THE BLOODY BEETROOTS: THE BELGIAN CONNECTION
Just to be clear: The Bloody Beetroots are a duo when they play live, but it’s actually one person who makes the music. And that person is Bob Rifo, also credited as Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo. But that’s not his only alias. As Bobermann he makes remixes for other dj’s that are different from the ones he makes for The Bloody Beetroots.
This story starts in 2006. The Belgian electroband Goose release their album ‘Bring it on’. It was their first album and it was an important one. They had to prove something, as they won the Humo’s Rock Rally, one of Belgium most important music competitions, in 2002. ‘Bring it on’ was a Belgian chart success, followed by a performance on Rock Werchter 2007. Although all tracks were brilliant, they begged for a remix. The Bloody Beetroots remixed two tracks of them. The instrumental track ‘Black Gloves’, which has vocals on the remix and ‘Everybody’. Both tracks can be found on the album ‘Bring It On (Rarities and Remixes)’, available on iTunes.
And then there was Sound of Stereo. The Belgian dj-duo emerged in 2009, with gigs all over the world. Their EP ‘Heads Up’ became a big success and featured remixes from Mightyfools and others. But the biggest remix was the one from The Bloody Beetroots. ‘Heads Up (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) was featured on Solid Sounds 2009 – Volume 1, one of Belgians most important dance compilations. Sound of Stereo is a duo, consisting of Jochen Sablon and Vincent De Boeck. According to their Facebook fanpage, they play Fidget, House, Crunk and Dubstep. That same Jochen Sablon is an important contributor to ‘Romborama’. He co-wrote ‘Better DJ on 2 Turntables’, the 6th track on the album, alongside Bob Rifo himself.
Bob Rifo has more than one alias. As Bobermann he remixed ‘Death Suite’, the result of an anticipated collaboration between Erol Alkan and Boys Noize. That remix could be downloaded for free from different websites. Later on Bobermann remixed the track ‘Drummer’ by Boys Noize. Recently Bobermann presented his newest remix ‘Mitsubitchi’, a track by another Belgian electroband The Subs. A remix he was very proud since he posted it on his website, www.deathcrew77.com. Yes, here are the Belgians again. The Subs, originating from Ghent, released their first album in 2008. The singles ‘Kiss My Trance’ and ‘Music Is The New Religion’ were a chart success, although their music videos might have something to do with that. NME gave them a 8 out of 10 rating, pretty high for a relatively unknown Belgian band.
The Bloody Beetroots already played a lot of important Belgian dance events. They played the influential Pukkelpop festival two times in a row, in 2008 and 2009. The dancehall was packed in 2009, the crowd went crazy. It was a much talked about gig afterwards. Belgium is famous for the ‘I Love Techno’ festival, taking place in November. The Bloody Beetroots played a dj-set in 2008 and 2009. At that time, the music video for ‘Warp 1.9’ was played on high rotation on the popular radio and television stations. ‘Woop Woop’ became a common shout-out at parties.
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bien verga que es el Bob Rifo
So play 2 concerts in Belgium so I can go
First one in AB is sold out…
Keep up the good/better/best work! ^^
Glad you like the Belgians so much : D
I’m also from Belgium and i’m glad i live here.
Keep up the good work and see you on the 2nd of april!
A great fan
see you soon the 2 April to A.B in Brussel Bob
AHHHHHH BOB RIFO ! = fucking AMAZING !
fancy bob rifo. keep that pinky up
please! come to Lithuania!!!
oohhh, OMG, Bob
Not really a fan of the fidget and harder electro to be honoust , but you guys blew me away at Pukkelpop last summer.. Fucking insane stuff! Yes it was epic with other wors
Stil in my mind as one of the sickest party’s i ever participated in..
Big respect , and ow yeah..
Belgium ROCKS!
Cheers
and offcourse the crazy belgian cardboard awesomeness!!
Wow. Just wow.
BELGIUM! <3
BB <3
SUBS <3
SOS <3
(and DAFT PUNK <3; wooot)
Belgium loves you Sir Bob! Your gig @ILT was so amazing! I just can’t wait to see you again in April @AB Brussels, I hope you’ll burn this place up! Come again this summer during Belgian festivals Rifo!
the scond of April!
AB Brussels Belgium!
it’s going to be a great party! Woop, Woop!
That makes me proud to be belgian! I’m glad that one of the smallest country’s in the world can be a part of the huge succes sir bob cornelius rifo is having now!
So with all my heart, keep up the good work and we as belgians are so proud to be a part of this!
Greetingz ” A Belgian”
whats about tommy’s music? has he ever made his own track? i want to listen it
i lololololove the bloody beetroots.
x’s and o’s to bob rifo.
april 24; 10 days after my 18th birthday, first time seeing the bloody beetroots live, and probably going to be one of the best nights of my life. i love you so muchhh and thank you for making beautiful fucking music.
WOOP WOOP<3
Belgium <3 The Bloody Beetroots
woo! first comment! i fucking love the bloody beetroots!
waw.
i’m very proud on Belgium
but I regret very much that your gig here in april is sold out already, I wanted to come very badly :d
Probably see you in Belgium on the second of april
Wait if sir bob makes the music, then, does tommy mix it??
Perfect Belgian Connection.
come to mexicali!!! the last time you failed us
bedankt, for these beautiful words to Belgium!
wow that’s amazing, i just hope someday the bloody beetroots come to mexico so i could sing woop woop with them!!!
well give some credit to tommy….come on..:)
Bob sei un genio della musica!!!!!!
tommy i like u a lot!!!!! u are fun to watch and i love your tee’s
ahah
i wanna now about tommy… as a coworker in ur live sets
i saw you like 7-8 times allready since pukkelpop 2008 and you still amaze me.
see you in brussels!!
I’m a proud belgian <33
Bloody Beetroots ftw <33333333333
You’re the prophet of new generation music
OH MY GOD! Let’s get some bloody beetroots !
I need to see you again and again and again!
Anacletus!
jaja gelukkig ben ik van België
:(
So i’m from belgium!
but yea AB is sold out
And belgium is full of new talents!
What do you mean with a ‘live-set’?
Belgium is awsome! It’s so fucking good to live there. You should try!
Yup Belgium loves the bloody beetroots but tommy hes awsome on the decks and i enjoy watching him go crazy on stage
its lame that Bob gets al the credits just becoz he makes the music.. performing and giving a good set is very inportant to so keep it going!
grtz from Belgium
io sò io e voi non siete un cazzo!!!
Sorry Bobby, but wtf? Every fan knows that you produce the music and tommy pushes the ppl and gives you backup… So why did you mention it? because you want everybody to know how great you are, fuck that
Hey everybody
thanks a lot for the positive feedback on the article. I’m very proud that it got published on here. I’ll work on some other Bloody Beetroots stuff, and i’m hoping to get an interview with Bob in Belgium, on the 2nd of april!
x Cindy
Thanks in name of al the Belgians.
We Love you to bob ‘N’ Tommy
never knew about that!
saw you 3 times in holland!
the next time is 5 march in rotterdam!
don’t you have any stickers i can buy:D?
once jumped up the stage and high fived you guys in rotterdam! that was fucking awesome!
Good…
Can’t wait to see you @Marseille, France w/ SomethingALaMode in April !
Just a suggestion about the website, it would be cool that you add a “Pictures” category with all the rockin’ photos of the Bloody Beetroots and friends.
whats about tommy’s music? has he ever made his own track? i want to listen it
what is tommy doing then? what does it mean he does good sets? ive just seen him go f’cking crazy and doing something on a small box? what is that box!?:P
BE, the country for electro loving people…