Like a Thief in the Night

The Test of Time

Album: Der Zyklus II
Funky, crispy, melancholy, minimal bliss.
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Der Zyklus - Formenverwandler

For the first time in more than a decade, Paul St. Hilaire (AKA Tikiman) presents a solo album – 100% Tiki. 

Over his 30-plus year career, St. Hilaire has become one of dance music’s quietly legendary figures. Born and raised in the Caribbean island Dominica, he moved to Berlin in 1994 and has lent both his voice and his musicianship to some of the most iconic electronic music from the German capital – and beyond. Renowned for his collaborations with Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus (AKA Rhythm & Sound), he has also appeared on records with Deadbeat, Rhauder, Larry Heard aka Mr. Fingers and Stereotyp (G-Stone Recordings), amongst others. 

However, few know the extent of St. Hilaire’s compositional and technical mastery. From his home studio in Kreuzberg, which includes an extensive collection of vintage hardware, self-built instruments and notebooks scribbled with endless lyrics, he has created a vast archive of material spanning ambient dub, avant-jazz, lush techno and lovers rock. 

Tikiman Vol. 1 is a heady, downtempo tour de force of patois metaphors on education, displacement and personal vs. global histories, as is evident on slippy album opener “Bedroom in My Bag”: Mister, mister / Where are you going? / I’m heading for a faraway land / What are you having in the bag in your hand? / Help us to understand / He said, I’ve got my bedroom in my bag. 

Overall, the album’s lyrics reflect on life between Berlin and Dominica, specifically St. Hilaire’s hometown of Grand Bay, where he has worked with various musicians famous for the island’s different genres of carnival music. St. Hilaire himself always favoured the island’s more “discrete” music, developing a sonic synergy between two different geographical strains of groove and minimalism, and combining them with foundational Caribbean mixing techniques, which provide the basis for his songwriting and distinct baritone. 

Tikiman Vol.1 offers a rare insight into St. Hilaire’s complex artistry, from the eyes-down grooves of “Little Way” and the guitar-heavy digi dancehall experiment “Keep Safe,” to the subtle hypnosis of “Ten to One” and the softly crashing synth waves of closer “Three and a Half”, evoking not only beaches but also coasts and borders. It’s a fitting expression of both the breadth of St. Hilaire’s work, as well as his history as one of the few black, Berlin-based artists who, despite remaining largely overlooked, has influenced the city’s electronic music culture since its beginnings. 

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Kynant Records was founded in 2015 by Richard Akingbehin, a British-Nigerian radio programmer (Refuge Worldwide), music writer and DJ. Originally specialising in deep techno and featuring artists such as Cio D’Or, Terrence Dixon and Donato Dozzy, Kynant has since launched a sub-label Kynant EX which focuses on ambient, dub and experimental electronics. 

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Distributed by N.E.W.S 
Mastered by Stefan Betke 
Artwork by Grant Gibson 

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Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.

A2 Paul St. Hilaire - Little Way

Donato Dozzy - Vaporware 07 (Flying White Dots Edit)

Certain Things

The magic of Christmas(2025)
-This could be the last song of this series, good to end the trilogy with it
-Let's see what the mood is, maybe a break until the New Year

The magic of Christmas Z5

From the Dopplereffekt album Cellular Automata, released via Leisure System on April 7th, 2017

Available for pre-order now: https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/cellular-automata-2

Cellular Automata is the new album from Dopplereffekt (Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan), their first in ten years since 2007’s Calabi Yau Space on Rephlex.

Cellular Automata approaches mathematical growth and decay as an iterative process, with each data input considered individually relative to the overall model. The result represents one of the group’s boldest creative endeavors, defying expectations while remaining unmistakably Dopplereffekt.

Cellular Automata is the third Dopplereffekt release to come out via Leisure System, following 2013’s Tetrahymena and 2014’s Hypnagogia.

Cellular Automata

Dopplereffekt - Cellular Automata

Radiance

Radiance I

Carrier

Hongkong Remastered

Macau

Cyan

Independent record label/event series, co-founded in 2008 by Sam Barker and Ned Beckett.

We focus on irregular, experimental dance music beyond the realm of 4/4 beats, spanning across various genres such as Techno, IDM, Electro, Breakbeats, Rave, Bass & House.

LSR026
Dopplereffekt - Neurotelepathy is out now:
https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/neurotelepathy

LSR025
JakoJako - Lux EP
https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/lux-ep

LSR024
Dream Sequence - Do You Still Think About It?
https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/do-you-still-think-about-it

LSR023
JakoJako - Aequilibration
https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/aequilibration

Selected past events:
27.04.18 - Berlin, LS.33 @ Säule
31.08.18 - Berlin, LS.34 - 10th Birthday @ Berghain + Säule
19.10.18 - Amsterdam @ ADE
23.11.18 - Berlin, LS.35 @ Berghain
15.12.18 - Paris @ Rex Club
23.08.19 - Berlin @ LS.36 @ Berghain
01.09.19 - Barcelona @ Brunch-In the Park
18.10.19 - Amsterdam @ ADE