Music

No Favours

Sneaker Social Club
SNKR056
Drum & Bass / Jungle
12"

£12.49 (£14.99 incl. VAT)

A. For Nothing B. Total Deceit C. Jaded Memory D. Dearth Mill


The dark lord of the dance returns to Sneaker with the 'No Favours' EP, another ominous set of non-conformist shellers rough-cut from obsidian and set in steel.

We first broadcast our love of Christoph de Babalon's distinctively destructive, hard-boiled hardcore via the Evident Ware compilation back in 2020, but a longer release has been an ambition of ours ever since. From his early years on Digital Hardcore through his prolific return in the 2010s across a broad tapestry of underground operators, de Babalon has left a fascinating trail of albums, EPs and scattershot tracks behind him that feed into the cult fervour around his music.

As this EP demonstrates in reliably gritty fashion, the magic in the German producer's music lies in his ability to take the tropes of jungle and hardcore and subvert them through signal chains which owe more to noise and industrial than dance music. The structure of his tracks is equally maverick, pushing and pulling according to its own whims rather than following the dancer-centric energetic flow of a standard club record. Somewhere in this alchemy between classic ingredients and confrontational experimentation, he evokes the original chaotic spirit of hardcore when it seemed anything was possible within the music.

'For Nothing' is the perfect example — a tunnelling odyssey of ferrous atmospheres, roundhouse drums and bass bloated into the red on a force-fed diet of saturation. 'Total Deceit' turns up the pressure on the break chopping science de Babalon is capable of, teasing gamelan flurries and elegiac swirls that hit at the emotional depth he can wrench amidst such bludgeoning material. 'Jaded Memory' funnels Mentasm bass into a strange new form amidst staggering, tightly clipped drumfunk, leaving enough space for haunting ballroom reveries stretching out across the mid-section. That leaves it to 'Dearth Mill' to mop up with gloriously creepy detuned piano notes slopping over each other in between the most ferocious blasts of drums on the whole record.

You didn't expect something straight-forward, did you? 

 

a1. For Nothing 
a2. Total Deceit 
b1. Jaded Memory 
b2. Dearth Mill 
 

 


A For Nothing
B Total Deceit
C Jaded Memory
D Dearth Mill

More Music

Pre-order
£16.99

Vardae (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Flaming As A Cloud [printed sleeve / marbled vinyl / stickered sleeve]
Samurai Music
SMDE50

£14.16 (£16.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 30/05/2025
Pre-order

Metallica (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Load (Remastered) *1 CD*
UMR
BLCKND11R2

£14.16 (£16.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 13/06/2025
Pre-order

Metallica (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Load (Remastered) (Poor Twisted Orange) *2LP*
UMR
BLCKND11R1W

£30.83 (£36.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 13/06/2025
Pre-order

DURAN DURAN (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Greatest *CD*
Warner
5021732657367

£12.49 (£14.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 20/06/2025
Pre-order

DURAN DURAN (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Greatest *2LP*
Warner
5021732638373

£37.49 (£44.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 20/06/2025
Pre-order

Al Wootton (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Rhythm Archives *Vinyl LP w/Artwork Sleeve*
Trule
TRULE031

£20.83 (£24.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 30/05/2025
Pre-order

F1

F1 The Album *CD*
Atlantic
0075678599378

£18.33 (£21.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 27/06/2025
Pre-order

F1

F1 The Album *RSD Stores Exclusive Vinyl*
Atlantic
0075678598159

£31.66 (£37.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 27/06/2025
Pre-order

F1

F1 The Album *STD VINYL VERSION*
Atlantic
0075678599392

£28.33 (£33.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 27/06/2025
Pre-order

Orbital (NEW RELEASE PRE-ORDER)

Orbital (The Brown Album) ( 2LP BLACK )
London Records
LMS1725320

£25.83 (£30.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 23/05/2025
Pre-order

Orbital (NEW RELEASE PRE-ORDER)

Orbital (The Brown Album) ( Coloured Vinyl 2LP )
London Records
LMS1725321

£29.99 (£35.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 23/05/2025
Pre-order

Orbital (NEW RELEASE PRE-ORDER)

Orbital (The Brown Album) ( 4LP Box Set)
London Records
LMS1725318

£114.99 (£137.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 23/05/2025
Pre-order

Orbital (NEW RELEASE PRE-ORDER)

Orbital (The Brown Album) (2CD)
London Records
LMS1725323

£12.49 (£14.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 23/05/2025
Pre-order

Orbital (NEW RELEASE PRE-ORDER)

