BEET THE SYSTEM
[cu·li·na·ry re·bel rock] n. – a stew of hip-shaking grooves peppered with renegade metaphors
Beet The System blends a rockin’ tapestry of cross pollinating original ear worms with a generous helping of world beat, groove, bluegrass and punk-ish fertilizer. This hungry quintet feeds on its diverse musical roots to cook up a boundary-defying, hip shaking stew seasoned with tasty, nutrient-rich metaphors for a flavor befitting a rapidly changing world. In other words, culinary rebel rock.
Decompositions dropping soon!
Written, distilled, and recorded over a decade of American political and cultural backlash, Beet the System’s debut full-length album is all about grappling with endings. These decompositions, both personal and societal, are a journey into embracing the cyclical decay of all living beings, things, and ideas as an essential nutrient for revival and redemption. Available on CD and all places you listen to music online October 5!
Album release party!
Join Beet the System for an evening of Decompositions on October 24 at The Fireside in Alameda, CA. 7pm doors 8pm show, $20 cover includes a CD hot off the presses. Beets will hit the stage first, our old friends Elijah Kusel will close out the night.
UPCOMING SHOWS
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The Story
Beet the System is an uplifting and organic-fresh yet well-seasoned ensemble that has grown out of the compost fermented by one of the Bay Area’s beloved aughts bands, Chemystry Set. Its genesis was inspired by Vermont artist Ben Levitt, aka breakfast, whose Beet the System art inspired long-time tubersmiths Baba Ndjhoni (mandolin) and Sven Eberlein’s (guitar) second musical seeding.
Along with new shoots Dan Bonnin (drums), Tim Kelly (bass), Obadiah Butterworth (guitar), and Avidan Rose (bass & percussion), the original plantings were nurtured to maturity into a rockin’ tapestry of cross pollinating original ear worms with a healthy dousing of world beat, groove, grass and punk-ish fertilizer.
Wandering yonder, down the untilled path, Beet the System is digging beneath the surface to unearth the real dirt on boundary-defying, hip shaking and message-driven musical roots. Lettuce turnip the beet at a thriving pasture near you!
MUSIC
Studio
Throuple: Lettuce Turnip The Beet | Dead Grizzly | Zelda’s Kitchen
LIVE
Raw Beets [Beet the System Acoustic]
RAW BEETS, the acoustic offshoot of Beet The System, distills the band’s boundary-defying, hip shaking stew of diversified musical roots to its essential ingredients: tasty melodies with nutrient-rich lyrics for a flavor befitting a rapidly changing world. Featuring Baba Ndjhoni on ukulele, mando & vocals, Tim Kelly on upright bass, and Sven Eberlein on guitar and vocals, plus special guests.
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Get in Touch
Drop us a line at beets@beetthesystem.fun