Record Label
Hard house label launched in 1994 from the [[label:Pure Groove]] record shop in London by [Ziad](http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Ziad), his brother Tarik and [[artist:Mick Shiner]]. The A&R man was [[artist:Steve Thomas]]. Tripoli Trax became instrumental in the development of the hard house scene in the UK in the 1990s and by the turn of the millennium it had reached its acme with a large number of classic releases and remixes by just about every heavyweight in the scene. As of the 100th release in April 2004, [[artist:Marc Johnson]] took over as A&R from [[artist:Steve Hill]] who steered the label into hard trance territory since the end of 2001. Marc succeeded to inject a refreshing energy into the label with releases by a different breed of producers as well as bringing some of the Tripoli's old guard back into the fold, thus delivering the toughest sounds in hard house and NRG once again. At the end of 2005 Pure Groove made a decision to put Tripoli Trax on hold indefinitely, do away with hard dance sales at their stores and concentrate on the soaring Indie market. The label's hibernation lasted nearly two years when in 2007 [[artist:Marc Johnson]] once again took charge of this classic imprint with the assistance of [[artist:Chris Comben]]. The label closed doors once again in 2008 after just 5 releases when Marc Johnson retired from DJing and producing. The label remianed dormant once again untill 2012, when it relaunched as digital only, with a steady release schdule and releases coming every week during 2014. After the labels 200 release in 2015, it once again was put on hold. Labels linked to Tripoli Trax through Pure Groove are [[label:5702]], [[label:5204]] and [[label:5203]].