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Marco Benassi, known professionally as Benny Benassi, is an Italian disc jockey, musician, composer, and record producer. Born in Reggio Emilia in 1967, he began his work period in 1980. He is a member of the group Benassi Bros. alongside his relative Alle Benassi. His musical output spans genres including pop music, electro house, progressive house, electroclash, house, electronic, techno, dance, and trance.
Benassi has released music under the record label Ultra Records. He speaks and writes in Italian. His discography is documented under his professional name, which serves as his pseudonym. He holds citizenship in Italy and is recognized as a male artist within the electronic music scene.
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Marco Benassi, better known as Benny Benassi (born in Milan, 13 July 1967) is an Italian disc jockey and a euro house artist. He usually works in studio with cousin Alle Benassi. The two also produce tracks together under the name Benassi Bros. 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 href="https://www.last.fm/music/Benny+B
Key facts
- Also known as
- Benny B. Benny Bee KMC Benassi Bros. Blue Storm AL.BEN Bat67 FB
- Born
- Marco Benassi , ( 1967-07-13 ) 13 July 1967 (age 58) , Milan , Italy
- Origin
- Reggio Emilia , Italy
- Genres
- EDM house electro house progressive house microhouse
- Occupations
- DJ record producer remixer
- Instruments
- Keyboards synthesizer music sequencer drum machine turntables
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Labels
- Energy Prod. – D:Vision Airplay Ministry of Sound Ultra
- Member of
- Benassi Bros.
- Website
- bennybenassi .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Reggio Emilia
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- tech house
- Discography
- Benny Benassi discography
- Official website
- www.bennybenassi.com
- Image
- Bennyvegas.jpg
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- Benny Benassi
- date of birth
- 1967-07-13
- topic has template
- Template:Benny Benassi
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- pseudonym
- Benny Benassi
- social media followers
- 670259
- member of
- Benassi Bros.
- relative
- Alle Benassi
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Encyclopedic overview
Marco "Benny" Benassi ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko ˈbɛnni beˈnassi]; born 13 July 1967) is an Italian DJ and music producer. He is widely seen as a pioneer of electro house, a genre brought into the mainstream by his 2002 summer club hit "Satisfaction".
He started his career as DJ along with his cousin Alessandro "Alle" Benassi, forming the electronica duo Benassi Bros. Although he began to gain popularity with his pseudonym in 1997 by releasing the song "Electric Flying", his first international hit was "I Feel So Fine", launched in 2001 under the nickname KMC.
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