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'''Benny Benassi''' (born '''Marco Benassi Geneser''' [[July 13]] |
'''Benny Benassi''' (born '''Marco Benassi Geneser''' [[July 13]] [[1967]]) is an Italian [[disc jockey]] and a [[House music|euro house]]/[[electroclash]] artist, who lives in [[Reggio Emilia]], a town in the [[Emilia-Romagna]] region of [[Italy]]. He is of [[Italian people|Italian]] and [[Denmark|Danish]] parentage. His Danish parentage comes from the Geneser family. |
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*Satisfaction [http://youtube.com/watch?v=06tvsGxaZVc] |
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*[http://www.sfaction.net/ Sfaction, Benny Benassi's official Russian website] |
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*[http://www.indextube.com/Benny_Benassi IndexTube] - List of Benny Benassi's music videos from YouTube and Google Video |
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Revision as of 23:04, 13 May 2007
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Benny Benassi (born Marco Benassi Geneser July 13 1967) is an Italian disc jockey and a euro house/electroclash artist, who lives in Reggio Emilia, a town in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. He is of Italian and Danish parentage. His Danish parentage comes from the Geneser family.
Music career
A native of Milan, DJ/producer Benny Benassi first hit the dancefloor in 2001 with the single "I Feel So Fine". Released under the name KMC with vocals by Dhany, the track first stormed the charts in Benassi's native Italy, but soon became a number one hit in the U.K.
After moving from eurohouse to electro, "Satisfaction" took Benassi's success worldwide a year later with highprofile DJs like Carl Cox, Darren Emerson, and Roger Sanchez singing its praises. This reached Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart after the Ministry of Sound record company replaced the original video (an almost still picture of the band overlayed with graphics) with a video of models using power tools. Released in September of 2003, the campy and quirky Hypnotica was Benassi's solo debut.
Benny soon formed the Benassi Bros. with his cousin Alle Benassi although the duo started DJing in the late '80s in their hometown, before moving to Larry Pignagnoli's Off Limits production studio in the mid-'90s, creating music for various acts, including Whigfield, J.K. and Ally & Jo. A year after the release of Hypnotica, Pumphonia marked the Benassi Bros.' first fulllength. Benassi often works with vocalists Paul French and Violeta, who are collectively known as the Biz. At the end of 2004, he won the European Border Breakers Award for Hypnotica, which racked up the most sales for an Italian album outside of Italy.
Some of his singles have charted high in the United Kingdom and have been played world-wide in clubs. Remixes for OutKast, Goldfrapp, and Felix da Housecat followed. Benassi also remixes the music of his contemporaries, such as DJ Tomcraft and Fischerspooner.
Recently, Benny created a record label known as Pump-Kin Music. The focus of the label is primarily new and unsigned producers. Through this venture, he hopes to give exposure to some of the lesser know DJ/production talent across the world.
Discography
Albums
- Hypnotica (2003)
- Re-Sfaction (2004)
- Re-Sfaction 2 (2005)
- Best Of (2006)
Compilations
- DJ Set 1 (2003)
- Subliminal Session, Vol. 6 (2004)
- Gallery Session (2005)
- Cooking For Pump-Kin Phase One (2005)
- Cooking For Pump-Kin: Special Menu (2007)
Singles
| Date | As | Featuring | Song | Album |
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| 1995 | KMC | Dhany | "Somebody to Touch Me" | |
| 1996 | KMC | Dhany | "Street Life" | |
| 1998 | Benny Bee | "Stone Fox Chase/Funky Harmonica" | ||
| 1998 | Benny Bee | "Life is Life" | ||
| 2002 | KMC | Dhany | "I Feel So Fine" | |
| 2003 | KMC | Sandy | "Get Better" | |
| 2003 | Benny Benassi presents The Biz | "Satisfaction" | ||
| 2003 | Benny Benassi presents The Biz | "Able to Love" | Hypnotica | |
| 2003 | Benny Benassi presents The Biz | "No Matter What You Do" | Hypnotica | |
| 2005 | The Biz | "Stop & Go" | ||
| 2005 | Benny Benassi | "Who's Your Daddy?" |
Remixes
| Title of Song | Artist | Label | Country |
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| "Bombs" | Faithless | Sony Bmg | UK |
| "Girls of Summer" | Underdog Project | Warner | DE |
| "Sex'n'money" | Oakenfold ft. Pharrell | Perfecto | UK |
| "Jagger 67" | Infadels | Wall of Sound | UK |
| "In love with myself" | David Guetta | Gumprod | FR |
| "Unconditional" | The Bravery | Island | USA |
| "Beautiful" | Moby | Mute Rec. | UK |
| "Ooh La La" | Goldfrapp | Mute Rec. | UK |
| "Never Win" | Fischer Spooner | Capitol | USA |
| "Someone like you" | Etienne de Crécy | DisquesSolid | FR |
| "Ready 2 wear" | Felix da Housecat | EmperorNorton | USA |
| "Funk a faction" | Robbie Rivera | Subliminal | USA |
| "Strict Machine" | Goldfrapp | Mute Rec. | UK |
| "Ghetto Musick" | Outkast | Arista | USA |
| "Dance commander" | Electric Six | XL Recordings | UK |
| "Loneliness" | Tomcraft | Ministry of Sound | UK |
| "J'ai pas vingt ans (I'm Not Twenty)" | Alizée | Requiem Publishing | FR |
| "I'm alive" | Sonique | Serious Records | UK |
| "No no no" | Ann Lee | Energy Prod. | IT |
| "Tu es Foutu (You Promised Me)" | In-Grid | Energy Prod. | IT |
| "In-Tango" | In-Grid | Energy Prod. | IT |
| "Natural Woman" | Gambafreaks | D:Vision | IT |
Music videos
From Hypnotica
Other
Trivia
- As of December 2005, the fast food chains Wendy's and Burger King used "Satisfaction" in their current ad campaigns.
- In the United States, the francophone rapper Benny B is often mistaken for a young Benny Benassi.
- In 2006, Ludacris sampled the Benny Benassi track "Satisfaction" in "Ultimate Satisfaction" featuring Field Mob from his album Release Therapy.
See also
References
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External links
- Official website
- MySpace
- the DJ List
- Benny Benassi's page on Discogs
- Off Limits Productions
- Pump-Kin, Benny Benassi's record label
- Sfaction, Benny Benassi's official Russian website
- IndexTube - List of Benny Benassi's music videos from YouTube and Google Video
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