Kai Tracid

{{short description|German Trance DJ and producer}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Kai Tracid | image = Kai Tracid 2002 (cropped).jpg | caption = Kai Tracid in 2002 | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |birth_name = Kai Franz | alias = <small>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.</small> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|1|17}} | birth_place = [[Frankfurt]], [[West Germany]] | origin = [[Germany]] | genre = [[Trance music|Trance]], [[hard trance]], [[acid trance]], [[Techno]] | occupation = Composer, songwriter, producer, remixer | years_active = 1997 – present | label = Tracid Traxxx, Tracid Digital | associated_acts = Moguai, Charlotte de Witte, A*S*Y*S, Emmanuel Top, Tom Wax, Ramon Tapia, }}

'''Kai Franz''' (born 17 January 1972), known professionally as '''Kai Tracid''', is a German trance DJ and record producer. The name "Tracid" is a [[portmanteau]] of the electronic music styles [[Trance music|trance]] and [[Acid (electronic music)|acid]].

==Career== In [[Germany]] he became famous with his first [[single (music)|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 [[yoga]] center Balance Yoga.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

In February 2020, Tracid announced his return to the scene with the release of his new single "DT64", a collaboration with [[Moguai]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://weraveyou.com/2020/02/moguai-kai-heldeep|title=Moguai teams up with Kai Tracid for new Heldeep banger 'DT64'|last=Gable|first=Jake|date=8 February 2020|website=We Rave You|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214083610/https://weraveyou.com/2020/02/moguai-kai-heldeep/|archive-date=14 February 2020 |accessdate=14 February 2020}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Skywalker 1999'' (1999) * ''[[Trance & Acid]]'' (2002) * ''[[Contemplate (The Reason You Exist)]]'' (2003)

===Remix albums=== * ''[[Remix Collection (Kai Tracid album)|Remix Collection]]'' (2012)

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35" | [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche|title=Kai Tracid|website=offiziellecharts|access-date=19 April 2024}}</ref> ! width="35" | [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]] ! width="35" | [[Schweizer Hitparade|SUI]] |- | rowspan="1"| 1996 | align="left"| "So Simple" | — | — | — |align="left" rowspan="2"|Singles only |- | rowspan="2"| 1997 | align="left"| "Makin' Friends" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "Your Own Reality" | 22 | — | — |align="left" rowspan="3"|''Skywalker 1999'' |- |align="center" rowspan="2"| 1998 | align="left"| "Dance For Eternity" | 26 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Liquid Skies" | 31 | — | — |- |align="center" rowspan="1"| 1999 | align="left"| "Destiny's Path" | 29 | — | 75 |align="left" rowspan="5"|''Trance & Acid'' |- |align="center" rowspan="1"| 2000 | align="left"| "Tiefenrausch (The Deep Blue)" | 41 | — | 77 |- |align="center" rowspan="2"| 2001 | align="left"| "Too Many Times" | 24 | — | 73 |- | align="left"| "Life Is Too Short" | 9 | 32 | 49 |- |align="center" rowspan="2"| 2002 | align="left"| "Trance & Acid" | 37 | — | — |- | align="left"| "4 Just 1 Day" | 12 | 38 | — |align="left" rowspan="1"|''Contemplate (The Reason You Exist)'' |- |align="center" rowspan="1"| 2003 | align="left"| "Conscious" | 44 | — | — |align="left" rowspan="5"| Singles only |- |align="center" rowspan="2"| 2007 | align="left"| "Inflator/Aural Border" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "Depressive Mood/Discreet Charm" | — | — | — |- | align="center" rowspan="2"| 2020 | align="left"| "DT64" (with [[Moguai]]) | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "Freedom of Expression" (with A*S*Y*S) | — | — | — |- | colspan="6" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |}

=== 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 == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{ MusicBrainz artist | id=6546b116-81c8-4783-9219-19f6e8f3c020 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070103084736/http://www.kaitracid.net/ Previously his official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051112015901/http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature_view.asp?ID=570 A Dose of Trance and Acid – 5 minutes with Kai Tracid, Interview in ResidentAdvisor.net, Australia, 2005]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tracid, Kai}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Musicians from Frankfurt]] [[Category:German trance musicians]] [[Category:German club DJs]] [[Category:German electronic dance music DJs]]