Ben Babbitt is a

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-based artist and musician for

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s and

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s. He is a founding member of the video game development studio Cardboard Computer, where he wrote the soundtrack for ''

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''.

Career

Babbitt has been making music since a very young age, and comes from a musical family with both parents playing in orchestras in

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. Since 2011, he has been a member of the band Pillars & Tongues with Mark Trecka and Elizabeth Remis, and contributed to their 2013 album 'End-Dances', numerous small-edition tape releases, in addition to touring extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Babbitt has exhibited work with Cardboard Computer at the

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, the

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, the Museum of Moving Image in

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, and the

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, as well as the

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, in Los Angeles, and the

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in Chicago. In 2019, Babbitt collaborated with

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on her album ''

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'', providing most of its string arrangements, and playing multiple instruments on the album.

Discography

Albums

*''Static Between Stations'' (2016), as Junebug. * ''Wilderness Withdrawal'' (2018), quadraphonic live performance

Soundtracks

* ''Coureur des Bois'' (2013), video game by Tamas Kemenczy for

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* ''Neighbor'' (2016), video game by Cardboard Computer, part of the '' Triennale Game Collection'' * ''Paris Window'' (2019), feature film by Amanda Kramer * ''

'' (2020), video game by Cardboard Computer * ''The African Desperate'' (2022), feature film by

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Appearances

* ''End-Dances'' (2013), album by Pillars & Tongues * ''An Index'' (2017), tape by Pillars & Tongues * ''the Anteroom'' (2018), album by How to Dress Well * ''Cross Record'' (2019), album by Cross Record * ''

'' (2019), album by

* ''I Hate it Here'' (2021), tape with Steph Kretowicz & felicita * '' And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow'' album by

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References

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