The Haunting Past of ...

Ten tracks from the vaults before the masters perish.

This collection of classic works includes some of the very earliest material that Christoph de Babalon ever recorded. A few tracks date as far back as 1993 and take us straight into his teenage years of German angst, rolled down blinds and Amiga computers. This was years before his work on Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) and even before John Peel had heard of him and played Christoph’s truly isolationist music to a worldwide audience.

Some tracks and versions have never been released. Others are rare compilation tracks and sold out goods. If you are missing your favourite track from some particular 1990s demotape, please keep in mind that this is only the first release in the series.

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released September 15, 2014

All tracks recorded 1993 – 1999 in Hamburg, Germany
All music © 1993-2014 Christoph de Babalon

The second part of the series features more hard to find or even unreleased tracks from the early years of Christoph de Babalon dating back as far as 1993. It includes BBC-DJ-legend John Peel’s favourite ‘I Own Death’ as well as ‘Are You Talking To Me?’, the latter never got a proper release but still made its way onto the decks of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.

‘Kirchengänger’, ‘Alpenglühen’, ‘Leave Me In The Autumn’ and ‘Marble Stairs’ have never been released before this day.
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released February 1, 2017

Mastered by LXC. Cover design by Paul Snowden.

All tracks recorded 1993 – 1999 in Hamburg, Germany
All music © 1993-2014 Christoph de Babalon

The third part of the series collects the most noisy and punk style tracks Christoph de Babalon made in his early years. Rare and sold out stuff finally available again in remastered form.

Contains the unreleased tracks ‘Nerves’ (1995), ‘No Man’s Land’ (1994) and ‘Meditate’ (1993).
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released September 29, 2017

All tracks recorded 1993 – 1999 in Hamburg, Germany
All music © 1993-2014 Christoph de Babalon

Mastered by LXC. Cover design by Thomas Baldischwyler.