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Benassi Bros.
Also known asBat67
OriginItaly
Genres
Years activeLate 1980s–present
Members

Benassi Bros. is an Italian electronica group. The members of the group, cousins Benny Benassi and Alle Benassi, started DJing in the late 1980s in their hometown, before moving to Larry Pignagnoli's Off Limits production studio in the mid-1990s, creating music for various acts, including Whigfield, J.K. and Ally & Jo. Despite the name "Benassi Bros.", Benny Benassi and Alle Benassi are actually cousins. The cousins had already produced their own Dance project by 1995 named KMC, under which they released "Somebody to touch me" (1995), "StreetLife" (1996) and "I feel so fine" (2001). The last release for the KMC project was "Get better" featuring Sandy (Sandra Chambers) which would later also appear on the first Benassi Bros album. In the Spring of 2003 Benny Benassi found fame with the hugely successful "Satisfaction" (42 weeks in the charts in France, achieving 4th place), and which became one of the hits of the Summer 2003. The hit single started the "Benassi sound", characterized by a heavy bass which would become very trendy and copied by many other different artists on the music scene at the time.

Shortly after, in the Autumn of 2003, Benny Benassi released together with his cousin Alle the song "Illusion", this time under the Benassi Bros name. The song reminded of the characteristic "Benassi sound", although with a faster beat -the album version was later named the "Satisfaction version". Once again this turned into a Club success, especially in France where it remained 31 weeks in the charts, peaking on the 28 of December 2003 at 12th place. "Illusion" also became very popular on the American club scene, finally peaking at number 4 on Hot Dance Club Play.

Their following single, "Hit my heart", was released in the late Spring of 2004. It became successful instantaneously, and a huge Summer hit in France again, peaking at 11 and remaining 21 weeks in the charts. The song was famously accompanied by a video of singer Dhany laying down on a beach, the forms of her body juxtaposed with the waves of the ocean, with surfers in the background. "Hit My Heart" peaked at 15 in the US Hot Dance Club Play. "Hit my heart" is a re-worked track of a previous unsuccessful 2002 release by J-K, a Eurodance project of Davide Riva which the Benassi cousins had contributed to in the 90's and early 00's.

This is also during Spring 2004 that Benassi Bros released their first studio album, Pumphonia. Different singers took part to the album: Sandy, Dhany (Daniella Galli), Violeta and Paul French. Two KMC singles were re-worked for the album: "I feel so fine" sung by Dhany in 2001 was re-recorded for the album and this time sung by Sandy. "Get better" was simply remixed with the "Satisfaction" sound, keeping the same vocals by Sandy. "Memory of love" was the last single from the album, released in the Summer of 2004, this time not achieving the success of the previous 2 singles, and peaking at 43 in France.

Benassi Bros came back in the Spring of 2005 with the new single "Make me feel" to accompany the release of their new album "...Phobia". As for "Hit my heart" the song is a re-worked version of a 2001 unsuccessful release by J-K. France was once again where the group found their biggest success. "Make me feel" remained in the charts for 21 weeks, "Every single day" for 19 weeks, and "Rocket in the sky" for 13 weeks. As on the first album, Sandy, Dhany and Paul French all came back to record some tracks. Naan was a newcomer, and under this name is actually Whigfield's front lady Sanny, another Eurodance project of Davide Riva. Naan recorded "Feel alive" and "Rocket in the sky", and both were chosen as singles. But it was decided to release them in a new version, sung by Dhany for "Rocket in the sky" and Sandy for "Feel alive". The album "...Phobia" remained in the charts for 32 weeks and peaked at the 9th place. It also contained a new version of the KMC song "Somebody to touch me".


Discography

Studio albums
Greatest hits album

Music videos

From Pumphonia
  • Illusion (#4 Hot Dance Club Play)
  • Hit My Heart (#15 Hot Dance Club Play)
From ...Phobia
  • Make Me Feel
  • Every Single Day (#24 Hot Dance Singles Sales - 2005) (duet with Dhany)
  • Rocket in the Sky

See also

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