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Hamburg, Germany (1991 – present)
U96 is a dance music project formed by German producers Alex Christensen, Alberto Ingo Hauss, Helmut Hoinkis, and Hayo Panarinfo, known for numerous 1990s Eurodance classics.
The name comes from the well-known movie Das Boot about the German submarine U 96 from the Second World War. The project’s first hit Das Boot (1991) is a techno remake of the film’s title melody, which had been originally composed by Klaus Doldinger. An album of the same name was also number one in the German charts. This album paved the way for the commercial breakthrough of techno and house artists in Germany.
The experimental follow-up album ‘Replugged’ was released in 1993, and saw the group embracing the sound of 1980s electropop, ambient sounds and disco, and was likewise commercially successful despite not being necessarily original. It contained top 10 hits such as Love Sees No Colour and Night in Motion, both of which possessed strong 1980s techno-pop melodies in the vein of groups such as the Pet Shop Boys and New Order. In addition, calmer titles such as The One Russian and Without You, could be regarded as forerunners of what is now known as trip-hop.
The third album Club Bizarre was released in 1995 and indicated another change in sound. Club Bizarre mixed the techno-pop influence with fast Euro trance-like sounds throughout the majority of the album. The hit singles from the album were the piano-led Love religion (featuring vocalist Daisy Dee), the title track Club Bizarre with “classical” harmonies (which was reused later by Brooklyn Bounce) and the rave-influenced Movin’.
The name comes from the well-known movie Das Boot about the German submarine U 96 from the Second World War. The project’s first hit Das Boot (1991) is a techno remake of the film’s title melody, which had been originally composed by Klaus Doldinger. An album of the same name was also number one in the German charts. This album paved the way for the commercial breakthrough of techno and house artists in Germany.
The experimental follow-up album ‘Replugged’ was released in 1993, and saw the group embracing the sound of 1980s electropop, ambient sounds and disco, and was likewise commercially successful despite not being necessarily original. It contained top 10 hits such as Love Sees No Colour and Night in Motion, both of which possessed strong 1980s techno-pop melodies in the vein of groups such as the Pet Shop Boys and New Order. In addition, calmer titles such as The One Russian and Without You, could be regarded as forerunners of what is now known as trip-hop.
The third album Club Bizarre was released in 1995 and indicated another change in sound. Club Bizarre mixed the techno-pop influence with fast Euro trance-like sounds throughout the majority of the album. The hit singles from the album were the piano-led Love religion (featuring vocalist Daisy Dee), the title track Club Bizarre with “classical” harmonies (which was reused later by Brooklyn Bounce) and the rave-influenced Movin’.
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Eris-42 wrote:
skalberg242: Interesting, probably the US-version: http://www.discogs.com/U96-Das-Boot/release/850516
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BortinQuente wrote:
Any news about Potemkin project ?
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skalberg242 wrote:
I always thought track 6 on the Das Boot album was called "I wanna be in Tennessee" and not "I wanna be a Kennedy", at least that's what I can read on my Das Boot cd. Misprint?
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alekmystery wrote:
U 96 das bot techno and radio Edit 2001 best muziek evercool
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Adamir82 wrote:
Love sees no colour !! [2]
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groovez0ne wrote:
Ja, ja, natürlich !!! Das Boot - мой любимый альбом всех времен. Согласен 100%. Greetings from Russia.
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Technologics wrote:
Das boot - my absolute top favorite album of all times. I've had this audio tape since i remember.. i might been like 8 years old or so :). Greetings from Slovakia.
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grimel0rd wrote:
i wanna be a kennedy!
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rusty_ronin wrote:
music without the idea the simple music [2]
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Herky1975 wrote:
Fluten , schneller ....................
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Sanakan_ wrote:
Energie! =))
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SilentPoet82 wrote:
Call it love, call it sin... where the crazy people meet on the street.
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Verticis_Puer wrote:
Love sees no colour !!
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Fusman wrote:
SYSTEM ACTIVATED! \m/
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straygod wrote:
music without the idea the simple music
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OCCID wrote:
wunderbar
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TheJove wrote:
Perfect.
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Marksen82 wrote:
Wandel der Zeit. Wie heißt es immer so schön: Damals war alles besser :-)
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Caeshijque wrote:
was ist nur aus christensen geworden ? wie kann jemand, der das boot in so ein cooles dance-gewand gepackt hat nur so eine scheiße produzieren ? -.-
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Rotenasenmaus wrote:
Ich liebe dieses Lied! Voll geil! Toll! Super! Genial! Affen Titten Geil :-)! ! ! ! ! ! !
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