What's The Story?
The Bloody Beetroots are a fun and ridiculous Italian electronic duo. They have one studio album, Romborama, released in 2009. Butter is the 9th of an impressive 22 tracks on the album.
Who's To Blame?
A professional chemical engineer currently working with troubled youth.
Why ♥ it?
Fans of Justice will probably appreciate mostly anything by The Bloody Beetroots, so I'll start there. I get a sense of the song Newjack from this--not necessarily because it's catchy in the same way (it's not), but some of the layers are similar in nature. However, one thing that the song has that Newjack doesn't is a pronounced use of the lowest, filthiest notes that can come out of a piano, and it really gives it voice. Although it's often somewhat of a backing vocal to the synthy lead line, there are sections where that piano demands serious attention.
I frequently listen to electronic music while doing repetitive things like studying or jogging, but this track in particular doesn't allow that. There are two or three main refrains, but the duo keep it fresh with novel sounds and movements that really fly almost against the grain of the rhythm section. Again, that dissonance is something I'd quantify as a Justice thing to do, simply because more people are familiar with them than with The Bloody Beetroots.
One thing that I've noticed about many fans of electronic music (myself included) is that they'll readily describe a beat as dirty or some synonym thereof, but if you ask them to quantify it, it's kind of a difficult thing. As fans, we all more or less know what it means, but it's so difficult to describe. One thing I will say, though, is that the low piano-led parts that pop up at around 2:00 & 4:00 of the song are perhaps the best single exemplification of what I mean when I say that a beat gets dirty*.
*Not to be confused with a Dirrty beat, which is just silly mind candy.
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