Emanuele Benenti
Drummer, performer and teacher
Biography
Professional musician born in Genoa,
He has been studying drums since 2005 at Gianni Branca's schools, the Drum Club of Genoa, the CPM of Milan with Roberto Gualdi and at the Lizard academy in Florence.
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Active since 2006, he plays in various Genoese cover and tribute bands, and then dedicates himself to unreleased music, recording several albums.
Since 2016 he has been playing in the band Banana Joe, with two albums under his belt and various concerts around Italy and sharing stages with names from the mainstream scene such as Caparezza, Ex Otago, Punkreas, Omar Pedrini, The Winstons, etc.
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Since 2018 he has accompanied several singers and songwriters including Leyla El Abiri, Marte, Nobody (UK), for whom he takes care of recording the rhythmic parts and subsequently being their live session man. With these artists he opened in Calcutta, Motta, 99 Posse, Zen Circus and many others.
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Teaching
Since 2018 he has taught drums at the Lizard academy in Genoa, at the Tum Ciak music school in Genoa Bolzaneto and privately in his studio.
In summer 2024 he inaugurates the DRUMMER ROOM, his drum school in the center of Sesto Fiorentino (FI).
Discography and publications
ALBUM
TENEBRAE - HIDDEN MEMORIES YEAR 2010
CARDIOPHONIC - CARDIOPHONIC YEAR 2015
MARS - METROPOLIS IN MY HEAD YEAR 2018
MARS - ABSOLUTE STRANGENESS YEAR 2019
BANANA JOE - SUPERVINTAGE YEAR 2019
BANANA JOE - 90 60 90 YEAR 2021
LEYLA EL ABIRI - OH NO! YEAR 2022
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SINGLES
LEYLA EL ABIRI - COFFEE YEAR 2019
MARS - ABSOLUTE STRANGENESS YEAR 2019
GUSTAVO - REFLECTION OF THE YEAR 2019
PAMELA GUGLIELMETTI - THE MIRACLE ROOM YEAR 2021
VIRGINIA RUSPINI - THE GREEN BENCH YEAR 2021
NOBODY - LUMINOL PART II YEAR 2022
NOBODY - YOU WATCH THE STARS YEAR 2022
NOBODY - CAN'T BEHAVE YEAR 2024
NOBODY - LOOKING FOR AN ANGEL YEAR 2024
Drummer Room - Piazza IV Novembre 23 50019 (FI)
Lizard Liguria Academy - Viale Ansaldo 28r 16137
Tum Ciak musical association - Via Pastorino 34a 16162
(+39) 3393648664
VAT number 07159780480
