User:Jimcranston/BobRifo

Bob Rifo is an electro-house producer who's current projects include The Bloody Beetroots, Rifoki, and Bobermann. Bob Cornelius Rifo was born in 1977. He began playing classical music when he was young, but was soon affected by other, angrier and chaotic influences: the raw energy of punk and rockabilly, the wild images of comic artists such as Magnus and Benito Jacovitti and, above all, Tanino Liberatore. Liberatore was the inventor of Rank Xerox. Rifo had had it with Chopin, Beethoven and Debussy. He shifted his eyes and ears to producing a noise that reflected the chaos and anarchy he lived and died by. A decade of no-holds-barred experimentation ensued. In 2007, Bob got signed to the U.S. label, Dim Mak, which was founded by Steve Aoki. The first releases were the EP’s Rombo (2008), Cornelius (2008) and Warp Feat. Steve Aoki (2009). Warp and Cornelius even made it into the iTunes Top Ten Albums Chart (A feat seldom accomplished by most electro producers). Rifo and Aoki have since recently formed a hardcore punk band called Rifoki, produced by Giulio Favero of Teatro Degli Orrori (due for release in 2010). Cornelius is an unusual arrangement of pop culture staples, combining fashion, film and literature in a tribute to British science fiction writer Michael Moorcock and his antihero Jerry Cornelius. The video, brought to life by Rifo, directed by Mathieu Danet, has had over 500,000 views on the internet.

The endless mission of Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo a.k.a. The Bloody Beetroots continues in 2009 with the release of an album, “Romborama”. The album incorporates all musical genres from pop, punk, electro, acid and hip hop to classical music, house and techno. The cover was designed by Tanino Liberatore who has been Sir Bob’s idol since he was a little boy. Big things are in store for Bob Rifo.