Kai Tracid
Kai Tracid | |
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 Kai Tracid at Mayday 2005, Germany | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Acut Genius, Aeon FX, Arrow, Attractor, The, Christian Phoenix, Computer Controlled, Formic Acid, K, Kai MacDonald, Kenji Ogura, Mac Acid, Mac Music, TBA, Tek, Tyrone T.B., W.O.W. |
| Origin | Germany |
| Genres | Trance, hard trance, acid trance |
| Years active | 1997 - present |
| Labels | Tracid Traxxx |
| Website | http://www.tracid.de/, www.facebook.com/kaitracid.official |
Kai Tracid (born as Kai Franz on 17 January 1972 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is a German Trance DJ and producer. The name Tracid originates from the combination of the two music genres trance and acid.
In Germany he became famous with his first single, "Your Own Reality". In 1998 he gained world-wide fame with Liquid Skies. In November 2001 he got his first Top-10 hit in the German single charts. Since 2000 he releases his records under his own record company Tracid Traxxx.
Discography
Albums
- Skywalker 1999 (1999)
- Trance & Acid (2002)
- Contemplate (the reason you exist) (2003)
Remix Albums
- Remix Collection (2012)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SUI | |||
| 1996 | "So Simple" | — | — | — | Singles only |
| 1997 | "Makin' Friends" | — | — | — | |
| "Your Own Reality" | — | — | — | Skywalker 1999 | |
| 1998 | "Dance For Eternity" | 26 | — | — | |
| "Liquid Skies" | 31 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Destiny's Path" | 29 | — | 75 | Trance & Acid |
| 2000 | "Tiefenrausch (The Deep Blue)" | 41 | — | 77 | |
| 2001 | "Too Many Times" | 24 | — | 73 | |
| "Life Is Too Short" | 9 | 32 | 49 | ||
| 2002 | "Trance & Acid" | 37 | — | — | |
| "4 Just 1 Day" | 12 | 38 | — | Contemplate (The Reason You Exist) | |
| 2003 | "Conscious" | 44 | — | — | Singles only |
| 2007 | "Inflator/Aural Border" | — | — | — | |
| "Depressive Mood/Discreet Charm" | — | — | — | ||
Early Works
- Radon (1996) As Mac Acid II
- Waveshaper (1999) As K
- Only The Strong (1996) As K
External links
- Kai Tracid discography at Discogs
- Kai Tracid discography at MusicBrainz
- Template:MySpace
- Russian Kai Tracid Web
- Tracid Traxxx
- Got on position 41 in DJ Mag poll 2005
- Kai Tracid
- A Dose of Trance and Acid – 5 minutes with Kai Tracid, Interview in ResidentAdvisor.net, Australia, 2005
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