U96
U96 | |
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Origin | Ingo Hauss Hayo Lewerentz |
Past members | Alex Christensen Stefan Hafelinger Helmut Hoinkis Skadi Lange Dorothy Lapi |
Website | u96-official |
U96 is a German musical project formed by
History
Das Boot: 1991–1992
The name of the project comes from the film
Replugged: 1993
The band's next album, Replugged (1993), was inspired by the
Club Bizarre: 1994–1995
The follow-up album, Club Bizarre (1995), radically changed the group's sound. It was dominated by a fast-paced
Heaven: 1996
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.
Hiatus, Reboot: 1997–present
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.[3]
Helmut Hoinkis died on 19 February 2021.[citation needed]
Band members
Current
- Ingo Hauss(aka Bela Lagonda)
- Hayo Lewerentz (aka Harry Castioni / Hayo Panarinfo)
Past
- Helmut Hoinkis (aka Jeff Wycombe)
- Alex Christensen (aka AC 16, AC Beat, Alex C.)
- Stefan Hafelinger
- Skadi Lange
- Dorothy Lapi
Discography
Albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications
| ||||||
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GER
[4] |
AUT [5] |
FIN
[6] |
NED
[7] |
NOR [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] | |||
Das Boot |
|
11 | 5 | 19 | — | — | 26 | 9 |
|
Replugged |
|
21 | 5 | 22 | — | — | 33 | 18 | |
Club Bizarre |
|
22 | 23 | 9 | 24 | — | 19 | 37 | |
Heaven |
|
30 | 19 | 20 | 77 | 35 | 22 | 23 | |
Best of 1991–2001 |
|
34 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Out of Wilhelmsburg |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
The Dark Matter |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Reboot |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Transhuman |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
20.000 Meilen Unter dem Meer |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GER
[12] |
AUT [13] |
BEL [14] |
FIN
[15] |
FRA
[16] |
NED
[17] |
NOR [18] |
SWE [19] |
SWI [20] |
UK
[21] | |||||
1991 | "Das Boot" | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
|
Das Boot | |
1992 | "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" | 4 | 6 | — | 18 | 40 | — | 32 | 3 | — | ||||
"Come 2gether/Der Kommandant" | 38 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Ambient Underworld" | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1993 | "Love Sees No Colour" | 6 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 20 | 17 | — | 4 | 4 | — | Replugged | ||
"Love Sees No Colour" (remix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | ||||
"Night in Motion" | 9 | 7 | 50 | 7 | 29 | 38 | — | 10 | 18 | 134 | ||||
1994 | "Inside Your Dreams" | 12 | 10 | — | 1 | — | 24 | — | 19 | 9 | 44 | Non-album single | ||
"Love Religion" | 5 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 10 | — | 2 | 10 | — |
|
Club Bizarre | ||
"Love Religion" (remix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | ||||
1995 | "Club Bizarre" | 19 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 44 | 12 | — | 16 | 32 | 70 | |||
"Movin'" | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Boot II" | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | ||||
1996 | "Heaven" | 4 | 2 | — | 7 | — | 15 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 87 |
|
Heaven | |
"A Night to Remember" | 25 | 18 | — | 11 | — | — | — | 37 | 44 | — | ||||
"Venus in Chains" | 75 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | ||||
1997 | "Seven Wonders" | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | Non-album single | ||
1998 | "Energie" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Beweg dich Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2001 | "Das Boot 2001" | 16 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | |||
2003 | "We Call It Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2006 | "Vorbei" (featuring Ben) | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Mr. DJ Put on the Red Light" (featuring Das Bo) |
77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2020 | "Let Yourself Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2021 | "Das Boot (V2)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2023 | "Dance Hall Days" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ^ "U96 nehmen einen erneuten Anlauf, auch ohne Alex Christensen erfolgreich zu sein". 3 July 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "U96 & WOLFGANG FLÜR - Transhuman". electricityclub.co.uk. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "German Albums". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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- ISBN 9789511210535.
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- ^ "Swiss Albums". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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- ISBN 9789511210535.
- ^ "French Singles". The Official Charts Company UK. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Dutch Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Norwegian Singles". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Swedish Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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- ^ "UK Singles". The Official Charts Company UK. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Austrian Certifications". Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ a b "German Certifications". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2016.