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Launched in 1994 from within the [b]Pure Groove Records[/b] store in London, England by [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Ziad]Ziad[/url], his brother Tarik & [a=Mick Shiner]. The A&R man was [a=Steve Thomas]. It became instrumental in the development of UK Hard House & Nu NRG during the late 90's and by the turn of the millenium, Tripoli Trax 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, [a=Marc Johnson] took over as A&R from [a=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 & 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 a soaring Indie market. The label's hibernation lasted nearly two years when in 2007 [a=Marc Johnson] once again took charge of this classic imprint with the assistance of [a=Chris Comben]. The label closed doors again for good in 2008 when Marc Johnson retired from Djing and producing. Labels linked to Tripoli Trax through Pure Groove are [l5702], [l5204] and [l5203].