Artist description van der Rohe (aka Dennis DeSantis) was born in Warren, Michigan in 1973 and was raised in Sterling Heights. His early musical influences included jazz, funk, classical, and roots electronica (Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, etc.) After college, and several years of playing drums in rock and funk bands, DeSantis now lives in Rochester, NY where he is a graduate student at the Eastman School of Music. Under his own name, he is active as a composer of contemporary concert music, a percussionist, and as an organizer/producer of concerts and multimedia events with the organizations Ossia/Alarm Will Sound and the Minimum Security Composers Collective. As van der Rohe, DeSantis has returned to his roots in the minimal electronic sounds of Detroit, drawing inspiration from such artists as Theorem, Maurizio, Richie Hawtin, Aril Brikha, and Kenny Larkin. The name van der Rohe is a reference to architect Mies van der Rohe, whose minimal, clean style is a visual analog to DeSantis’s tracks.

Music Style Genre-crossing lower torso oriented music.

Musical Influences Everything

Similar Artists Theorem, Swayzak, Aril Brikha, Stewart Walker, Alexander Kowalski, Maurizio, Basic Channel

Group Members Dennis DeSantis

Instruments Things you hit and things you plug in.

Press Reviews "van der Rohe is a great artist. The more stuff I listen to by him, the more I'm impressed. His music has a very laid back feel to it - he seems to have a knack for making minimal music interesting and funky. . .If you like minimal, deep or tech house then this is a must." - Aaron Collins, Gods of Music. . . ."you are in for a real treat when you check out some of van der Rohe's other tracks. They are simply great." - Tim Stephenson, Gods of Music "Van der Rohe bietet hierbei mit "Tendril" ein blendendes Beispiel für verträumt-süßen TechHouse." -review from http://www.popkomm.de/dyn/news/mp3/unsigned//22109/0

Location Rochester, NY - USA

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