05:22:09:12 Off is the seventh studio album by the Belgian industrial/electronic body music (EBM) group Front 242, released by Sony on 2 November 1993. The album peaked at #27 on the CMJ Radio Top 150.
The album's title is a simple substitution cipher: each number corresponds to its equivalent numerical position in the alphabet. Decoded, 05=E, 22=V, 09=I, 12=L, yielding the word "Evil", with "Off" appended. The title is a companion piece to Front 242's earlier 1993 release 06:21:03:11 Up Evil, which similarly decodes to "Up Evil."
The recording features members of a New York City-based band called Spill, after an attempt to record that act in Belgium failed to materialize. Kristin "99" Kowalski of Spill became the only woman to record lead vocals for a Front 242 album, and additional vocal contributions were provided by Spill's Eran Westwood. The band's long-time vocalist Jean-Luc De Meyer appears only on a remix of the song "Melt." The album spans genres including EBM, industrial, and hardcore techno, with a total length of 71:12.
