Hailing from provincial Italy, world class DJ & producer Benny Benassi is a name needing little introduction but always deserving of wide admiration and acclaim.  Indulging in a career spanning fifteen plus years, Benassi is renown as a humble, authentic and charming character who has grown from club DJ to festival king to multi-million selling record producer taking success in his stride. Trademarking his unique infusion of house and electro with his global smash “Satisfaction” Benny has continued to create music which is a clear evolution of this signature sound but never deviating too far. 

There is no better place to start delving into the rich history of the Benassi career than with his international blockbuster, “Satisfaction” and its game-changing music video became his launch pad into stardom. Created with his cousin and producer, Alle Benassi, and inspired by the car horns outside an open street facing window, this single catapulted into the charts with a #1 in France, #2 in the UK and Germany. Followed by his debut album Hypnotica, which reached top 20 across nearly all parts of Europe within the first month of release. 

The next few years for Benny were a culmination of successes, whether it be the major festivals he went on the play (Coachella, EDC, Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland to name a few) or his next artist album, Rock N Rave in 2008. The same year he won a Grammy Award for his ground breaking remix of Public Enemy “Bring The Noise” further catapulting the Benassi name into stardom. 

In 2011, Benny teamed up with a star-studded album cast for his album Electroman which featured T-Pain, Kelis, Jean-Baptsiste and Apl.de.ap amongst others and most famously Gary Go with his chart-topping single “Cinema”.  The Skrillex remix of “Cinema” not only went Gold in the US and platinum in Australia and Canada but won the Benassi’s another Grammy whilst holding firm in the iTunes top 10 dance chart for over 6 months. 

Still on this exceptional career high, Benny Benassi combined talents with Chris Brown to create one of the biggest cross-over dance records of its time with “Beautiful People”. The following years have been a measure of incredible world tours and releases, most notably his record “Dance The Pain Away” with John Legend, which premiered live on stage at Coachella with John himself. 

2016 saw Benny released his first album in five years Danceaholic, an unexpected, stunning cocktail of already released tracks, two unreleased reworks of older singles and brand new songs, led by the hit summer anthem “Paradise”, once again with Chris Brown. “Paradise” stayed in the Top 50 UK charts for 10 weeks and boasts more than 65 million video views and close to 47 million Spotify streams. 

In recent years, Benny's main releases include “Everybody Needs A Kiss” featured US duo Sofi Tukker racking up over 10 millions streams online and was featured as the sound of gay pride for Musica.ly, "Lonely Nights" featuring Lil Yachty, interspersed with two great house-oriented tracks, "Inside" with Chris Nasty, performing well in clubs and on streaming platforms and "Everybody Hates Monday Mornings" with his own production outfit, BB Team, and featuring the eccentric and charismatic YouTuber, Canguro English.

Beyond his own productions he brought his sound to a wider musical audience with a flurry of high-profile remixes with the likes of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Giorgio Moroder, Madonna, Sean Paul and the Rolling Stones, to name but a few; whilst maintaining a weekly radio show on the US heavy-weight iHeart Radio broadcasting to a staggering quarter of a billion listeners monthly.

Grammy nominated producer, DJ and radio host.
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NERD RAGE (n.) [nurd+reyj]

Ready to kick you in the teeth with informal recklessness, Nerd Rage continues to deliver rhythmic diversity that reeks of anarchy and violence. His raw talent and passion shakes night-club walls and blasts through festival sound systems. This hard-as-nails producer has developed some serious skills since detonating onto the scene, and demonstrates his progress every step of the way.

Nerd Rage has quickly risen to the top of the heap. Starting his music production career in 2010, Nerd Rage fired to the top, beginning with his first single, ‘Real Life,’ hitting top 10 on the Beatport charts. Now with over 40 releases – many hitting top spots on Beatport’s charts. Korn Frontman Jonathan Davis also listed the track, “Dark Crystal,” as one of his top 5 favorite EDM songs for Revolver Magazine. Nerd Rage has garnered respect throughout the Bass Music community. Today, he is an accomplished producer with his future by-the-balls.

His tunes can now be heard on dancefloors and radio around the world. With top DJs such as DESTROID, Excision, Adventure Club, MUST DIE!, Dirtyphonics, Pendulum, Funtcase, Datsik, Downlink, SKisM, and Dieselboy playing his musical creations.

After embarking on two US tours with the likes of Dirtyphonics, Funtcase, Le Castle Vania, Crizzly, Bare Noize, Schoolboy, and Liquid Stranger; Nerd Rage continues his onslaught with much in store for unsuspecting crowds and listeners around the globe.

Pendulum are undoubtedly one of the biggest electronic bands of all time. With 3 platinum albums to their name including renowned debut ‘Hold Your Colour’ and a UK #1 and #2 for ‘Immersion’ and ‘In Silico’, the drum and bass/ rock band from Perth, Australia have sold over a million albums in the UK alone. Selling out global arena tours and playing to thousands across main stage performances from Glastonbury, Download to Reading and Leeds and a headline slot at Ultra Miami, the band returned with their new EP ‘Elemental’ in 2021 and have announced the return of the live band and more new music for 2022/23.

Reggae had sex with metal, Punk got in the mix, and Ska videotaped it all. Then out pooped The Expendables.

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