Last May 13, two titans of contemporary electronic music – 6x dance music radio chart-topper Anabel Englund and world-class GRAMMY-award winning producer & DJ Benny Benassi have joined forces to release their first collaborative single “Lightwaves.” Out now via leading dance music label Ultra Records, “Lightwaves” merges Englund’s pop lyric sensibility with Benassi’s unique synth play and beat mastery for a mesmerizing track that catches the crossfire of their talents.
Englund shares, “Working on this track with Benny has teenager me screaming! It brings me back to my very first raver days and I’m just so happy things have come full circle. I feel honored to collaborate with him. I love what we created & I am ready to share it with the world.”
“As we were working on the first idea of the track that would become ‘Lightwaves,’ I immediately thought about Anabel,” adds Benny Benassi. “I love her voice and her style! She gave her unique touch to the lyrics and the melody and she absolutely crushed it. I’m super happy to be on this track with her and I can’t wait to share this tune with everyone else.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKU5phit6SI
Meanwhile Benny Benassi just served his home country with a unique performance during the Eurovision competition on May 10. He joined Dardust to perform a piano and orchestra medley of great Italian international hits through the decades which included his tracks “Satisfaction” and “Golden Nights” with Sophie (and the Giants), a radio hit in Italy. View the performance here.
Catch Benny Benassi on tour:
May 20 – Tao, Chicago
May 21 – Lavo, NY
May 22 – Memoire, Everett
May 27 – Get Funky, Magna UT
May 28 – Time, Costa Mesa
May 29 – Nova, S Diego
May 30 – Maya dayclub, Scottsdale AZ
June 5 – Nameless Festival, Italy
June 10 – Ushuaia, Ibiza w Calvin Harris
June 11 – Kings, Iesolo, Italy
June 23 – 1902, San Antonio TX
June 24 – Mosaic, Kansas City
June 25 – Marquee, LV
July 1 – Cavo Paradiso, Mykonos
July 2 – Jova Beach Party – Lignano, Italy
July 8 – Jova Beach Party – Marina di Ravenna, Italy
July 3 – Calgary w Illenium
July 15 – Celebrities – Vancouver
July 23 – Parookaville, Germany
July 30 – Cavo Paradiso, Mykonos
August 11 – Ushuaia, Ibiza w Martin Garrix
August 13 – Praja, Gallipoli, Italy
August 19 – Cavo Paradiso, Mykonos
August 27 – Musica, Riccione, Italy
Catch Anabel Englund on tour:
May 20 – EchoStage, Washington DC
May 22 – EDC Vegas, Las Vegas
May 27 – Insomniac, Orange County
May 28 – Nova, San Diego
July 29 – Hard Summer, San Bernardino
August 7 – Seattle Center, Seattle
August 27 – Funka Fest, Ecuador
September 11 – Rock in Rio, Rio
**More dates coming soon.**