When you talk about the great chameleons of the dance music world, Italian hitmaker Benny Benassi likely won’t reach the upper ranks of such an illustrious list. But that’s only because Benassi has never really been concerned with endlessly shifting styles and reinventing himself with every album cycle. Rather, Benassi has remained ardently true to his signature brash, no-holds-barred electro sound motifs, staying in the main room and waiting for everyone to come around to him and not the other way around.

Now onto his new artist album with cousin and co-producer Alle Benassi, Electroman sees Benassi as the toast of the moment with the big guns of the dance pop scene like Kelis, T-Pain and Chris Brown all of whom appear across the disc.

With his profile once again reaching stratospheric levels, inthemix figured that an in-demand DJ like Benny Benassi would have some good war stories from his time on the road across the globe, so we invited Benassi to helm the latest edition of our Guest Lists feature series where we ask the biggest names in dance to give us their favourite things, in this case, their top 10 places to play in the world. Over to you, Benny.

#10 Pukkelpop Festival, Belgium.

“Pukkelpop; maybe the best festival in Europe? I love festivals that embrace different musical styles. I didn’t list Coachella but it’s up there too. It’s great to finish your set and go and check out a rock band.”

#9 Pacha, Ibiza

“A legendary club and still my favourite on the island.”