During his long drumming career, Dirk Erchinger has played with many big names in the international music scene.
Following his studies at the Percussion Institute of Technology (PIT) in Los Angeles (´92/´93) he has played innumerous gigs and on dozens of CDs.
Dirk is the regular drummer of the German hiphop/jazz group 'Jazzkantine' (www.jazzkantine.de), the funk/soul act 'Count Basic' (Austria/ USA: www.countbasic.com) and the Berlin percussion band 'Drum Connection'(www.drumconnection.net).
Among those Dirk has collaborated with Gloria Gaynor, Kruder&Dorfmeister, Nana, Pee Wee Ellis, West Bam,Peter Fox Cunnie Williams, Such a Surge, Ophra Haza, Vannila Ninja, Inga Rumpf, Hamburg Blues Band, Naomi, The Wright Thing, Joe Whitney and the list continues…
With the Jazzkantine he recieved the biggest German music prize, the 'Echo' and the 'Jazz-Echo'.
In 2008 Dirk and Count Basic were awarded the Austrian ´Amadeus-Award´ for the best jazz & blues album.
On the Jazzkantine albums, he plays with artists like Ol` Dirty Bastard from Wu-Tang-Clan, Xavier Naidoo, Laith Al-Deen, Brixx, Till Brönner, Fred Wesley, Edo Zanki, Rias-Big Band, HR-Big Band or Smudo from the Fantastischen 4. Dirk has toured with various bands, travelling through Europe, Asia, Africa and the USA. With his business D-Phunk Musik, he has produced a number of solo albums as well as soundtracks for film, tv and advertising, working for clients like Senator Film, Sat 1, BMG, Volkswagen, Audi and others.
The German magazine, Drums & Percussion describes him as:
…´Groovemaster made in Germany´…
Kai Pantschow Producer Ofra Haza
This man is awesome! If you need a plane monster groove, he is the man.For all my projects from pop to rock to metal to techno to R`N`B you can´t go wrong....
Dirk,it was always a pleasure to work with you and I can´t wait to get more things poppin!
Peter Legat Count Basic:
The Count says: “Its not that we only have bad drummers in Austria, Tommi Lang is ok, but Dirk is just Dirk. Even after a double leg amputation he would still play in my band, simply because he is such a great mate of mine. And that’s what counts, isn’t it? And well, yes, he plays quite alright as well.”Interview Musicsupporter
The Mag `Drums & Percussion´ says:
`Groovemaster made in Germany´http://www.yamaha-europe.com/ yamaha_europe/ germany/ service/070_news_events/ 20080613/index.html
