Kai Tracid
| Kai Tracid | |
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 Kai Tracid | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kai Franz |
| 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. |
| Born | 17 January 1972 |
| Origin | Germany |
| Genres | Trance, hard trance, acid trance |
| Occupation(s) | composer, songwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1997 - present |
| Labels | Tracid Traxxx |
| Website | http://www.tracid.de/ |
Kai Tracid (born as Kai Franz on 17 January 1972 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is a trance DJ and producer. The name Tracid originates from the combination of the two music genres trance and acid. In 2009 he stopped making music and co-founded a yoga centre ().
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
- 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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