Scantraxx

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Scantraxx Recordz
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Founded2002
Founder Dov "The Prophet" Elkabas
Genre Hardstyle
Country of origin Netherlands
Official website http://www.scantraxx.com/

SCANTRAXX is a Dutch record label founded by Dov Elkabas (famously known as DJ The Prophet) in 2002, specializing in both hardstyle and hardcore music.

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S.W.A.T

Between November 2007 and April 2008, the label organized a number of shows under the name of S.W.A.T (Scantraxx World Artist Tour) in Europe and Australia. Those events were repeated in 2009 and 2010, but only in Europe. [1] [2]

Sublabels

Active

Inactive

Artists

Currently

Scantraxx (including former BLACK sublabel)

  • A-Rize [4] (previously on Art of Creation Eternity)
  • Adrenalize
  • Bass Modulators (previously on Art of Creation as duo; later found his live act project BASS X MACHINA)
  • D-Attack
  • Demi Kanon
  • Devin Wild
  • DJ Isaac
  • DJ The Prophet
  • Imperatorz
  • JDX (previously own label JDX Music; later founded the label PL4N3T X)
  • KELTEK
  • Kronos
  • Lady Faith
  • Level One
  • Nightcraft
  • Neroz
  • Zatox (Owns the label Italian Hardstyle from Scantraxx Italy)

Scantraxx Evolutionz

  • D-Block & S-te-Fan
  • Ghost Stories

Scantraxx NEXXUS

  • Bright Visions
  • Dvastate
  • Erabreak

Former / Inactive

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References

  1. „Scantraxx S.W.A.T. 2009“ at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-08-16)
  2. „Scantraxx S.W.A.T. 2010“ at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-02-24)
  3. van der Werf, Sharon (January 9, 2024). "SCANTRAXX changes visual identity and vision: "Join us on our interstellar journey!"". Hardstyle.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  4. van Boekhold, Carlos [@arizenl] (October 26, 2023). "I JOINED THE SCANTRAXX MAIN LABEL 🔥🔥" via Instagram.
  5. "Umstrukturierung » Yousic.news". 15 February 2019.