Paul St. Hilaire

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙢 & 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙, 𝙋𝙖𝙪𝙡 𝙎𝙩. 𝙃𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 — 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞 𝘼𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚, 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙖, 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙪, 𝙂𝙖𝙫𝙨𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙜, 𝘼𝙯𝙪 𝙏𝙞𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞, 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣, 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙀.𝙇. 𝘽𝙪𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙧, 𝘼𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙅 𝙂 — 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.

Since his formative days as Tikiman, the Dominica-born, Berlin-based vocalist has been the beating heart of dub techno, house, and beyond — his distinctive tone an essential element of the Rhythm & Sound / Main Street / Burial Mix legacy. Decades later, Paul St. Hilaire remains a singular presence, equally at home in deep dub chambers or on experimental frontiers, his voice now woven into productions by some of the most forward-thinking names in electronic music.

Celebrating ten years of Berlin’s Kynant Records, this release situates St. Hilaire as both elder and innovator. Mala sets the tone with "Like It’s Always Been", balancing meditative weight and razor tension, before Shinichi Atobe delivers the hypnotic stepper "Time to Wake Up". Batu pushes the boundaries further, fracturing Paul’s vocals into mechanized echoes on "Free Your Mind", while Priori channels pure Rhythm & Sound spirit on "Send Them On". Gavsborg, meanwhile, reconnects the circle with "Confidential", a subtropical, spiritual dub that nods to the music’s Caribbean lineage.

Nearly three decades after his first collaborations with Rhythm & Sound, Paul St. Hilaire continues to define and expand the possibilities of dub-rooted sound. This project is more than a celebration — it’s living proof of how timeless, transformative, and resonant his music remains.