W/ THE PRODUCERS
Spanning nine tracks, w/ The Producers sees the artist link up with a stacked cast of beatmakers that includes Batu, Mala, Shinichi Atobe, Gavsborg and Azu Tiwaline, among others. The record’s title is a play on Rhythm & Sound’s classic 2004 album w/ The Artists, on which St. Hilaire featured.
Resident Advisor made Paul St Hilaire W/ The Producers Record Of The Year (Bass Weight)
For Kynant Records' Richard Akingbehin and the voice of dub techno, Paul St. Hilaire, the decision to summon the ghost of Rhythm & Sound's seminal 2003 album, w/ the Artists, was classy yet bold. Would w/ the Producers build on its source material? Or risk living in its shadow? The album's faultless cast of collaborators, including Batu, Shinichi Atobe and Azu Tiwaline, made failure impossible. As a sonic aesthetic, dubwise is flourishing right now, and this LP bottles its power and beauty in myriad tones and tempos, from Mala's orchestral skank on "Like It's Always Been" to the slo-mo psych thump of Aurora Halal & DJ G's "Mary Jane Greenfield." The pièce de résistance is, of course, St. Hilaire himself. He graces every beat with poise and purpose, never overdoing it. As the years roll by, once-mythic musicians can lose touch with their former brilliance. Not this Dominican dub poet. – Carlos Hawthorn (Resident Advisor)
| Genre | Electronic & Dance |
|---|---|
| Style | Dub Techno, Techno, Deep |
| Format | VINYL |
| Cat. no | KYNEX005 |
| Label | KYNANT RECORDS |
| Artist | PAUL ST. HILAIRE |
| Release Date | 26/09/2025 |
| Carrier | 2LP |
| Barcode | 5414165091479 |
| Stock | Out of stock |
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Building on the success of Paul St. Hilaire’s landmark solo album for Richard Akingbehin’s label Kynant in 2023, w/ The Producers switches up the formula to pair St. Hilaire’s with a different producer on each track. Referencing fellow dub techno pioneers Mark Ernestus & Moritz von Oswald’s acclaimed album w/ The Artists as Rhythm & Sound, St. Hilaire flips the concept to feature as the lone vocalist.
Over the album’s nine tracks, St. Hilaire offers a range of conscious song-writing and headtop musings, such as the spoken-word dread of “What’s This” or the sparse call-to-action of “Send Them On”. The record weaves through all shades of contemporary dub evolutions, showing the vocal range and versatility of St. Hilaire. w/ The Producers is yet another essential record in St. Hilaire’s unmatched discography.
The producers were curated by label owner and DJ Richard Akingbehin to give the new album a future-facing feel and mark 10 years of Kynant Records. Akingbehin sourced beats from luminaries such as Digital Mystikz boss and dubstep trailblazer Mala or elusive Chain Reaction artist Shinichi Atobe. They sit alongside some of the most exciting names in recent electronic music - Batu, Gavsborg, Azu Tiwaline, Priori, Cousin, Russell E.L. Butler, Aurora Halal and DJ G - all of whom bring different elements of dub techno into their productions.
w/ The Producers finds Kynant Records bridging the original voice of dub techno with the genre’s new wave. It’s a statement of intent from the label, which began 10 years ago with deep, hypnotic techno and has veered gradually towards more dubwise sounds