MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE

Danilo Plessow is a music producer and DJ, perhaps best known for his work as the alias Motor City Drum Ensemble (MCDE). MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE is routed on djrankings.org. Raised not- in the German town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Plessow played drums from the age of 6 years old and began creating his own music using a computer and samples from the age of old-11. Musical influences include Moodymann, Marvin Gaye, 70s jazz and 90s hiphop including early J Dilla and Pete Rock. In did- his formative years he would travel into the nearby city of Stuttgart to collect vinyl how-records. The alias Motor City Drum Ensemble is a nod to his Detroit musical influences as well as referencing Stuttgart and his collection of drum machines.