Der Verfall - Anfahrt (New Release 2022 - Club Mix)

Der Verfall ist ein Technoprojekt von Musikproduzent Alex Butcher, Echo-Preisträger Alexander Abraham und ehemals Kai MacDonald, das sich eher düsterem Trance widmet.
Sie begannen mit der Promo-Single Der Verfall, die 1998 zuerst unter dem Artist-Namen Lexikon auf Vinyl und Maxi-CD veröffentlicht wurde. Es gab auch eine limitierte Promo-Vinyl mit 3 Mixen der englischen Version The Ruin. 1999 wurde die Single dann als Der Verfall #2 unter dem Artist-Namen Der Verfall herausgebracht. Danach folgten Vater Unser, Abfahrt und Der Mussolini (im Original von DAF (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft)) auf Wea Records, 2003 wurde ihre Single Der Verfall von Storm Music mit neuen Mixen wiederveröffentlicht, im Jahr 2000 dann das Album Angst im Wald (Wea Records). Darauf enthalten waren 14 Hard-Trance-Stücke mit düsteren, teilweise morbiden Texten in rezitativem Sprechgesang vorgetragen. Die Singles Der Verfall, Vater Unser und Abfahrt erschienen auch auf VIVA-Club-Rotations und diversen anderen Samplern. Drei der Single-Veröffentlichungen konnten sich mehrere Wochen in den Deutschen & Österreichischen Single-Charts behaupten.
Alben
2000: Angst im Wald
Singles
1999: Der Verfall
1999: Vater Unser
1999: Abfahrt (mit Srecko)
2000: Der Mussolini
2003: Der Verfall 2003 (Remake)
2004: Christuskommando (vs. Klaus Löwitsch)
Kai Tracid has played a central role in the German "Dance Charts" since 1997. He had several #1 hits, was nominated for the "Viva Comet" (in 1998), and started to work more and more with Frank Farian, who has been a successful producer for a long time...
Back in 1995, the self-made musician and student of Electro-mechanical Engineering is hanging out in front of his computer, making random sounds and noises. All of a sudden he comes up with a formula which would later make him one of the most sought-after producers/DJs: By combining acid tunes from the underground with ethereal trance: "Yeah, that’s my kind of Tracid Track Sound - it’s a kind of trance that’s perfect for partying." Kai continues: " Even though I still can’t sing to this date, I am convinced that I have a feeling for emotional sections in my music." And there is more that distinguishes Kai from his colleagues: "To me, deep and intelligent vocals are really important." And this is indeed very rarely to be found in trance music.
Kai Tracid has played a central role in the German "Dance Charts" since 1997. He had several #1 hits, was nominated for the "Viva Comet" (in 1998), and started to work more and more with Frank Farian, who has been a successful producer for a long time. A career that first started out at home with cheap equipment evolved into a first-range, hi-tech studio located near Frankfurt am Main.
Whereas it was mainly European people that listened to Kai Tracid’s dance hits throughout the last couple of years, there has been an increasing number of people asking for gigs further away from Germany: "Recently, I have been playing some 150 shows a year, and the majority of these are outside of Germany." Furthermore, the thirty-two-year-old has sold more than one million records that carry his heavy-weight mix of acid trance (that’s why he calls himself tra-cid). Australia, England, USA, Japan, Italy, Russia, Argentina, Turkey, and Brasil - the world seems listen to this guy, even though he does not only play the big arenas (with 35,000 people) but also loves to deejay at small clubs.
Strangely enough, the athletic and handsome musician is rumored to be kind of shy. He doesn’t like people who pose too much. Being a non-smoker and staying drug free, he doesn’t even drink beer, dress weird or walk around with strange haircuts. "Whereas some of my colleagues had this, there has never been this kind of media-hype around my person. One reason for this might be the fact that I always remained the way I was before all this got started. It’s just me being who I am, you know?" he explains, and adds, "I have my very own type of style."
Two years ago, Kai made a statement concerning the success of Paul van Dyk: "That guy made it. At one point, I want to be where he’s at right now." And now - he has actually made it: "Yeah, now I am there - but I went my own way."
His own way - that’s what is important to Kai. Kai Tracid has is own view, his own grasp upon the world, and he won’t follow no rules. "I just can’t. That’s why I did not join the German army either." He is an obsessed paintball player - not only for the reason that it’s fun, but for the fact that people accept it and shake their heads at the same time. According to Kai, "there are icons in this scene. People who are just good. Next, there are people who are just very popular. And then - as a last category - there I am: Me, being the one who produces dope tracks."