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Substance & Vainqueur
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Substance & Vainqueur - Reverberation

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

@lg_t remixed Prayer Bass available on Bandcamp click da link:
https://bigzen.bandcamp.com/track/prayer-bass-lt-re-slap

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Prayer Bass (LT Re - Slap)

Shinichi Atobe - Dub 6(six)

first bit of this digi only series
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https://secondcousin.bandcamp.com/album/bits

All Music & Art by Cousin
Mastered by Angus Mills

~O.V.O~

Discipline

SA DUB 2

Digital Pulse

Q-Loop

Q1.2

Quadrant Dub

Quadrant Dub II

Relish

Relish (Shed Remix)

Session Elements

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Luke Vibert's old-school belter '107 Acid' takes us straight back to the '90s free party continuum with its sweat-inducing mashup of rough breaks, mangled vox hooks and lysergic synthwaves going full blast.

The Third Annual War Child Fundraiser

Luke Vibert – 107 Acid [Craigie Knowes]

Reductions 1995–1997

Antistatic, Pt. 1

Antistatic, Pt. 2

Vanity Press 014 B2

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redeye:
https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/104938-

available in some US shops now

Waterbody

We are incredibly excited to premiere “Magnetic Service”, the title track from Azu Tiwaline’s forthcoming EP of the same name on Livity Sound, exploring the intersections of Amazigh music, dub culture and techno hypnosis across four mesmerising tracks.

Fresh from the acclaimed ‘Draw Me a Silence’ LP on IOT Records and collaborating with musician and sound artist Cinna Peyghamy, this new record further explores the hypnotic percussion and mystique of the Tunisian Sahara, a hybrid sound playing on contrasts and nuances, light and dark with echoes of techno minimalism and modern dub.

If you’re not familiar, Livity Sound is the groundbreaking label set up by Peverelist in 2011 as a vehicle for a raw and exploratory strain of UK techno, rooted in the heritage of UK dance music and sound system culture. It has since become one of the UK's foremost protagonists for cutting edge underground music.

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