Orbital (The Brown Album) (4CD Box Set)
London Records
LMS1725319

£61.66 (£73.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 23/05/2025
Pre-order

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (NEW RELEASE PRE-ORDER)

Laminated Denim (Coloured Vinyl LP)
Virgin
8704290206

£23.33 (£27.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 23/05/2025
Pre-order

Echo & The Bunnymen (NEW RELEASE PRE-ORDER)

What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? ( Coloured Vinyl LP )
London
LMS1725456

£20.83 (£24.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 23/05/2025
Pre-order

Green Day (New Release Pre-Order)

Saviors (édition de luxe) CD
Warner
0093624836063

£9.99 (£11.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 23/05/2025
Pre-order

Green Day (New Release Pre-Order)

Saviors (édition de luxe) 2LP Pink & White Vinyl
Warner
0093624833994

£37.49 (£44.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 23/05/2025
Pre-order

Ed Sheeran (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Play *DELUXE CD*
Atlantic
5021732758217

£13.33 (£15.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 12/09/2025
Pre-order

Ed Sheeran (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Play *RSD Stores Exclusive vinyl*
Atlantic
5021732758255

£31.66 (£37.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 12/09/2025
Pre-order

Ed Sheeran (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Play *Pink Opaque Vinyl*
Atlantic
5021732758224

£28.33 (£33.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 12/09/2025
Pre-order

Ed Sheeran (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Play *STD CD*
Atlantic
5021732758187

£12.49 (£14.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 12/09/2025
Pre-order

Various Artists (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Chet Baker Re:imagined (Indie Exclusive Vinyl)
Decca
7544025

£23.33 (£27.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 16/05/2025
Pre-order
£16.99

Technimatic (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Time On Our Side EP [printed sleeve / pink vinyl]
Technimatic Music
TMMLP03

£14.16 (£16.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 27/06/2025
Pre-order

Doechii (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Anxiety (7") *SILVER VINYL*
Capitol
7828267

£12.49 (£14.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 18/07/2025
Pre-order

Lorde

Virgin *INDIES TRANSLUCENT RED *
EMI
7812123

£23.33 (£27.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 27/06/2025
Pre-order

Lorde

Virgin *Black LP*
EMI
7812115

£23.33 (£27.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 27/06/2025
Pre-order

Lorde

Virgin *CD*
EMI
7812133

£12.49 (£14.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 27/06/2025
Pre-order

Pulp (New Release - Pre Order)

More (Cassette)
Rough Trade Records
RT0541MC

£9.99 (£11.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 06/06/2025
Pre-order

Pulp (New Release - Pre Order)

More (CD)
Rough Trade Records
RT0541CD

£9.99 (£11.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 06/06/2025
Pre-order

Pulp (New Release - Pre Order)

More (Black Vinyl)
Rough Trade Records
RT0541LP

£19.99 (£23.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 06/06/2025
Pre-order

Pulp (New Release - Pre Order)

More (Theresa Green Vinyl)
Rough Trade Records
RT0541LP2

£20.83 (£24.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 06/06/2025
Pre-order

Pulp (New Release - Pre Order)

More (Indies Only “Blue Sky Thinking” Blue/White Marble Vinyl)
Rough Trade Records
RT0541LPE

£20.83 (£24.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 06/06/2025
New

Kerri Chandler

Raw Grooves 3
Large Music
LARV023

£12.49 (£14.99 incl. VAT)

Pre-order

Fanatix

The Rhythmic Bounce EP
Dopewax
DW608

£14.16 (£16.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 16/05/2025
Pre-order

Liquid Dope

Oh My God / Krash
Dopewax
DW071

£14.16 (£16.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 16/05/2025
Pre-order

Various Artists (NEW RELEASE PRE ORDER)

Pacha House Classics
Defected
DFTDPACH01LP

£34.16 (£40.99 incl. VAT)


Pre-order - 30/05/2025
New

Pulp

Hits *CD*
Island Records
CID8126

£8.33 (£9.99 incl. VAT)

New

Kate Bush

Hounds Of Love
Fish People
5057998268641

£33.33 (£39.99 incl. VAT)

New

Ghost

Opus Eponymous *CD*
Rise Above Records
RISELP124

£10.83 (£12.99 incl. VAT)

New

Ghost

Opus Eponymous *LP*
Rise Above Records
RISELP124

£19.16 (£22.99 incl. VAT)

New

David Bowie

Unplugged & Slightly Phased (Acoustic Broadcasts 1996)
The Bauhaus Label
BAU007LP

£16.66 (£19.99 incl. VAT)