- Did your hometown influence the adult you became?
Devonté Hynes: I'd like to think, whether good or bad, we are all affected by the place we grew up, laying the groundwork for later in life. I know, for myself, I spent a large part of my life running away from, rebelling against a lot of things that were around me. Due to negative connotations that I drew up, due to bullying I experienced. But the further I pull away from that time period, the more I'm now able in my late twenties to reflect, enjoy, and see a lot of my roots.
Robert Owens: I would say that street life had the biggest influences on who I am as a person; learning to not fear being alone and learning to love the possibility of becoming more than the someone I left behind countless times on my quest to find balance with myself. That balance has unfolded happiness, a happiness I enjoy sharing with others.
- At what age did you first hear music?
DH: As long as I remember, my mother would listen to the soul legends, Lionel, Luther, Marvin, Nina... but she also loved the people in the UK that were big at the time, UB40, Simply Red, Sade & Annie Lennox. My sister loved Nirvana & Blur and my brother would listen to all of the above including a lot of the rap greats. My dad would play classical music in the car, which had a huge impact on me.
RO: From five or six years old, I remember family members putting me up on tables telling me to dance and sing for other family and friends - it's been something naturally in me from childhood. They also would ask me to play the music at our family house parties, so I guess I can really say, music has been my life.
- Did you have other interests as a teenager?
DH: I played cello for the school orchestra. I would play 'Magic The Gathering' and read comics at the local comic store. Ilford library was a safe haven. I was also playing a lot of basketball, tennis and football, for the school and other local teams.
RO: No, music really has been my life.
- Are there songs which you link with your hometown?
DH: When my sister would play it, Underworld "Born Slippy" has the line "Going back to Romford..." which would always stick out in a "I'm from that place!!!" kind of way.
RO: At present, I'm forever evolving with music to a point where I've forgotten about what I'm sure was some beautiful musical moments. Lost in time, but my heart yearns to move forward, so I'm lost in thinking, on and up.
- Has music ever been a refuge in your life?
DH: As I look back, I'd say the whole time. A few years ago I probably would have said no, and talked more about sports, and books. But as I look back, it really was a one true safe place for my mind to go.
RO: Music is my healing power, my light out of darkness, the only place I can give unconditional love.
Esa canción forma parte de la BSO de la película PALO ALTO. Aquí podréis escuchar toda la BSO entera, y encontrar otra canción inédita de Dev Hynes, “April’s Daydream”.
Aaron Stewart-Ahn directed a short film—an "ambient portrait"—which documents a New York City protest for Ferguson on November 25. The score is a solo piano improvisation performed by Blood Orange's Devonté Hynes, which he performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Preferiría que volviera a colaborar con Solange, ayer estaba escuchando de nuevo el EP True y sigue siendo espléndido... pero no tendremos esa suerte después que partieran peras...
"America is in the middle of an act of terrorism right now, and black people are being attacked and killed every day. Every day I wake up and it becomes harder for me to interact with my friends and the world around me. I am scared, scared for myself, for my family, for my brothers & for my sisters. You may see me write on this page or playing music and see me as Blood Orange or Dev Hynes, but I turn the corner and I am just another black man, a black man that can't get a cab, a black man that has to be careful how i walk if i want to overtake a young white woman so that she doesn't feel scared, a black man that has to sit down and be silent when a police car circles the basketball court I play at, a black man that could be shot down at any time in my life, and as I'm dying know full well, that even if they were to catch who killed me, he will get off free. It is an incredible sadness & heaviness. Being told that we do not matter on and on and on day to day to day. America likes to act like a super human yet continues to blame human error for these horrific acts. I don't know what to do anymore."
This is not from my forthcoming album, just some things on my mind.
frustration and depression breaks me down descending like they wanted underground the further our journey the less you care that's why you laugh at Kanye when he's talking in a chair but the same conversation but replaced, is good enough for laughs or a smile on your face, happy to be singing all our songs to survive, but when we need help, you don't get off til 5. it's powerful to feel so alone in a group
let me break this down for you and tell you how we feel again, your fear is all you hold on to, so when you see me it's not fair i have nothing left to give when you don't notice what is wrong, Charleston left me broken down but it's just another day to you
i ain't got nothing left to give you and i'm too tired, to even talk about it while watching the fire,
tasting pain coming from a place of truth
to be another in a messy world to feel like giving in another turn? you wouldn't listen if i told you
Comentarios
Devonté Hynes: I'd like to think, whether good or bad, we are all affected by the place we grew up, laying the groundwork for later in life. I know, for myself, I spent a large part of my life running away from, rebelling against a lot of things that were around me. Due to negative connotations that I drew up, due to bullying I experienced. But the further I pull away from that time period, the more I'm now able in my late twenties to reflect, enjoy, and see a lot of my roots.
