U96

The history of U96 is that of a highly successful career, starting in 1990 with the band’s foundation by Ingo Hauss, Hayo Lewerentz, their former production partner Helmut Hoinkis and DJ Alex Christensen. Only one year later, U96 landed a major hit with their version of the title track of the box office success ‘Das Boot’ (13 weeks at no. 1 in Germany), followed by the same- named debut album which immediately went gold and topped the German album charts. Its successor "Replugged" with its slightly more experimental style, inspired by electro pop as well as ambient and disco sound, corroborated its predecessor’s success a mere twelve months later, clocking up two more top 10 hits, namely the dance tracks ‘Love Sees No Colour’ and ‘Night In Motion’, as well as producing forerunners of the impending