Scantraxx Special

Scantraxx Special was a specialist imprint within the Dutch Scantraxx label network. It operated under the broader Scantraxx umbrella, a record-label group founded in 2002 by Dov Elkabas, better known as DJ The Prophet, and associated primarily with hardstyle and hardcore electronic dance music. The imprint’s name indicates a focused sub-label role rather than an independent corporate music company. Available reference material lists Scantraxx Special among Scantraxx’s inactive labels, but does not provide a verified launch date, founder separate from the parent label, artist roster, catalogue size, headquarters, or a detailed account of its musical brief. It is therefore best understood as a historical Scantraxx imprint whose activities have ceased or been folded into the parent group’s wider label structure. Scantraxx maintained a broad portfolio of imprints serving different hard dance styles, artists, and market segments; Scantraxx Special belonged to that earlier portfolio alongside labels such as Scantraxx Silver, Scantraxx Carbon, Scantraxx Evolutionz, Scantraxx Global, and Scantraxx Reloaded. No reliable reference material supplied for this entry identifies specific releases, campaigns, executives, commercial figures, or later corporate transactions involving Scantraxx Special. The imprint should not be confused with the active Scantraxx label itself or with other similarly named Scantraxx sub-labels.

Scantraxx Special formed part of the label ecosystem surrounding Scantraxx, a Dutch hard dance music company established in 2002 by Dov Elkabas, known professionally as DJ The Prophet. Scantraxx developed a multi-imprint structure to release and promote hardstyle, hardcore, and related electronic dance music. Within that structure, Scantraxx Special functioned as a distinct imprint rather than as a separately documented record-label corporation. The available reference material does not establish its exact founding year, launch rationale, catalogue, artist roster, or period of activity. It does, however, identify Scantraxx Special as an inactive label in Scantraxx’s historical list of imprints. This places it among the earlier or discontinued components of the Scantraxx portfolio, alongside several other former labels that served particular artists, sounds, or scenes. The imprint’s historical significance is consequently tied to Scantraxx’s broader role in developing and organizing the Dutch hardstyle and hardcore recording market, rather than to independently documented corporate milestones. There is no supplied evidence of a separate headquarters, public listing, ownership structure, leadership team, financial performance, major campaign, legal dispute, or merger involving Scantraxx Special. Its later discontinuation may reflect the normal consolidation and rotation of specialist imprints within an evolving electronic-music label group, but the specific reason and date are not documented in the available sources. Further catalogue or label-history research would be required to reconstruct its releases and artist relationships.

A specialist historical imprint within Scantraxx’s Dutch hard dance label portfolio.

• Recorded music

  Hardstyle and hardcore releases

  The imprint was associated with recorded electronic dance music in the hardstyle and hardcore sphere through the wider Scantraxx label network. The supplied references do not identify individual releases, release dates, formats, or artists specifically credited to Scantraxx Special.

1. 1Scantraxxen.wikipedia.org