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U96 is a German musical project formed by DJ and producer Alex Christensen,

History

Das Boot: 1991–1992

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.

Helmut Hoinkis died on 19 February 2021. Ingo Hauss died on 21 October 2025.

Band members

Current

Hayo Lewerentz (aka Harry Castioni / Hayo Panarinfo)

Past

Ingo Hauss (aka Bela Lagonda)
Helmut Hoinkis (aka Jeff Wycombe)
Alex Christensen (aka AC 16, AC Beat, Alex C.)
Stefan Hafelinger
Skadi Lange
Dorothy Lapi

Discography

Albums

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="7" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Certifications

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | GER

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUT

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FIN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NED

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NOR

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWI

! scope="row" | Das Boot

Released: March 1992
Label: Polydor
Category: Studio album

| 11

| 5

| 19

| —

| 26

| 9

SWI: Gold

! scope="row" | Replugged

Released: June 1993
Label: Urban
Category: Studio album

| 21

| 5

| 22

| —

| 33

| 18

! scope="row" | Club Bizarre

Released: March 1995
Label: Polydor
Category: Studio album

| 22

| 23

| 9

| 24

| —

| 19

| 37

! scope="row" | Heaven

Released: June 1996
Label: Motor Music
Category: Studio album

| 30

| 19

| 20

| 77

| 35

| 22

| 23

! scope="row" | Best of 1991–2001

Released: May 2000
Label: Urban
Category: Compilation

| 34

| 36

| —

! scope="row" | Out of Wilhelmsburg

Released: March 2007
Label: Centaurus Records
Category: Studio album

| —

! scope="row" | The Dark Matter

Released: 4 December 2015
Label: UNLTD Recordings
Category: EP

| —

! scope="row" | Reboot

Released: June 2018
Label: UNLTD Recordings
Category: Studio album

| —

! scope="row" | Transhuman

Released: September 2020
Label: UNLTD Recordings
Category: Studio album

| —

! scope="row" | 20.000 Meilen Unter dem Meer

Released: September 2022
Label: Motor Entertainment (Edel)
Category: Studio album

| —

|align="center" colspan="10" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

{|class="wikitable"

!rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title

!colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

!rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications

!rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"|Album

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| BEL

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FIN

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NED

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NOR

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWE

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK

| 1991

| "Das Boot"

|align="center"| 1

|align="center"| 11

|align="center"| 9

|align="center" rowspan="2"| 9

|align="center"| 3

|align="center"| 1

|align="center"| 5

|align="center"| 1

|align="center"| 18

AUT: Gold

| align="left" rowspan="4"| Das Boot

| rowspan="3" | 1992

| "I Wanna Be a Kennedy"

|align="center"| 4

|align="center"| 6

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 18

|align="center"| 40

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 32

|align="center"| 3

|align="center"| 77

| "Come 2gether/Der Kommandant"

|align="center"| 38

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 9

|align="center"| —

| "Ambient Underworld"

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 36

|align="center"| —

| rowspan="3" | 1993

| "Love Sees No Colour"

|align="center"| 6

|align="center"| 3

|align="center"| 39

|align="center"| 4

|align="center"| 20

|align="center"| 17

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 4

|align="center"| 84

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Replugged

| "Love Sees No Colour" (remix)

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 38

|align="center"| —

| "Night in Motion"

|align="center"| 9

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| 50

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| 29

|align="center"| 38

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 10

|align="center"| 18

|align="center"| 134

| rowspan="3" | 1994

| "Inside Your Dreams"

|align="center"| 12

|align="center"| 10

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 1

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 24

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 19

|align="center"| 9

|align="center"| 44

| "Love Religion"

|align="center"| 5

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| 27

|align="center"| 2

|align="center"| 15

|align="center"| 10

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 2

|align="center"| 10

|align="center"| —

GER: Gold

| align="left" rowspan="5"| Club Bizarre

| "Love Religion" (remix)

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 23

|align="center"| —

| rowspan="3" | 1995

| "Club Bizarre"

|align="center"| 19

|align="center"| 14

|align="center"| 37

|align="center"| 1

|align="center"| 44

|align="center"| 12

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 16

|align="center"| 32

|align="center"| 70

| "Movin'"

|align="center"| 91

|align="center"| —

| "Boot II"

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 10

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 53

|align="center"| —

| rowspan="3" | 1996

| "Heaven"

|align="center"| 4

|align="center"| 2

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 15

|align="center"| 5

|align="center"| 16

|align="center"| 87

GER: Gold