Originally from Dominica, Paul St. Hilaire (aka Tikiman) has not only recorded in his own right and under the eye of Moritz von Oswald but has regularly turned up on albums by our favourite European electronic roots reggae’n’dub like Rodney Hunter, Stereotyp, Jay Haze and most recently on Deadbeat’s Roots And Wire. So no real surprise then that we now find him on a 12” of the deepest techno dub with Intrusion.

These tracks by Intrusion (aka Stephen Hitchell) are taken from last years’ album The Seduction Of Silence. In fact, this is the third and final installment from the album but if it’s all as good as this, it’s a mighty fine album and it’s no wonder that there’s a big demand for his forthcoming live gigs.

Whilst the A-side is all about the vocal, it’s the version that’s the one for me as it’s reminds me of Madtone’s Garden Of Earthly Delights; and there’s a ‘Kingston Burning’ dub on the download if this is more your thing. On the reverse, ‘A Night To Remember’ was inspired by last years’ outdoor Labyrinth festival in Japan but it sounds like it should be on the shore line of a beach of shingle that’s real chilled in a minimal deep house type way.

Hitchell forms half of Echospace with Rod Modell (not to be confused with echospace [detroit] that’s the parent record label of Intrusion) and they specialize in warm analog and vintage synthesizers that dub out the electronic roots of Chicago & Detroit house. Lets hope you’re somewhere near the following cities.

Forthcoming dates:
March 1, 2009 - Echospace (live) @ Resonance Festival (Gent) Belgium
March 6, 2009 - Intrusion (live) @ Dread Soundsystem, San Diego, California, USA
March 7, 2009 - Intrusion (live) @ LWE, Chicago, USA
March 14, 2009 - Echospace (live) @ Moscow, Russia
March 27, 2009 - Echospace (live) @ Glasgow, Scotland, UK - T.B.C.
March 28, 2009 - Echospace (live) @ Fabric, London, UK - T.B.C.
March 29, 2009 - Echospace (live) @ Machester, UK - T.B.C.
April 3, 2009 - Intrusion (live) @ Stereo Bar, Montreal, Canada
April 4, 2009 - Intrusion (live) @ Private Event, Toronto, Canada
April 17-18-19 - Echospace (live) @ Communikey Festival, Boulder, Colorado, USA
May 26, 2009 - D.E.M.F., Detroit, USA

Reviewed: Intrusion feat. Paul St. Hilaire - Little Angel / A Night To Remember (Intrusion) Cat. No: INTRUSION 3 Release date: February 2009
Tracklisting:
A1 Little Angel (6:16)
A2 Angel Version (6:15)
B A Night To Remember (11.07)

Links:
www.souldubsounds.com
www.myspace.com/paulsthilairetikiman
www.echospacedetroit.com
www.rubadub.co.uk
Slices Issue 4-08 (Electronic Beats) Cat. No: EB-DVD 016 Release date: December 2008 features the following artists: Ralph Myerz, Fujiya & Miyagi, Tim Exile, dOP, Dennis Ferrer, Seth Troxler, Margaret Dygas, Phazz-a-delic, Lopazz and 4 videos inc. Sideshow feat. Paul St. Hilaire - ‘If Alone’ www.eb-slices.net