Alessandro "Alle" Benassi is an Italian DJ, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of

Benassi Bros. Benassi Bros. is an Italian electronica group. The members of the group, cousins Benny Benassi and Alle Benassi, started DJing in the late 1980s in their hometown, before moving to Larry Pignagnoli's Off Limits production studio in the mid-1990s, ...

and as a co-writer of several hits for

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Career

Benassi and his cousin Benny Benassi began DJing in their home town of

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...

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. Alessandro Benassi did writing and arrangements for the 2002 album '' Whigfield 4''. Alessandro and Benny Benassi then released a number of albums under the name

: '' Hypnotica'' (2003), '' Pumphonia'' (2004), and '' ...Phobia'' (2005)."Benassi Bros. - Phobia", About.com
/ref> He later went on to produce the album “Rock the Dog” (2008) nder the name Mobbingand to co-write a number of songs for

, including "

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" (2011) and " Don't Wake Me Up" (2012).

Songwriting credits

References

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