U96 is a German musical project formed by DJ and producer Alex Christensen, and a team of producers named Matiz (Ingo Hauss, Helmut Hoinkis, and Hayo Lewerentz). After a decade-long hiatus, the band returned in 2018 without Christensen and Hoinkis.

The name of the project comes from the film Das Boot about German submarine U-96 from World War II. The project's first hit, "Das Boot" (1991), is a techno adaptation of the film's title melody, which had been originally composed by Klaus Doldinger. An album of the same name was also released

The band's next album, Replugged (1993), was inspired by the electro sounds of the 1980s and by ambient and disco music themes. It was less commercially successful than its predecessor, but achieved three top-10 hits: "Love Sees No Colour", "Night in Motion", and "Inside Your Dreams", which peaked at number 1 in Finland. Although uncredited, Ingo Hauss provided most male vocals for this album.

The follow-up album, Club Bizarre (1995), radically changed the group's sound. It was dominated by a fast-paced Eurodance sound with a significant rave influence. The hit single releases from this album were "Love Religion" (with Daisy Dee) as well as the title track "Club Bizarre", with harmonies that were reused later by Brooklyn Bounce.

In 1996, U96's fourth album, Heaven, was released. It was highly commercial in sound, with greater emphasis on Eurodance, despite retaining some electro and rave influences. On this album, a new singer, Dea-Li (Dorothy Lapi), was featured, who participated in the production of four titles. The chorus in the song "Heaven" - although with a faster pace and different text - closely resembles Cyndi Lauper's 1984 hit "Time After Time". The second single, "A Night to Remember", was a top-20 hit in Austria and Finland. The final single, "Venus in Chains", peaked at number 7 in the Czech Republic.

After their fourth album, the group released the singles "Seven Wonders" (1997), "Energie" (1998), "Beweg Dich, Baby" (1998), and "Das Boot 2001" (2000), before issuing the compilation Best of 1991–2001, which included a few songs from the unreleased album Rhythm of Life. They returned to the German Top 30 in 2006 with "Vorbei", which featured vocals by Ben.

Another album, Out of Wilhelmsburg, was released in 2007, albeit with a different group lineup, before the band went on an indefinite hiatus.

In June 2018, U96 came out with the double album Reboot. Two years later, in collaboration with Wolfgang Flür, they released another double album, titled Transhuman.



U96 & DJ Effe - The Best Megamix Ever - mixed by DJ Effe

[INFO]
ARTIST.....: U96 & DJ Effe
TITLE......: The Best Megamix Ever
RLS DATE...:
GENRE......: Dance/Techno
TYPE.......: Bootleg
TOTALTIME...: 39'

01. Intro
02. Are You Ready
03. Good Love Bad Love
04. 60 Seconds
05. Vorbei
06. Zukunftsmusik
07. Ist Das Mein Leben
08. The One Russian
09. I Say Brain/Je Suis Selected
10. Das Boot (Klassik Version)/Good Love Bad Love
11. Live At Electrogorsk
12. Je Suis Selected
13. Mr. DJ Put The Red Light
14. Fall Into All
15. Heart Of Light - heart of dust/Human Cosmic
16. Human Cosmic/Vorbei
17. Tiefenrausch
18. Monkeys/Mr. DJ Put The Red Light
19. Blood Of Rose
20. Planet Earth
21. Der Kommandant
22. Dark Matter/Mr. DJ Put The Red Light
23. The Rainbow Factor
24. Losing Our Time
25. Snow Brain
26. War Of The Worlds
27. Explain The Universe/Losing Our Time
28. Contact Machines
29. Beweg Dich Baby
30. Night In Motion/Explain The Universe/Je Susis Selected/Bewe Dich Baby
31. I Wanna Be A Kennedy/Night In Motion
32. Ambient Underworld
33. Das Boot
34. Come 2gether
35. 1-900-Love
36. Angels/Ambient Underworld
37. Love Sees No Colour
38. F-Camera/Angels
39. Hildebrandslied
40. Underwater
41. Brainkiller
42. Energie
43. Without You
44. Heartline/1-900-Love
45. Das Boot 2018 (DJ Quicksilver Remix)/Beweg Dich Baby
46. Inside Your Dreams
47. We Call It Love/Jesuis Selected/Night In Motion/Angels
48. Light Up My Life
49. Follow The Sun
50. Rhythm Of Life
51. Lost Paradise/Follow The Sun
52. Seven Wonders/Blood Of Rose
53. Das Boot /Venus In Chains
54. Try
55. Sporty Animal/Das Boot (Andre Visior Remix)/Are You Ready
56. Underwater/Venus In Chains
57. Venus In Chains
58. Joy
59. Feel Like A Drum/Human Cosmic
60. Jack
61. Quo Vadis
62. Das Boot 2001
63. Movin'/Jack
64. Boot II/Love Religion
65. A Night To Remember/Love Generation
66. Love Generation/Ist Das Mein Leben
67. Young Girls
68. Heaven/Life In Paradise
69. Heaven/Explain The Universe
70. Club Bizarre
71. If Looks Could Kill/Club Bizarre
72. Love Religion/Blood Of Rose/Try/Inside Your Dreams


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