you cannot handle all of that immediately. With 17 songs in less than an hour, it is also quite a long journey. But it's unbelievable how easily Hynes changes color. This man seems to be able to do anything. (JE)more
