Kai Tracid

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“I don´t care about musical genres - music has to be emotional.“

German producer, DJ and songwriter Kai Tracid, known since the mid-'90s for pioneering the combination of Trance and Acid and his record label "Tracid Traxxx", is back!

His sound is always straight forward and essential, often using the Roland TB 303 to produce hypnotic ACID odysseys combined with a strong emotional melody part. In the early 90s, the self-taught musician worked for Frank Farian, with whom he learned a lot about mixing and producing. Platinum and Gold records were the result.

Kai Tracid had his national breakthrough in 1997 with his first single Your Own Reality. His international breakthrough came the following year with the release of the song Liquid Skies. Both tracks later appeared on the debut album Skywalker 1999.

Songs from Tracid’s second artist album Trance & Acid are still played worldwide by renowned A-list DJ’s, some 18 years after their original release. These include the single Life is Too Short; his first Top-10 hit in the German Single Charts, Too Many Times and the timeless Trance & Acid.

Armed with a fine ear for both underground and festival Sounds, his DJ skills saw him performing at some of the world’s top-event venues such as Timewarp, Tomorrowland, Parookaville, Creamfields and Dreamstate.
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Top tracks

03
Liquid Skies
Kai Tracid
Skywalker 1999
03:54
Writer: Kai Tracid - Werner Weimar - Torsten Stenzel / Composers: Kai Tracid - Werner Weimar - Torsten Stenzel
01
DT64
MOGUAI
DT64
06:57
Writer: A. Tegeler - M. Bellina - M. Mac Donald - M. Porombka
01
BAM BAM TSCHAK (We Will Rock You Mix)
Kai Tracid
BAM BAM TSCHAK (We Will Rock You Mix)
05:27
Writer: Kai Tracid - PETER PAHN - A*S*Y*S / Composers: Kai Tracid - PETER PAHN - A*S*Y*S
02
Liquid Skies (Eternia Audio Lab Mix)
Kai Tracid
Liquid Skies
06:34
Writer: Kai Tracid - Werner Weimar - Torsten Stenzel / Composers: Kai Tracid - Werner Weimar - Torsten Stenzel
01
Freedom of Expression (Dark Acid Mix)
A*S*Y*S
Freedom of Expression (Dark Acid Mix)
06:37
Composers: Tom Wax - Jörg Dewald - Thorsten Adler
15
Follow Me Freely
Kai Tracid
Singles Collection
06:07
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
03
Life Is Too Short (Video Cut)
Kai Tracid
Singles Collection
03:41
Writer: Klaus Doldinger - Kai Macdonald / Composers: Klaus Doldinger - Kai Macdonald
01
Mockmoon (Peace, Love, XTC)
Kai Tracid
Mockmoon (Peace, Love, XTC)
06:08
Composers: Kai Tracid - Ingo Kays - Oliver Kuntzer - Claus Pieper
03
Your Own Reality (Energy Mix)
Kai Tracid
Your Own Reality
07:24
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
12
So Simple (Remastered)
Kai Tracid
50 Techno Trance Anthems, Vol. 2
07:12
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
10
Trance & Acid (Radio Edit)
Kai Tracid
Singles Collection
03:45
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
08
Tiefenrausch (The Deep Blue) (Radio Cut)
Kai Tracid
Singles Collection
03:55
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
01
Wrong or Right (Acid Rain over Berlin Mix)
Kai Tracid
Wrong or Right (Acid Rain over Berlin Mix)
06:31
Composers: Kai Mac Donald - Frank Ellrich
04
4 Just 1 Day (Video Cut)
Kai Tracid
Singles Collection
03:41
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
01
Rave The Planet (Klaudia Gawlas Remix)
A*S*Y*S
Rave the Planet: Supporter Series, Vol. 010
06:31
07
Suicide
Kai Tracid
Trance & Acid
07:12
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
06
Too Many Times
Kai Tracid
Trance & Acid
03:51
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
03
Life Is Too Short (Energy Mix)
Kai Tracid
Life Is Too Short
07:26
Writer: Klaus Doldinger - Kai Macdonald / Composers: Klaus Doldinger - Kai Macdonald
01
Rave The Planet (Original Mix)
A*S*Y*S
Rave the Planet: Supporter Series, Vol. 009
06:48
01
Rave The Planet (Patrik Berg Remix)
A*S*Y*S
Rave the Planet: Supporter Series, Vol. 011
05:34
01
Conscious (Video Mix)
Kai Tracid
Conscious
03:35
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
01
Your Own Reality (Single Mix)
Kai Tracid
Your Own Reality
03:46
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
10
Trance & Acid
Kai Tracid
Trance & Acid
07:04
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
06
Your Own Reality
Kai Tracid
Skywalker 1999
04:38
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
04
Skywalker
Kai Tracid
Skywalker 1999
07:14
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
02
Dance For Eternity (Club Mix)
Kai Tracid
Dance For Eternity
06:33
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
02
Rave The Planet (Short Version)
A*S*Y*S
Rave the Planet: Supporter Series, Vol. 009
03:24
01
Tracid Theme
Kai Tracid
Trance & Acid
01:15
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
11
Voyager
Kai Tracid
Trance & Acid
07:14
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
08
Your Own Reality (Tracid Mix)
Kai Tracid
Magik Four Mixed By DJ Tiësto (A New Adventure)
02:22
04
Destiny's Path
Kai Tracid
Trance & Acid
04:03
Writer: Kai Macdonald - Boris Bruchhaus / Composers: Kai Macdonald - Boris Bruchhaus
09
Peyote Song
Kai Tracid
Trance & Acid
03:44
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald
05
Message Without Words
Kai Tracid
Trance & Acid
04:08
Writer: Kai Macdonald / Composers: Kai Macdonald

