U96

German techno outfit U96 produce ecstatic rave and Eurodance anthems as well as more exploratory material drawing from ambient, trance, and electro. The group's debut single, a dance remake of Klaus Doldinger's theme to the classic 1981 war film Das Boot, topped the German charts for 13 weeks in 1992. The full-length Das Boot arrived the same year, and the group remained a fixture on the European charts throughout the decade, as they released faster, more vocal-heavy material on subsequent albums like Club Bizarre (1995) and Heaven (1996). The group upgraded their sound with later releases like 2018's Reboot. Transhuman, a full-length collaboration with former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür, landed in 2020, and the group continued the nautical theme of their debut with 20.000 Meilen Unter dem Meer (2022). In another nod to the past, U96 released a cover of Wang Chung's "Dance Hall Days" in 2023.