Kai Franz (born 17 January 1972), known professionally as Kai Tracid, is a German trance DJ and record producer. The name "Tracid" is a

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of the electronic music styles

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and

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Career

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he became famous with his first single, "Your Own Reality". In 1998 he gained worldwide fame with Liquid Skies. In November 2001 he got his first Top-10 hit in the German single charts. In 2009 he took an indefinite hiatus from making music and co-founded a

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center Balance Yoga. In February 2020, Tracid announced his return to the scene with the release of his new single "DT64", a collaboration with Moguai.

Discography

Albums

* ''Skywalker 1999'' (1999) * '' Trance & Acid'' (2002) * '' Contemplate (The Reason You Exist)'' (2003)

Remix albums

* '' Remix Collection'' (2012)

Singles

Other aliases

*''Acid Train / Sweat Room'' (1995) As A*S*Y*S *''Acid Squid'' (1996) As A*S*Y*S *''Radon'' (1996) As Mac Acid II *''Only The Strong'' (1996) As K *''Waveshaper'' (1999) As K *''The Spice'' (1999) As Arrakis *''Auf Die Fresse / Säurebad'' (1999) As Warmduscher *''Säurebad (The Remixes)'' (1999) As Warmduscher *''Acid Save Your Soul'' (1999) As A*S*Y*S *''Acid Head Cracker'' (2000) As A*S*Y*S *''10 Kleine Bassdrums'' (2000) As Warmduscher *''Acid Nightmare / DJ's Nightmare'' (2001) As A*S*Y*S *''Hardcore Will Never Die'' (2002) As Warmduscher feat. Lamont Humphrey *''From Past To Phuture'' (2003) As A*S*Y*S *''No More Fucking Rock'n'Roll'' (2004) As A*S*Y*S *''Acid Flash'' (2005) As A*S*Y*S *''Cheers'' (2007) As A*S*Y*S

References

External links

*
Previously his official website

A Dose of Trance and Acid – 5 minutes with Kai Tracid, Interview in ResidentAdvisor.net, Australia, 2005
1972 births Living people Musicians from Frankfurt German trance musicians German club DJs German electronic dance music DJs {{Germany-DJ-stub