Kai Tracid (born as Kai Franz on 17 January 1972) is a

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DJ and producer. The name ''Tracid'' originates from the combination of the two electronic music styles

and

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Career

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he became famous with his first

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, " Your Own Reality". In 1998 he gained worldwide fame with

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. 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

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Discography

Albums

* ''

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'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2002) * '' Contemplate (The Reason You Exist)'' (2003)

Singles

* 303 State featuring Ramon Tapia (2020) * Freedom of Expression featuring Tom Wax - ASYS (2020) * DT64 featuring MOGUAI (2020) * Wrong or Right featuring ASYS (2021)

Remix albums

* '' Remix Collection'' (2012)

Singles

Early works

*''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

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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
German trance musicians Club DJs German DJs Living people 1972 births Electronic dance music DJs {{Germany-DJ-stub