Benassi Bros.

I own all 3 albums made by Benny Benassi/Benassi Bros. and phobia seems to break the mold. Benny Benassi normally has an edgy acid house sound but in phobia took a new direction to sound more like trance with dirty synth leads. If you enjoy Benny Benassi or trance you will enjoy this album.

seriously. a great soundtrack for good sex. also good for dance parties that inevitably lead to hooking up.

I found a majority of the songs are awesome, I especially love the deep bass and rhythms.

Well, when Benassi first came out it was a fantastic sound, hard hitting, synthesized, pounding dance floor anthems, which I think the club scene was waiting for. If this was his goal, he hit it head on. While the idea is great, all the songs are and have the same sound and logistics. The songs are great to get the crowd pumping build their energy up, before the headliner takes stage, and great sounds and feeling for after the headliner, but to me NOT a headliner sound. I have most of his music in my collection of dance trax that I listen to in my car, but to sit and listen to the whole cd repetitively, not my fav thing to do. After a while the pitches can get to one's ear, which is why I highly recommend these trax as good mixer's for dj's who want to pump up the crowd and get them grooving. Should you buy this? Eh, you wont miss out on anything if you don't, if you have never listened to Benassi Bros, Benny Benassi, sure pick this up, you will either really hate it or really like it.

Benny Benassi and his cousin Alle Benassi teamed up to make the Benassi Bros. Pumphonia is their first album and let me tell you it is great. The album starts out with the hit single "Illusion" featuring Sandy on the vocals. Next is "Turn Me Up" also featuring Sandy. Next is "Rumenian" which is about Violetas homeland Rumenia. Then its "Get Better" featuring Sandy on vocals. The the Benassi Bros. teamed up with The Biz to record the worst son on this album "The Liar." Next is Paul French, member of The Biz, for "Memory Of Love." Next comes "I Feel So Fine," with Sandy on vocals. The Bros. then use "I Love My Sex" featuring Violeta, which was an extra bonus hit on Satisfaction. Next comes the best song on this album "Hit My Heart" Dhany is on the vocals on this song. "Hit My Heart" was another single released on this album. The Album finishes up with "Time is What You Need," "Don't Touch Too Much," both with Paul French and ends with the Sflow version of "Get Better."
The songs to listen for on this album are in the following order of gnarliness: "Hit My Heart," "Get Better," "Illusion," "Rumenian," and "Turn Me Up." This album definately lives up to its predecessor, Hypnotica.

A few months ago when I was going through an MP3 collection of various music, I came accross a few good trances. Listening to them a few times, I realized they were in fact, quite good. I have to say I was not a trance person at all, but these got me hooked. Later I found out that they were by Benny Benassi or the Benassi Bros. In their quality they stood out from the rest -- never a dull moment, with captivating and hyptonizing themes. I went ahead and bought Hypnotica. It was like a collection of "favorites" in trance music -- only the best. Then I also bought Pumphonia. I have to say, I listened through Hypnotica a couple of times and it was great, but when I got to Pumphonia, I was really blown away. Some people have said that it doesn't match up to Hypnotica, but I would disagree. Hypnotica is "classic" Benny Benassi, while Pumphonia brings in originality that I didn't expect. The tracks are really diverse and original, not your usual trance scene of the same dull beats over and over. Some tracks are slower, some faster, one is even in a foreign language. I enjoyed every single track on the CD -- every single one I believe is excellent. Since I've listened to Pumphonia I haven't even gone back to listen to Hypnotica again, although I probably will, maybe once I get over Pumphonia. :) And compared to other trance music that I've heard, nothing matches up to Benny Benassi. The quality of his music stands out from the rest big-time.

I was pretty disappointed in this b/c I thought they would've refined Hypnotica. But I guess it's hard to follow that act. Maybe they should collaborate with The Biz more often.

Don't get me wrong, I love the "chainsaw" and pounding bass. And this is still a pretty good album. But I'd suggest Hypnotica over this.

i just got this cd and i love it is absolutley amazing, i like the vacals and the music behinde it benassi is wonderfull

Yes, this CD sounds totally the same as everything else that Benny Benassi and his brother did before. However, if you really like it, you just can't get enough. I think it is even better than "Hypnotica". Well, just a little bit. Benny Benassi knows what people like and keeps bringing this awesome sound to us. Keep going!

If your a true fan of Techno/Electronica you gotta have this in your mix. This cd features the best songs of Benassi Bros. They have a great style that will have you wanting more. My favorite jams on this cd would have to be Illusions, Make Me Feel, Don't Touch Too Much, I Feel So Fine, Every Single Day, Turn Me Up, Hit My Heart, Castaway [Original Version], and I Love My Sex. This cd is one that you listen to all the tracks over and over.

Hit My Heart was last summer #1 hit here. It was all over dance floors, all over radio stations, and it still on music TV channels.
Benassi Bros are Italian producers/DJs known in the States for their smash hit Satisfaction (I hate it). The vocal of Dhani is nice and strong. I would recommend to buy this single - and better their two albums. The last one called Phobia and contains hits like Every Single Day and others.

I bought this cd single because I needed the catalog number. What I got was a great surprise. Those who know the mixes of Benassi Bros. then you know that they mostly sound the same: loopy hard technolike keyboards that loop over and over and are very short. This is what their Sfaction mixes sound like. The best mix though is the original Extended mix which is a bit Euro /Disco in sound and is a gem. The vocals are by Sandy who has done work with K.M.C. and others . She shines on this song. This track reached number 4 on the Club Play chart. Here is the track listing:
1- French Original Radio Edit (3:20)
2- French Sfaction Radio Edit (3:35)
3- Original Extended Mix (5:42)
4- Sfaction Mix (5:21)

Excellent.