Kai Tracid

Kai Tracid

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Real Name:
Kai Franz
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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 styles Trance and Acid. In 2009 he stopped making music and co-founded a yoga centre. He made his return to the scene in 2020 with the release of his collaborative single 'DT64'.

In Germany he became famous with his second 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.
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Facebook, instagram.com, Wikipedia
Aliases:
Acut Genius, Aeon FX, Arrow, Christian Phoenix, Computer Controlled, Formic Acid, K (2), Kai Franz, Kai MacDonald, Kenji Ogura, Mac Acid, Mac Music, TBA (5), Tek (2), The Attractor, Tyrone T.B., W.O.W.
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DAN 493128 9, 493128 9 Skywalker 1999 — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Skywalker 1999 (Album) Dance Pool, Dance Pool DAN 493128 9, 493128 9 Germany 1999 Sell This Version
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TTX LP 01 Trance & Acid — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Trance & Acid (Album, Comp) Tracid Traxxx TTX LP 01 Germany 2002 Sell This Version
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511188 2, EPC 511188 2, 5111882000 Contemplate (The Reason You Exist) — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Contemplate (The Reason You Exist) (Album) Tracid Traxxx 511188 2, EPC 511188 2, 5111882000 Germany 2003 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
SUCK 79 So Simple — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid So Simple Suck Me Plasma SUCK 79 Germany 1996 Sell This Version
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RED 081 Your Own Reality — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Your Own Reality (Maxi, Single) Suck Me Plasma RED 081 Italy 1997 Sell This Version
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2102388 Dance For Eternity — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Dance For Eternity (Maxi, Single) Suck Me Plasma 2102388 Belgium 1998 Sell This Version
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2102523 Liquid Skies — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Liquid Skies (Single, Maxi) Suck Me Plasma 2102523 Belgium 1998 Sell This Version
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none Kai Tracid's* Hands On B.B.E. Kai Tracid's* Hands On B.B.E. - Seven Days And One Week Urban none Germany 1999 Sell This Version
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TTX 2014 Destiny's Path — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Destiny's Path (Single, Maxi) Tracid Traxxx TTX 2014 Germany 1999 Sell This Version
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DAN 666864 6 180° Bassdrum — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid 180° Bassdrum ‎(12", S/Sided) Dance Pool DAN 666864 6 Germany 1999 Sell This Version
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SUCK 123 Skywalker E.P. — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Skywalker E.P. ‎(12", EP) Suck Me Plasma, Technoclub Records SUCK 123 Germany 1999 Sell This Version
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DAD 669556 5 Tiefenrausch — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Tiefenrausch (Maxi) Tracid Traxxx DAD 669556 5 Germany 2000 Sell This Version
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671899 2 Too Many Times — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Too Many Times (Maxi) Tracid Traxxx 671899 2 Australia 2001 Sell This Version
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SAMPCS 10769 Life Is Too Short — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Life Is Too Short (Single, Maxi) Tracid Traxxx SAMPCS 10769 Germany 2001 Sell This Version
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TTX 2040 R 4 Just 1 Day — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid 4 Just 1 Day (Maxi, Single) Tracid Traxxx TTX 2040 R Germany 2002 Sell This Version
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DAD 672579 2, 6725792000 Trance & Acid — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Trance & Acid (Maxi, Single) Tracid Traxxx DAD 672579 2, 6725792000 Germany 2002 Sell This Version
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TTX2047 Conscious — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Conscious (Maxi, Single) Tracid Traxxx TTX2047 Germany 2003 Sell This Version
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ACID001 Deeper / Perfecto — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid / Rob Acid Kai Tracid / Rob Acid - Deeper / Perfecto Acid Files ACID001 Germany 2004 Sell This Version
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ACID003 Nobita / Aktionsradius — Kai Tracid Tracid* & Zenker* Tracid* & Zenker* - Nobita / Aktionsradius Acid Files ACID003 Germany 2005 Sell This Version
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ACID002 Käpt'n / Timewarp — Kai Tracid Van Dijk* & Tracid* Van Dijk* & Tracid* - Käpt'n / Timewarp ‎(12", Ltd, Pic) Acid Files ACID002 Germany 2005 Sell This Version
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TTX3001 Inflator / Aural Border — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Inflator / Aural Border (Maxi) Tracid Traxxx TTX3001 Germany 2007 Sell This Version
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TTX3002 Depressive Mood / Discreet Charm — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid Depressive Mood / Discreet Charm ‎(12") Tracid Traxxx TTX3002 Germany 2007 Sell This Version
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COMPU13 Buchla 200e — Kai Tracid Menace* & Tracid* Menace* & Tracid* - Buchla 200e Compuphonic COMPU13 France 2011 Sell This Version
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PTL025 This Is What It's All About — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid & York Kai Tracid & York - This Is What It's All About ‎(2xFile, MP3, Single, 320) Planet Love Records 2.0 PTL025 Germany 2014
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none Be The Change — Kai Tracid Kai Tracid & Trash Gordon (2) Kai Tracid & Trash Gordon (2) - Be The Change ‎(2xFile, MP3, Single, 320) We Play none Germany 2014

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hexagonian

hexagonian

April 14, 2020
THE LEGEND IS BACK!!
https://www.discogs.com/Moguai-vs-Kai-Tracid-DT64/master/1680462
Plus he's announced a new album and tons of stuff in the works.
cbarbas

cbarbas

May 13, 2018
edited over 5 years ago
One of the pioneers but not THE inventor! I was at that time at Frankfurt, the underground scene was big maybe the biggest at Europe at this particular time, many good DJ's and pioneers were all over. Underground Clubs were playing unbelievable music. I don't think you will hear something different than that!
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xtraterrestrial

xtraterrestrial

December 5, 2016
Not a comment on his quality (though I should mention that I love his track 'So Simple'), but I wonder why people are saying he *invented* mixing trance and acid. Many German artists were incorporating 303 lines into trance music in the early-mid 90s.
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ColonelTirpitz

ColonelTirpitz

May 8, 2014
Kai Tracid is a great DJ , i agree some of his sounds looks similar from other artists , but so are all artists from the world they all copy and paste stuff from previous artists . But Kai Tracid is in NO way a poser or other insults. He at least invented a new genre Trance&Acid a mixture of them.

