The Europeans have dubbed this particular brand of cheese Hypnotech. First you take THE Benassi bass line (first popularized in his 2002 hit, Satisfaction). Start with a saw wave, detune it a bit, throw a sine underneath if you need more sub, add appropriate filters and mess with the LFOs. Then add a synthesized MacTalk-sounding vocal, male or female (don't forget to have it speak the name of your group or at least rattle off the names of some major world cities). Lastly, find yourself an anthem from the 60's or 80's that everybody's familiar with to use as a chorus and give it the Daft Punk/Mr. Oizo cut-up dirty filtered electro-house treatment. Voila! You've got yourself an instant global club hit.

Now I know some of you skeptics out there might find this pretty ridiculous. But this is a serious health issue we're talking about here. No, really! If you listen to TOO much of this stuff, you WILL start talking in that roboticized monotone voice that you hear in just about every one of these damn songs. What really concerns me is that Mr. Benassi seems to have started a new sub-genre that shows no sign of going away.

Please take proper precautions by strictly limiting the dosage you receive of any of the following "artists"/viral carriers: Royal Gigolos, Global Playboys aka Global Deejays, Vinylshakerz, and The Boogie Pimps.

While all of these groups seem to originate in Germany, due to the global reach of the internet and given the fact that each successive strain seems to be increasingly virulent, NO ONE is immune from the long-lasting effects regular listening can have.

Please be careful everyone, and have a wonderful and safe 2006.

The Robot Invasion Is Growing!