U96 Das Boot Page

By 1990, the Berlin Wall had fallen, and German reunification was igniting a cultural explosion. The underground club scene in cities like Hamburg and Berlin was hungry for something new. House music from Chicago and Techno from Detroit had crossed the Atlantic, but German producers were searching for a distinctly German identity in electronic music.

Statistically, serving on a U-boat was one of the most dangerous roles in WWII, with staggering loss rates. Remarkably, U-96 suffered no fatalities among its crew throughout its entire frontline career. u96 das boot

Alex Christensen continued producing music, working with pop stars like Natasha Thomas and forming the classical-electronic crossover project Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra . In 2017, he released a full orchestral version of Das Boot , finally fulfilling the track’s latent symphonic ambitions. By 1990, the Berlin Wall had fallen, and