For almost three decades Kai is still a DJ on the pulse of time.
At the beginning of 1992, when he and Boris Hafner set up their
first recording studio in Obertshausen (near Frankfurt), he did not know what to do with the Experiences he gained as a resident DJ and how to set up these in studio productions...
His first experiences as a producer were already impressive.
Working on productions like Interstate, Lostsidon, Global Cee and many more, Kai quickly became a well known producer
himself.
Labels like Land of OZ, Overdose, Suck me Plasma, Logic Records were the first stations for Kai as a producer.
In 1998 the project Hennes&Cold on Tracid Traxxx should give Kai and the DJ scene a new face.
Songs like The Second Trip or Sound of Rock gave the HARDTRANCE Scene this face..
Apart from various performances in Germany, Switzerland and Holland were the first international experiences for him.
His project “DERB”, which he started together with Boris Hafner, was immediately successful worldwide.
Some Media Control Charts entrys, dance chart placements worldwide, are just a few
facts of the success of this project.
Releases like “DERB” and “In Africa" are among the best known tracks of Kais Project DERB.
Also Remix Productions like Follow Me (Spacefrog), Trance and Acid (Kai Tracid), or Hardcore will never die (Warmduscher),are
examples for his work as a Producer.
America, Canada, Japan, Malysia, England, Australia and New Zealand are just a few of the worldwide stations Kai has visited
as a DJ.
He was playing Festivals like DANCE VALLEY, DECIBEL, DEFCON, RUHR IN LOVE,TRANSMISSION etc...
After a few years of „production silence“ Kai decided to do a „new step“ for his life...
In 2017, he and his recording studio moved to Lower Saxony. A lovely place for doing new things...After some Remix
Productions, he decide to do a new Record Label.
DERBtools was born....
A perfect Plattform for fresh Remixes and some new DERB tunes as well........
