Summer on a Greek island tune. Driving in the night.

Babadibaboum

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.

B2 Paul St. Hilaire - The Weather Man

A1 Paul St. Hilaire - Bed Room In My Bag

Rhythm & Sound - Never Tell You w/ Tikiman

collection three

our third v/a rolls in ~ an undulating wave. balancing, unfolding, transforming. in three we find harmony. listen again, and again, and again.

featuring: @avsluta, @inhmost, @katemiller, @edenaurelius, @elsa-9-9, @piante-vive, @anthonyc_kuta, @beltrac, @louismarlo, @iksremusic

Mastered by P. Twigg
Artwork by F. Andrinopoulos
Design by M. Davison
With thanks to Arts Project Australia

https://companion.bandcamp.com/album/collection-three

CMPN008 - V/A - Collection Three [Snippets]

Remix of HomeSeq by Azu Tiwaline
Taken from CCTemple's debut album 'First Exploration' 

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___Credits___
Original track 'HomeSeq' by @CCTemple
Remix by Azu Tiwaline
Mastering by Rhys Crouch (Optimum Recording)
Publishing by CYLID
© CCTemple x I.O.T Records 2025
[IOT88RMX04]

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CCTemple - HomeSeq (Azu Tiwaline Remix)

Acid Arab 'Samira' ft. Fred Avril & Shadi Khries

Serpentine

Serpentine 2

Le son du maquis invite ELISETHERE, originaire de toulouse et basée depuis quelques temps à bruxelles où elle s'applique de manière prolifique à diffuser les basses fréquences.. en radio à kiosk, gimic.. ou en organisant des rassemblements festifs avec séance d'entente, encore dub.. pour cet épisode la dub specialist a concocté une heure de sélection de la face psychédélique du roots & du stepper d'outre monde!

le son du maquis w/ elisethere

@son-du-maquis (excerpt)

Photo: Romain Guede

sòn du maquís (live) at pe:rsona 2024

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Simon Sim's - Leave Me (Long play)

Piero Umiliani aka Zalla - Risaie originally out in 1971 on Liuto Records.
For more informations about rare repressed and reissued records, visit us :
http://www.morerepress.com/blog/2015/08/30/zalla-paesaggi/

Piero Umiliani aka Zalla - Risaie

Early Releases

Safar Barlik

PURCHASE EP

| Madness At The Mind Gate Special Show |

Cut from our 4hours Live Set Recorded the 22nd July 2017 
@ Monis Rache Festival 2017 - ¥ = ¥ Stage

Rhythm & Sound - Never Tell You w/ Tikiman

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