The legendary “Move!” (originally released in 2002 on Carl Cox’s Intec label) returns to it’s spiritual home and marks the 2009 re-launch of Christian Smith’s seminal Tronic label. “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.

As Christian says: “We (myself & John Selway) have never been purists and always made music with proper arrangements. I think this is something that sets our music apart from many other techno producers. We always try to make smooth and gradual arrangements so that the track never gets boring. In 2002 we made a tune on Carl Cox’s Intec label, called “Move!” This was the start of our crossover sound. Not only did Sasha license it for his legendary Ibiza Global Underground compilation, but everybody else from Danny Tenaglia to Deep Dish, and also some real techno purists like Jeff Mills and Surgeon rocked this track all the time. These days I’m very happy that Techno is slower and that House and Techno DJs play a lot of similar tracks. At the end of the day it’s about good music.”