Kai Tracid
Kai Tracid
Background information
Birth name	Kai Franz
Also known as	Warmduscher, 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.
Born	(1972-01-17) 17 January 1972 (age 52) Frankfurt, West Germany
Origin	Germany
Genres	Trance, hard trance, acid trance, Techno
Occupation(s)	Composer, songwriter, producer, remixer
Years active	1997 – present
Labels	Tracid Traxxx, Tracid Digital
Website	http://www.tracid.de/

Kai Tracid (born as Kai Franz on 17 January 1972) is a trance DJ and producer. The name Tracid originates from the combination of the two electronic music styles trance and acid.

Career

In Germany 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 yoga center Balance Yoga.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2020, Tracid announced his return to the scene with the release of his new single "DT64", a collaboration with Moguai.^[1]

Discography

Albums

• Skywalker 1999 (1999)
• Trance & Acid (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