Tripoli Trax

Hard house label launched in 1994 from the 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, 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 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 Y2K.