''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
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) ...
and many elements of
house music
House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...
into a consistent and successful album. Multiple singles were released from the album, such as "
Satisfaction", "
No Matter What You Do", "Love Is Gonna Save Us" and "
Able to Love".
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2003 debut albums
Benny Benassi albums
European Border Breakers Award-winning albums