MINIMUM SECURITY COMPOSER/CO-DIRECTOR
DENNIS DESANTIS

EMAIL: [dennis at minimumsecurity dot org]

Dennis DeSantis <http://www.dennisdesantis.com> 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. He is active as a composer of electronic and acoustic 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 a percussionist, he has recorded the music of Steve Reich for Nonesuch Records.

With his debut 12inch ìDeviantî (to be released January 18, 2002) Dennis 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. His full-length debut album is already in production and will be released on cd and vinyl before summer 2002 on k2o records, a division of Kanzleramt.