2023 repress. The first ever vinyl reissue of Christoph De Babalon’s If You’re Into It, I’m Out of It, originally released in 1997.

“Christoph De Babalon was a key member of Germany’s mutant splinter cells who fused UK rave music with more experimental, Teutonic techno, ambient, and hardedge politics to brutal effect during the mid-late ’90s. 21 years later, this music has patently withstood the test of time, distinguished by a haunting atmospheric pallor and ruff-neck way with jungle that’ll makes you feel just as clammy and psychotic as when you first heard it (most likely on a trip to Berlin or via Christoph Fringeli’s invaluable C8 database). If You’re Into It, I’m Out Of It distills a feeling of that era, as the utopian outlook of rave’s early years had evidently given way to something much darker, more maudlin, perhaps symptomatic of ennui with dance music’s hyper-commercial land grab, or even a pre-echo of pre millennial tension. If You’re Into It, I’m Out Of It therefore feels torn between extreme states.” (review by Forced Exposure)