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Singles
2022 Rave The Planet
26-08-2022
Rave the Planet: Supporter Series, Vol. 011
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05-08-2022
Mockmoon (Peace, Love, XTC)
01
Mockmoon (Peace, Love, XTC)
Kai Tracid
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06:08
Composers: Kai Tracid - Ingo Kays - Oliver Kuntzer - Claus Pieper
2022 Rave The Planet
01-07-2022
Rave the Planet: Supporter Series, Vol. 010
01
Rave The Planet (Klaudia Gawlas Remix)
A*S*Y*S
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02
Rave The Planet (Matchy Remix)
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03
Rave The Planet (Tom Wax & Dr. Motte Remix)
A*S*Y*S
Rave the Planet: Supporter Series, Vol. 010
07:30
2022 Rave The Planet
27-05-2022
Rave the Planet: Supporter Series, Vol. 009
01
Rave The Planet (Original Mix)
A*S*Y*S
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06:48
02
Rave The Planet (Short Version)
A*S*Y*S
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03:24
℗ 2020 HELDEEP RECORDS / Spinnin' Records
07-02-2020
DT64
01
DT64
MOGUAI
DT64
06:57
Writer: A. Tegeler - M. Bellina - M. Mac Donald - M. Porombka
℗ 2014 WePLAY Music and Management GmbH & Co. KG
22-09-2014
Be The Change
01
Be the Change
Kai Tracid
Be The Change
05:55
Writer: Kai Macdonald - Trash Gordon / Composers: Kai Macdonald - Trash Gordon
02
Be the Change (Radio Edit)
Kai Tracid
Be The Change
03:43
Writer: Kai Macdonald - Trash Gordon / Composers: Kai Macdonald - Trash Gordon
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℗ 2020 Spinnin' Records
11-03-2020
Spinnin' Sessions Miami 2020
01
Not So Bad (feat. Emie)
Yves V
Spinnin' Sessions Miami 2020
02:33
Writer: Dido Armstrong - Paul Herman
02
Infinity (Dubdogz & Bhaskar Edit)
Dubdogz
Spinnin' Sessions Miami 2020
03:16
Writer: A. Love - L. Ciampi
03
In The Dark
Vintage Culture
Spinnin' Sessions Miami 2020
03:27
Writer: A. Szancowski - G. Morgan - L.R. Hespanhol - M.C. Rodrigues
04
The Passenger (LaLaLa) [feat. MOKABY]
LUM!X
Spinnin' Sessions Miami 2020
02:39
Writer: J. Osterberg - R. Gardiner
05
My Frequency (feat. RebMoe)
Tiësto
Spinnin' Sessions Miami 2020
02:21
Writer: D. Boldini - T. Verwest
06
Make You Mine (feat. Moa Lisa)
Mike Williams
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03:32
Writer: M. Pettersson Hammar - M. Willemsen - M. Wright
07
Hurts So Good (feat. ROE)
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Spinnin' Sessions Miami 2020
02:35
Writer: J. Kerstens - P. James - R. Faniel - S. Berghuijs
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Black Hole Recordings
08-06-2018
Magik Four Mixed By DJ Tiësto (A New Adventure)
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Feel Me
Armin van Buuren
Magik Four Mixed By DJ Tiësto (A New Adventure)
05:58
02
Northern Spirit
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04:17
03
Everlast
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Magik Four Mixed By DJ Tiësto (A New Adventure)
03:56
04
Easter Island (Cygnus X Mix)
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Magik Four Mixed By DJ Tiësto (A New Adventure)
04:02
05
Aira Force (Main Mix)
Arrakis
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05:27
06
Synthetica
Sean Dexter
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04:36
07
Scatterbomb (String Mix)
The Sneaker
Magik Four Mixed By DJ Tiësto (A New Adventure)
04:53
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2011 technotrance-essentials.com
10-01-2012
50 Techno Trance Anthems Vol.4 (Edition 2012)
01
Chemistry (Talla Remix)
Scot Project vs Talla 2XLC
50 Techno Trance Anthems Vol.4 (Edition 2012)
07:29
Composers: Frank Zenker, Talla 2XLC
02
Something for Your Mind (Giuseppe Ottaviani RMX)
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08:09
Composers: Karsten Loos & Andre Balser
03
Café Del Mar 3000 (Dreamdance Mix)
Sakin & Friends
50 Techno Trance Anthems Vol.4 (Edition 2012)
05:54
Composers: Sakin Bozkurt
04
Missing (Big Room Extended)
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07:27
Composers: Michel A Diederiks, Marcel Theunissen, Martijn A S De Vries
05
Out of the Blue (Matt Mancid Remix)
