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Italy's electro-punk The Bloody Beetroots, led by the charismatic Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo (aka Simone Cogo), headlined the Boiler Room at last summer's Big Day Out. Now the sometime DJ has teamed with rock royalty in Sir Paul McCartney and Killing Joke bassist-cum-feted producer Martin 'Youth' Glover for the rocktronica Out Of Sight on The Beetroots' latest album, Hide.

Cogo started his music career playing with punk bands in beautiful Venice. He's currently based in Los Angeles. The Bloody Beetroots originated in 2006. Three years on, Cogo furnished the Australian crossover LP, Romborama, taking in his signature Cornelius, on Steve Aoki's Dim Mak. Over time he'd develop The Beetroots into a live band. 

Now Cogo is back with Hide and it has several implausible guests, from Mötley Crüe drummer and EDM convert Tommy Lee to seasoned UK guitarist Peter Frampton, hipster MC/singer Theophilus London and soulful expat Sam Sparro. “The intention behind this [album] was really to get my listeners to understand how history can create the future. Working with new collaborators really helps to cement influences from the past who have led me to create the sound that I have.”

Arguably, Hide's most intriguing cameo is McCartney on Out Of Sight. Cogo recycled a song by McCartney's experimental (and electronic!) '90s vehicle The Fireman. “I was in the studio with Youth and he basically helped make it happen. He asked me who I would like to collaborate with on my new album and I told him Sir Paul McCartney. He actually had an old song from Paul – one thing led to another, and Out Of Sight was created not long after.”

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