Released in 1994 on Mute Records, Moby’s “Feeling So Real” captures the raw excitement of early electronic dance music. WestBam’s remix channels that energy into the German rave and techno scene, combining driving rhythms, restless momentum and unmistakable old-school intensity.
Rather than representing the melodic sound of late-1990s golden-era Trance, the remix captures an earlier chapter of electronic music history—one that helped create the environment from which the genre developed. More rave than conventional Trance, it represents the musical crossover that helped shape Europe’s emerging club culture before the golden era of Trance.
The remix reflects a period when European club music was evolving rapidly and the boundaries between techno, rave and emerging Trance were still fluid. WestBam’s energetic approach helped place Moby’s original composition within that distinctive dancefloor culture.
More than three decades later, its legacy came full circle when WestBam joined Moby to perform the remix live in Dresden in August 2026.
Artist: Moby (Richard Melville Hall), Westbam (Klaus Jankuhn, Maximilian Lenz)
Title: Feeling So Real (Westbam Remix)
Release Year: 1999
