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The only way that The Bloody Beetroots and their elusive ringmaster Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo could possibly make sense is if they were a cult band. A masked band playing raucous, abrasive music surely can only work if the venues they play are packed out sweatboxes with the same 300 or 400 die-hard fans stuffed inside. With every one of them dressed in the same Venom (the Spider-Man villain) mask as their hero, who are the only people in the world to own a copy of either of the project’s two albums.
However, this is indeed a strange and disturbing universe and one of the key reasons for that is the fact that The Bloody Beetroots are actually pretty massive. Strange and disturbing indeed, but undeniably awesome nonetheless. Rifo himself is a classically trained musician who has far more time for punk rock than Puccini, who initially made his name as a DJ and producer in 2007. His live sets, where he’s joined by fellow turntablist DJ Tommy Tea, made them infamous for starting brawls in the clubs they played in with their sheer power and energy.
Soon Rifo started remixing the likes of Alex Gopher and Etienne de Crecy, and in 2007 alone he released a whopping 28 remixes. As his profile grew he would do the same in the coming years for artists like Rob Zombie, The Killers, Groove Armada and Robyn. Soon after this Rifo began composing original music for The Bloody Beetroots, which saw acclaim from a lot of his peers, most notably Justice and MSTRKRFT. It also started spreading over the world, being used in TV show and video game soundtracks the world over, and it was with that exposure that Rifo gained his first record deal in the US, with EDM icon Steve Aoki’s label Dim Mak Records.
By 2010, Rifo had put together a live band for The Beetroots’ concerts, who he named The Blood Beetroots Death Crew 77. They’ve slayed festivals and concert halls the world over and back in the studio, even worked with Sir Paul McCartney himself on the single “Out Of Sight”. Clearly Rifo is the kind of once in a generation talent that is always a pleasure and a privilege to have around and it’s even more off a pleasure to see him get the recognition he arguably deserves. Highly recommended.
There are a few different sides to the name The Bloody Beetroots, so it’s important to run through all of them; in terms of records, of which there’s two - Romborama and Hide - the moniker generally refers to solo endeavours by Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, an Italian musician who’s classically trained, but primarily makes electronic music. We’ll also have to assume that that’s not what his mother calls him, seeing as he’s never revealed his real name. He’s toured the world as both ‘The Bloody Beetroots DJ Set’, which sees his friend Tommy Tea step in on sampling duties, and as ‘The Bloody Beetroots Live Crew’, where he’s joined by Edward Grinch on drums and Battle on synths. Most recently, they’ve toured the latter show, a genuinely raucous affair that blends electro house, funk and EDM; imagine a very European twist on The Prodigy. A particular highlight in 2013 was an appearance in front of a massive crowd at Germany’s Rock am Ring festival, where they took to the stage wearing masks and in front of a huge, neon Bloody Beetroots banner, delivering a set that was instrumentally diverse - guitars and keyboards included - and that saw them barely stop for breath throughout; there was an intensity to the performance that many of their electronic contemporaries struggle to match.
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