The young german Dirk Rumpff is the protagonist behind the well established OFFtrack Radioshow which has been running on a weekly basis for the past 7 years. His mission of a deep and soulful groove ranges from the activities as a producer under the Season moniker, a writer for german Groove mag, a freelance A&R for Berlins Sonar Kollektiv, as the german representative for the Red Bull Music Academy, a clubnight promoter in Berlin and Munich to being an active part of the so called freestyle network.

Alex Barck (Jazzanova) in Groove Mag July 04: “Dirk is an excellent full-spectrum DJ, who sensitively connects old and new, up and downtempo.”

Dirk Rumpff just released the exclusive House Hit “Open to Love” on the Gilles Peterson since “In the House” compilation (Defected) and the last Broadcasting compilation on Sonar Kollektiv.

Dates for Dirk Rumpff: myspace.com/rumpff

While going to university, Dirk Rumpff started his own clubnight and radioshow  with international guests such as Jazzanova, Beanfield, Michael Rütten, Alex Dallas etc. After running his radioshow on www.offtrack.org for the past 9 years, Dirk soon became internationally known for his eclectic selections ranging from the roots of Folk and Jazz to modern soulful grooves including various Downbeat, HipHop, Broken Beats, quality Deep House & Detroit Techno. The Red Bull Music Academy chose Dirk in the summer of 2000 from a couple of thousand applicants to attend its classes in Dublin. In the meantime he has become a German ambassador for the academy. Moving to Munich in 2001 he hooked up with his mates at Compost records and “into somethin´” in order to get deeper into the musical stream and also to start his Season project with members of Compost´s Salvador Group. Besides organising clubnights and exhibitions he´s been djing all over germany and beyond its borders with the usual suspects from the so called freestyle circle. In 2004 Jazzanova wrote about Dirk as a talented newcomer in german Groove mag. 3 years ago he moved to Berlin in order to reinforce his connections to the Sonar Kollektiv and to become a freelance A&R. Besides his main occupation as an anaethetist at Berlins uni-hospital Charité he is a frequent writer for Groove magazine, he still organises special events like an audiovisual installation in the local planetarium among a series of exhibitions and his main focus is to continue his productions under the Season moniker. Currently he is busy in the studio with Jazzanova member Roskow Kretschmann working on a series of new tunes including collaborations with Randolph Matthews, Heidi Vogel and Ovasoul7 as Season & Sygaire. Their first tune was released on Gilles Petersons “In The House” Compilation on Defected this spring. His bi-weekly OFFtrack radioshow is now broadcasted through different international channels and has become a reference for music lovers worldwide. For the Sonar Kollektiv he compiled the next “…broadcasting” compilation together with Jazzanova.It features a series of exclusives made especially for this comp by Mark Pritchard, Steve Spacek, Trickski, Slope, and more from the Jazzanova stable. Stay tuned!

Releases:

V.A.- Fueled For The Future Vol.2- Compost Records
Season- Juice- Compost ( Future Sounds Of Jazz Vol. 9 / Nova Soul 2)
Season- Juice (incl. Afronaught & Dimlite Mixes) – Nuevo Ritmo
Season- Juice (Math Union Mix)- Nuevo Ritmo
Heavenly Social- State Of Mind (Season Mix) – 4Lux
Sandboy- Pomegranate (Season Mix)- Hinterland
V.A.- Jazzanova & Dirk Rumpff broad casting from OFFtrack radio- Sonar Kollektiv
Season & Sygaire feat. Randolph Matthews- Open To Love- Defected
2 Banks Of 4- Shadowlands (Season & Sygaire Mix)- Sonar Kollektiv

A selection of venues played: Row Club & Sonar Festival – Barcelona, Vega- Kopenhagen (DK), Cactus- Brügge (B), Dampfzentrale- Bern (CH), Bar Rumba/ Smiths/ Electricity Showrooms- London (UK), Off Centre, Brighton (UK), Noveau Casino- Paris (F),  Mecca/Akropolis- Prague (CZ), Nefertiti- Gothenburg (S), Tranan- Stockholm (S), Stadtwerkstatt, Linz (A) WMF/ Week End/ Café Moskau- Berlin (D), Centralstation/ Schlosskeller- Darmstadt, Into Somethin/ Muffathalle, Funky Kitchen /Pathos – Munich, Honky Tonks- Melbourne, Basement/Loft- Sydney, Zukunft- Zürich among others…..
Tours with Clara Hill, Ernesto and Marzenka (live PA)

Exhibitions and collaborations with: beinghunted.com, Mitch, Mode, MAT-design, Dunderdon, Jutojo, C100 studio, Shoe, Machine, Swifty, Daniel Pflumm, Pfadfinderei, Groove, De:Bug, Delta, Tomato UK, A. Arnold Graphic Design,