Sooner or later, everyone who loves dub techno becomes acquainted with the gossamer tenor of Paul St. Hilaire. His voice gets stretched and pulled across so many of the greatest records in the genre, from his early collabs with Basic Channel’s Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald to his rousing appearance on Intrusion’s late-period benchmark The Seduction of Silence in 2009. As befits a style whose exponents obscure themselves behind stark record sleeves and inscrutable aliases, the artist formerly known as Tikiman — born on the Caribbean island of Dominica but based in Berlin — has been modest about his importance. “I prefer to say a little ting and stay out of the light,” he told Resident Advisor’s Richard Akingbehin in a 2021 feature, but since striking up…
