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EKHO Sonic Chill #2 · song 16 · Freetown Sound
Blood Orange is Devonté Hynes, born in Ilford, East London to a Guyanese mother and a Sierra Leonean Creole father, New York-based since 2007 and a veteran of Test Icicles and Lightspeed Champion. Soft-edged avant-pop drawing on '80s R&B, quiet storm and gospel. Freetown Sound (2016) is named for his father's birthplace, the capital of Sierra Leone. Much of his résumé is other people's records — Solange, FKA twigs, Carly Rae Jepsen — plus film scores. Guest Empress Of is Lorely Rodriguez, an LA-born first-generation Honduran American. Hynes released Essex Honey in 2025; Empress Of's Dream House followed in 2026.
From the notes for Episode 02 · fact-checked Sep 23, 2026.
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