Christoph De Babalon

CHRISTOPH DE BABALON is known for tripping rhythms, dark wide spaces and eternal melancholy. In 1994, when the term 'breakcore' did not exist, his first record and those that followed were extensively played by BBC-DJ-legend JOHN PEEL. He then began working with ALEC EMPIRE's Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) where in 1997 he released the album If You're Into It, I'm Out Of It . DHR still say that it remains their most important release and it influenced a multitude of breakcore youths. RADIOHEAD's THOM YORKE considers it 'the most menacing record' he owns. Christoph was finally able to shake PEEL's hand when playing on his 'MELTDOWN' festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of Peel Sessions Live series in 1999. An enjoyable UK and chaotic US tour followed. After his 12" Split release with KID606 on FATCAT RECORDS in 2000 he moved from Hamburg to Berlin. In 2001 he played three surreal shows opening for RADIOHEAD on their southern European tour leaving tens of thousands confused by his introspective ambient music. He then withdrew from public and pursued composing for other fields, such as theatre and dance, to gather new experiences. During this time he was also releasing extreme electronic music by artists including MERZBOW, SOMATIC RESPONSES and ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI on his own record label CROSS FADE ENTER TAINMENT (CFET). In 2008 he resurfaced with his most complex and extensive work Scylla & Charybdis incorporating vocals of singers HANAYO and ALEXANDRA VON BOLZ'N into dark musical poems of epic length. This record also marks the first time he worked with British cover artist IAN LIDDLE. In 2012 the next full album A Bond With Sorrow was released on KID606's TIGERBEAT6. Paris DJ-legend LAURENT GARNIER featured the track 'Traumspiel' on his shows many times and BBC RADIO 6's TOM RAVENSCROFT invited Christoph for an interview and exclusive mix. 2015 finally sees the release of the album Short Eternities, a return to fast, aggressive beats and Christoph's trademark intense melancholia. CHRISTOPH DE BABALON is known for tripping rhythms, dark wide spaces and eternal melancholy. In 1994, when the term 'breakcore' did not exist, his first record and those that followed were extensively played by BBC-DJ-legend JOHN PEEL. He then began working with ALEC EMPIRE's Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) where in 1997 he released the album If You're Into It, I'm Out Of It . DHR still say that it remains their most important release and it influenced a multitude of breakcore youths. RADIOHEAD's THOM YORKE considers it 'the most menacing record' he owns. Christoph was finally able to shake PEEL's hand when playing on his 'MELTDOWN' festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of Peel Sessions Live series in 1999. An enjoyable UK and chaotic US tour followed. After his 12" Split release with KID606 on FATCAT RECORDS in 2000 he moved from Hamburg to Berlin. In 2001 he played three surreal shows opening for RADIOHEAD on their southern European tour leaving tens of thousands confused by his introspective ambient music. He then withdrew from public and pursued composing for other fields, such as theatre and dance, to gather new experiences. During this time he was also releasing extreme electronic music by artists including MERZBOW, SOMATIC RESPONSES and ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI on his own record label CROSS FADE ENTER TAINMENT (CFET). In 2008 he resurfaced with his most complex and extensive work Scylla & Charybdis incorporating vocals of singers HANAYO and ALEXANDRA VON BOLZ'N into dark musical poems of epic length. This record also marks the first time he worked with British cover artist IAN LIDDLE. In 2012 the next full album A Bond With Sorrow was released on KID606's TIGERBEAT6. Paris DJ-legend LAURENT GARNIER featured the track 'Traumspiel' on his shows many times and BBC RADIO 6's TOM RAVENSCROFT invited Christoph for an interview and exclusive mix. 2015 finally sees the release of the album Short Eternities, a return to fast, aggressive beats and Christoph's trademark intense melancholia.