Robert Owens: I would say that street life had the biggest influences on who I am as a person; learning to not fear being alone and learning to love the possibility of becoming more than the someone I left behind countless times on my quest to find balance with myself. That balance has unfolded happiness, a happiness I enjoy sharing with others.
- At what age did you first hear music?
DH: As long as I remember, my mother would listen to the soul legends, Lionel, Luther, Marvin, Nina... but she also loved the people in the UK that were big at the time, UB40, Simply Red, Sade & Annie Lennox. My sister loved Nirvana & Blur and my brother would listen to all of the above including a lot of the rap greats. My dad would play classical music in the car, which had a huge impact on me.
RO: From five or six years old, I remember family members putting me up on tables telling me to dance and sing for other family and friends - it's been something naturally in me from childhood. They also would ask me to play the music at our family house parties, so I guess I can really say, music has been my life.
- Did you have other interests as a teenager?
DH: I played cello for the school orchestra. I would play 'Magic The Gathering' and read comics at the local comic store. Ilford library was a safe haven. I was also playing a lot of basketball, tennis and football, for the school and other local teams.
RO: No, music really has been my life.
- Are there songs which you link with your hometown?
DH: When my sister would play it, Underworld "Born Slippy" has the line "Going back to Romford..." which would always stick out in a "I'm from that place!!!" kind of way.
RO: At present, I'm forever evolving with music to a point where I've forgotten about what I'm sure was some beautiful musical moments. Lost in time, but my heart yearns to move forward, so I'm lost in thinking, on and up.
- Has music ever been a refuge in your life?
DH: As I look back, I'd say the whole time. A few years ago I probably would have said no, and talked more about sports, and books. But as I look back, it really was a one true safe place for my mind to go.
RO: Music is my healing power, my light out of darkness, the only place I can give unconditional love.
Ahora ha salido otro Remix de Uncle Ace, por a/jus/ted, que ha sido BNM en Pitchfork.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16870-uncle-ace-ajusted-remix/
Esa canción forma parte de la BSO de la película PALO ALTO. Aquí podréis escuchar toda la BSO entera, y encontrar otra canción inédita de Dev Hynes, “April’s Daydream”.
http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/04/blood-oranges-dev-hynes-scores-new-james-franco-film-stream-palo-alto/
Samantha me parece puro secso.
http://pitchfork.com/news/55855-blood-oranges-dev-hynes-remixes-sias-chandelier/
Heems es un ex-Das Racist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u4SuQaHXKrc
"America is in the middle of an act of terrorism right now, and black people are being attacked and killed every day. Every day I wake up and it becomes harder for me to interact with my friends and the world around me. I am scared, scared for myself, for my family, for my brothers & for my sisters. You may see me write on this page or playing music and see me as Blood Orange or Dev Hynes, but I turn the corner and I am just another black man, a black man that can't get a cab, a black man that has to be careful how i walk if i want to overtake a young white woman so that she doesn't feel scared, a black man that has to sit down and be silent when a police car circles the basketball court I play at, a black man that could be shot down at any time in my life, and as I'm dying know full well, that even if they were to catch who killed me, he will get off free. It is an incredible sadness & heaviness. Being told that we do not matter on and on and on day to day to day. America likes to act like a super human yet continues to blame human error for these horrific acts. I don't know what to do anymore."
frustration and depression breaks me down
descending like they wanted underground
the further our journey the less you care
that's why you laugh at Kanye when he's talking in a chair
but the same conversation but replaced,
is good enough for laughs or a smile on your face,
happy to be singing all our songs to survive,
but when we need help, you don't get off til 5.
it's powerful to feel so alone in a group
let me break this down for you and tell you how we feel again,
your fear is all you hold on to, so when you see me it's not fair
i have nothing left to give when you don't notice what is wrong,
Charleston left me broken down but it's just another day to you
i ain't got nothing left to give you
and i'm too tired, to even talk about it
while watching the fire,
tasting pain coming from a place of truth
to be another in a messy world
to feel like giving in another turn?
you wouldn't listen if i told you
so how can i become anyone?
Best New Track en Pitchfork, por cierto: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17559-blood-orange-do-you-see-my-skin-through-the-flames/