CHRISTIAN SMITH RELAUNCHES TRONIC LABEL

Christian Smith’s smashing track “Move!”, which was originally released in 2002 on Carl Cox’s Intec label, marks the 2009 re-launch of seminal label Tronic. “Move!” is set to kick the year off in style with superb remixes from Swedish House Mafia superstar Steve Angello, and hotly tipped Brazilian trio Dimitri Nakov, Gabe, and Ritkam (Dimitri & Gabe recently got people very excited with their remix of Sasha’s “Park It In The Shade”), alongside a new tweaked for 2009 original version.

Christian Smith originally set up his Tronic label in 1994, and, despite releasing three well-received records, put the label on hold for three years as he was still a full time university student in Washington. By 1997 he felt really inspired by DJing and music, and this prompted him to get working seriously with the label. His own release, “Goldrush” (TR04) caused a serious reaction in clubland and everything took off. Tronic became a popular label and “Goldrush” got heavily licensed all over the world.

When Christian started Tronic, he encountered some resistance from record distributors because he wanted to release material that was somewhere in between house and techno. The distributors advised to produce/release house or techno as it would sell better, but something in between wasn’t going to work. Christian feels that history has proved him right as he has overseen many successful releases over the years. As much as Christian dislikes the term, Tronic was one of the first labels releasing music that house and techno DJs could play, and this broad cross-genre appeal still applies today.

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