Bengi Jumping: Charme and Shake Cover

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“Bengi Jumping” sounds almost like bungee jumping! Bengi’s sound is retro-styled with the same magic touch that Irma label used on its hit “La Douce,” years back. It’s a blend of contemporary rhythms and production with elements of the past, snippets of 60s jazz, 70s funk, and lots of other great bits from earlier eras—it’s all wrapped up tightly with a nod and a wink!

Bengi (Daniele Benati and friends) never gets too cheesy to lose his cool, and his styles shifts up nicely from track to track, keeping things at a playfully unsettled level that’s more than just retro remixology.

Daniele’s music would be perfect for films that have a slight retro theme and that require a unique 60s and 70s feel.

Band Talk

Daniele Benati Portrait
Daniele Benati Lead Vocal
Guitar

Bengi (aka Daniele Benati) has been the lead singer and guitarist for Italian pop band Ridillo for the past 16 years, but in the last couple of years he’s also been busy producing and composing TV themes for Rai, Mediaset, and Sky. He’s worked with top Italian artists like Feelgood Production, Montefiori Cocktail, and Robert Passera.

“Charme and Shake” is Bengi’s first solo album, a fine example of classic Italian Cocktail Lounge music, but with a fresh touch of break-beat flavor. As the title suggests, the album has 2 sides: a Charme one, influenced by the polished world of classy lounge music and international easy listening; and a Shake one, that draws the energy from 60s Beat, powered by a more contemporary break-beat groove. On “Charme and Shake,” Bengi shares lead vocals with sensual Thai singer May, who has already released her own album and plays keys in Bengi’s live set. On stage Bengi is joined by his fellow Ridillo member, Claudio Zanoni, on the trumpet, who has just released The Shiffers’ debut album on “La Douce.”

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