Danilo Plessow

Danilo Plessow, also known as MCDE, has built a reputation over more than 25 years as a DJ who puts music before image. His roots in jazz, soul and disco run through a production catalogue of club records found in bags around the world. His MCDE label launched the influential Raw Cuts series, and he has worked under aliases including Inverse Cinematics, Vermont, Basic:variation and Jayson Brothers. On Rush Hour he started Rude Futures, an acid house series, while his label Space Grapes and his work with the bands Another Taste and Jeroboam focus on recording live music. He has mixed for fabric and DJ-Kicks, hosted a show on Worldwide FM and played Dekmantel Selectors in 2021.