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Babinski would soon form a live band featuring
Brijesh Pandya, Derek Howa and reuniting with brother Brad Babinski, who all came from the band Air Life, and Alina Cutrono, formerly of Alina Bea, and ex-Body Parts. In 2016, the band was hand-picked by Coachella founder Paul Tollet to play the
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profile as having "fantastic taste". Babinski explains that her fashion is influenced by
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