The REAL posers are David Guetta and Tiesto those two i have no pitty for them ,they can go to hell!! They dumped many famous DJ's in the world we not even hear anymore, even some music styles evaporated . David Guetta invented NOTHING AT ALL is a fact , and as for Tiesto that guy started good but in his mid glory all was of a déjà vu standard and became just stupid music for the masses is also a fact!

So Kai Tracid livened up a new genre sadly missed in clubs ( if they exist still? ) . I love kinda all styles of music from Electronic to Classic ( yes Mozart,Beethoven,...) but i'm sad yet very upset that some styles needs to disapear because idiots are bored of them, well there is just ONE remedy : don't listen to something you don't like ,is plain and simple!!
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Mr.Slacker

Mr.Slacker

July 30, 2013
It's funny to read stuff like that. Kai was not 'raised from only playing in night clubs, to big stages with thousands of people', he wouldn't be who he became without actually PRODUCING. His music COULD have been produced earlier? So what? He used vintage equipment and created his own sound. Reproaching him with that is like reproaching anyone who used some dated equipment in a creative way, and you go like: "that's nothing special, it could have been done well before that".

The thing is... it hasn't!
The tracks appeared when they appeared. Anyone using traditional music instruments, say, guitars?.. this could have been dome much, much earlier!

And BTW. Anyone who was raised to some sort of stardom can be said of to have been in the right place at the right time. Continued a trend he/she liked? Certainly not his/her own achievement, just a matter of catching a wave. Started one's own new style? Just got noticed when general public got fed up with old stuff and wanted something new.

You may equally accuse us, listeners, that we fell in love with the genre because it was big. Well, without it being prominent, chances are, it would go unnoticed, so I am grateful for that temporary 'hype'. Otherwise, living in a place where it never really took off, I wouldn't have stood a chance of ever coming across it. No mater what was trendy ever since, my taste stood the test of time. Oh yeah, I must be making fool of myself.

Your logic is pathetic. I understand you didn't like his stuff, that's okay. But your other rants aren't based on any logic.

Tracid doesn't quite resonate with you, but calling him/hinting that he is a poser or biter? As whom he posed? Who he deceived?
Oh noes, he got some of our money! Silly me, how could I possibly pay for that? I must be deeply sorry for spending even a single cent and ever loving his music. I'm not! It's great that I came across his music. Are you upset with that?

Who the f**k invented something new? Basic structure of music was laid down centuries ago.
You just come here to offend him and his listeners, who are grateful for his music. Anyone could call your fave artist wanker as well, or point at some trendy stuff of the time. Does it prove anything? This man didn't want to be trendy and just left the scene. I understand I may not like his further development but I am eternally grateful for his beautiful songs.

'Why am i even writing this? This shows mercy...'. I bet you think you're some kind of god and you're simply offended people would call (metaphorically) some other person God. I hope you can see some humor in this (hint: yep, it's a joke).
Michael.T.Roper

Michael.T.Roper

May 7, 2013
edited over 6 years ago
didn't invent anything new, just capitalized on a a whole bunch of shit that already existed
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Jarren

Jarren

November 1, 2011
Unbelievable news, guys...

Kai Tracid is back! :D

http://www.discogs.com/Menace-Tracid-Buchla-200e/release/3195960
dezseu3

dezseu3

July 9, 2011
edited over 12 years ago
Over his producing years, he has already done everything that he wanted to, and it's enough for him. Probably, that's why he started to do yoga, he finally found the peace in his soul and his mind. He ran out of inspiration, that's the fact. And nowdays, between these musical trends, plastic sounds, he couldn't make anything interesting to the people who simply don't know what Tracid means.
andyblueman

andyblueman

May 8, 2009
Kai Tracid is maybe not the greatest, but for me the most unique and most important trance artist ever. Nearly all of his songs are stunning, but it's the wonderful lyrics that really makes the music special.
Listen and take a look at the lyrics in songs like for example "Suicide", "Conscious", "Express Your Hidden Passion" and "Too Many Times", and you'll see what I mean! Kai Tracid's music and lyrics usually includes themes like drugs, hallucinogens, consciousness, dreams, loneliness, depression, happiness, the meaning of life and people's wish to find themselves. I know his music is not for everyone, but I'm really happy I'm one of those who can really understand the magic in the music. Because there is something special about Tracid's music, something I really can't explain in words...

Thank you Kai Tracid. I hope you know what your music means to a lot of people!
"I should have lived my life much more conscious."
audiokrft

audiokrft

April 20, 2009
I dunno what to say about this man... He's just incredible. Top notch productions, label owner/founder of Tracid Traxxx, hit maker.
Kai Tracid - Trance & Acid was my first record from him (And also one of my first hardtrance record ever) and I still play it a lot. All his tracks are full of energy, full of drive and always influenced with a TB-303 Bassline. I would love to see him on stage...

This dude deserves all my deep respect. Really.

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