Babbitt has been making music since a very young age, and comes from a musical family with both parents playing in orchestras in
Chicago.[1]
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
V&A Museum in
London, the
Art Institute of Chicago, the
Museum of Moving Image in
New York City, and the
Museum of Pop Culture in
Seattle,[2][1] as well as the
Getty Museum, in Los Angeles, and the
Field Museum in Chicago.
In 2019, Babbitt collaborated with
Angel Olsen on her album All Mirrors, providing most of its string arrangements, and playing multiple instruments on the album.