''Hypnotica'' is the debut studio album by Italian DJ and producer

Benny Benassi Marco "Benny" Benassi (; born 13 July 1967) is an Italian DJ, record producer and remixer. 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 ...

which was released in 2003. The band was titled as Benny Benassi Presents the Biz, where the Biz are the singers Paul French and Violeta. It reached the top five in the French Album charts and left the top 20 after a month. For ''Hypnotica'', Benassi mixes 1980s styles with his electronic music. He is considered a pioneer in electro house, largely because of ''Hypnotica'', as it incorporates both sounds found in

electroclash Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco, and the new new wave) is a genre of music that fuses 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop with 1990s techno, retro-style electropop and electronic dance music. It ...

and many elements of

house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture in the late 1970s, as DJs began altering ...

into a consistent and successful album. Multiple singles were released from the album, such as " Satisfaction", "

No Matter What You Do "No Matter What You Do" is a song by Italian DJ Benny Benassi released in his 2002 album '' Hypnotica''. Like " Satisfaction", it uses a female speech synthesizers Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer syste ...

", "Love Is Gonna Save Us" and " Able to Love".

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2003 debut albums Benny Benassi albums European Border Breakers Award-winning albums