Matt Mancid
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06:03
Composers: Ferry Corsten
06
Altra (Dragor 3Xosc vs. Cjoe Heart of Asia Extended)
Adam Szabo
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05:34
Composers: Adam Szabo
07
Pulverturm (Kontor B RMX)
Sandstorm
50 Techno Trance Anthems Vol.4 (Edition 2012)
05:33
Composers: Robert Borrmann, Niels Eiterer
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25-05-2010
Trance Generator (Continuous DJ Mix by Pleasurehead)
01
Inferno
AudioWerk Z
Trance Generator (Continuous DJ Mix by Pleasurehead)
01:37
02
Kung-Fu Master Boy
Aqualuce
Trance Generator (Continuous DJ Mix by Pleasurehead)
03:33
03
Offical Street Parade Hymn
DJ Mind X
Trance Generator (Continuous DJ Mix by Pleasurehead)
05:23
04
I Don't Need Ya Anymore
Commander Tom
Trance Generator (Continuous DJ Mix by Pleasurehead)
03:15
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Demons (Spacecorn Remix)
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04:49
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Triomphe De L'amour
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Trance Generator (Continuous DJ Mix by Pleasurehead)
03:49
07
Nostradamus
Sector S
Trance Generator (Continuous DJ Mix by Pleasurehead)
03:15
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1999 Black Hole Recordings
13-02-2012
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Northern Spirit
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06:26
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Everlast
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℗ 2015 Armada Music B.V.
06-02-2015
Trance Top 1000 Selection, Vol. 2
01
Fire
Ferry Corsten
Trance Top 1000 Selection, Vol. 2
03:42
Composers: F. Corsten - S. LeBon - N. J. Bates - J. Taylor - S. Campbell - W. Cuccurullo
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Mauro Picotto
Trance Top 1000 Selection, Vol. 2
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The Emergency
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Olympic Flame (Radio Edit)
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Trance Top 1000 Selection, Vol. 2
03:03
Composers: T. Verwest
07
Eugina (Michael Woods Radio Edit)
Salt Tank
Trance Top 1000 Selection, Vol. 2
03:15
Composers: D. R. Gates - M. J. Stanners - S. Tank
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℗ 2024 Berlin Sensation
12-07-2024
Berlin Techno Streets
01
Treibjagd (T78 Remix)
Kurt Leon
Berlin Techno Streets
06:02
Writer: Kurt Leon / Composers: Kurt Leon
02
Imagine (Extended Mix)
Mark Reeve
Berlin Techno Streets
06:09
Writer: Mark Reeve / Composers: Mark Reeve
03
Schicksal
Heinrich & Heine
Berlin Techno Streets
06:51
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04
Flashlights
Teenage Mutants
Berlin Techno Streets
06:31
Writer: Christian Samujlo - Luca Marchese - Pascal klank - Pascal Klank | Christian Samujlo | Luca Marchese / Composers: Christian Samujlo - Luca Marchese - Pascal klank
05
Days Like This (Heerhorst & Meissner Remix)
Electric Kool Aid
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06:38
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Kids These Days
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Eternity
AKKI
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Writer: Cassian Firouzgar / Composers: Cassian Firouzgar
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08-12-2023
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℗ 2015 ARVA
30-01-2015
Trance Top 1000 Selection, Vol. 1
01
Just Be
Tiësto
Trance Top 1000 Selection, Vol. 1
03:11
Composers: T. Verwest - Judie Tzuke - James Wiltshire - K. Hawkshaw
02
Honey (Chicane Club Mix)
Billie Ray Martin
Trance Top 1000 Selection, Vol. 1
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Life Is Too Short
Kai Tracid
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03:41
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Waiting Here For You
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03:30
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05
Namistai
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When She Left
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