#St Hilaire

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Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve

I don’t have many more Anita Shreve books to read and in a canon that is now finite, I feel very, very sad about this. Because once you find a writer into whose words you can slide, following their rhythm with ease towards full immersion into their storytelling, you become greedy for more and crave the escape. Knowing that there are only limited opportunities in your future to do this has to…

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St-Hilaire-du-Harcouet. Le lycée Claude Lehec.

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St Nazaire bridge by Saint-Hilaire-en-Royans, Dauphiné region of France

French vintage postcard

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Paul St. Hilaire & René L​ö​we - Faith

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album stream: Paul St. Hilaire - Tikiman Vol.1 (Kynant , 2023)

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Paul St. Hilaire - Tikiman Vol.1 - techno-assisted dub without quite being “dub techno”; the ripping guitar solo on “Keep Safe” is a surprise (oops, spoiler)

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.

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Menaces de hausses des tarifs

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This mix was made around 2007 (I think) and was really just about trying to make use of the music in my collection and share some music that I love, which isn't all about the dancefloor, though no doubt there's a dancefloor (or dancehall) that it would work for. Some of the mixing isn't as clean as I'd like, there's a couple of glitches in the recording too and the sound quality isn't the best in parts; I toyed with the idea of not posting this, but I think I'm just going to leave it up, there's some really great tunes on here. 

Regarding the sound quality, this was fairly early days for me recording mixes using a PC and software, so I was still learning about recording levels via digital means. It was also one of the few mixes I've got from my time with the Technics SLDZ1200 CD turntables and the SHMZ mixer, both great bits of kit, really under-rated and I'm surprised that they didn't do as well as CDJ's.

The artwork has had a refresh for this mix, which as I've said in earlier posts, I'm going to do for some of the artwork I'm not so keen on. The title 'Dubble The Pleasure' and the artwork are both a nod in the direction of the reggae and dub influences that runs through this mix.

Linked up tracklist [HERE]

Download [HERE]

01 - Mad Professor vs Massive Attack - Radiation Ruling The Nation (Wild Bunch Records) 02 - Massive Attack - Protection (Wild Bunch Records) 03 - Lightning Head - Stilla Move (Tru Thoughts) 04 - Boozoo Bajou ft. Joe Dukie - Take It Slow (Sonar Kollektiv) 05 - Cornerstone Roots - Forward Movement (Loop Recordings) 06 - Fat Freddy's Drop - Ray Ray (The Drop) 07 - S. Matthewman - Tempest Dub (Best Seven) 08 - Burning Spear - Civilized Reggae (Island Records) 09 - Melasse - Soulmap (Best Seven) 10 - Cody ChesnuTT - Serve This Royalty (One Little Indian) 11 - Confucius - A Drive Out East (Loop Recordings) 12 - Taxi - A Certain Something (Infracom) 13 - The Nomad - Look Around (Loop Recordings) 14 - Paul St. Hilaire - Custody (False Tuned) 15 - Horace Andy - After All (Melankolic)

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Sexypink - (detail) Kathie St. Hilaire - collage

Sexypink - Caco- Benoit Batraville (2023) Oil based relief on canvas, collage with skin lightening cream, steel, aluminum, bank notes, banana stickers, silkscreen and tires - 55’’ x 63.5”

Sexypink - Kathie St. Hilaire (detail)

Sexypink - Mamita Yunai (2023) Oil based relief on canvas, collage with skin lightening cream, steel, aluminum, bank notes, prices tags, banana stickers, silkscreen and tires.

71” x 66”

Haitian American Artist Kathie St. Hilaire - more here -:leaflet.perrotin.com

Sexypink - Kathia St. Hilaire - Kanekalon - (2018) Oil based relief collage on canvas with kanekalon braided hair