Also known as Alle Benassi Name Allessandro Benassi Origin Italy Role Songwriter | Music group Benassi Bros. Years active 1980s–present | |
Associated acts Benassi Bros.
Benny Benassi
Chris Brown
Madonna Albums Phobia, Pumphonia, Best of Benassi Similar Jean‑Baptiste, Benny Benassi, Dhany, William Orbit, Jenson Vaughan | ||
Occupation(s) DJ
songwriter
producer | ||
Alessandro Benassi is an Italian DJ, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Benassi Bros. and as a co-writer of several hits for Chris Brown.
Career
Benassi and his cousin Benny Benassi began DJ'ing in their home town of Reggio Emilia in the 1980s. In the mid-1990s, they started working for Larry Pignagnoli's Off Limits production company. There, they produced music for several acts, including Whigfield. Allessandro Benassi did writing and arrangements for the 2002 album Whigfield 4.
Allessandro and Benny Benassi then released a number of albums under the name Benassi Bros.: Hypnotica (2003), Pumphonia (2004), and ...Phobia (2005).
He later went on to co-write a number of songs for Chris Brown, including "Beautiful People" (2011) and "Don't Wake Me Up" (2012).