Boytronic


Boytronic is a German electropop music group. It was founded in 1983 by Holger Wobker and Peter Sawatzki in Hamburg, Germany as Kapitän Sehnsucht. The original Boytronic released two synthpop albums: The Working Model and The Continental. The record company, claiming rights to the band name, put together a completely different line-up in 1986. It was headed by Hayo Lewerentz and continued to record under the Boytronic name until the mid-1990s. In 2002, Boytronic was revived by Wobker from the original group and Panarinfo from the second incarnation. They released the albums Autotunes, Maxi and remastered editions of The Working Model and The Continental with bonus tracks. The albums were released on Hayo Lewerentz label Major Records.
Wobker teamed up with his Beachhead bandmate Hans Johm and Michael Maria Ziffels for the Dependence album. On this album the song "Forever" from The Continental album, sees its German version as "Für Immer".
The band had three charting singles in Germany. In a 1986 NME interview, Curtis Mantronik said that he had adopted his pseudonym, and the name Mantronix, from an imported recording by this group.

Group members

1982–1985

  • Bryllyant Berger
  • Peter Sawatzki-Bär
  • Klaus Stockhausen
  • Charly Schöppner
  • Klaus Dufke

    1986–1987

  • Hayo Lewerentz
  • Bela Lagonda

    1987–1993

  • Mark Wade
  • Alberto Hauss
  • Hayo Lewerentz

    1994–1995

  • Hayo Panarinfo
  • Bela Lagonda

    2002–2005

  • Holger Wobker
  • Hayo Panarinfo

    2006

  • Holger Wobker
  • Hans Johm
  • Michael Maria Ziffels

    2017

  • Hayo Lewerentz
  • Alberto Ingo Hauss
  • James Knights

    2018

  • Holger Wobker
  • James Knights

    Discography

Albums

  • The Working Model
  • The Continental
  • Love for Sale |Love for Sale
  • The Heart And The Machine
  • Autotunes |Autotunes
  • Dependence
  • Jewel
  • ''The Robot Treatment''

    Remix albums

  • Boyzclub Remixes
  • ''The Robot The Robot Treatment ''

    Re-released albums

  • The Working Model – Reverse
  • ''The Continental |The Continental''

    Unreleased albums

  • Blueberry Pancake With Maple Syrup
  • ''A Feather on the Breath of God''

    Compilations

  • Maxi
  • The Original Maxi-Singles Collection
  • ''The Drama Compilation''

    Singles Boytronic

  • You GER No. 10
  • Diamonds And Loving Arms
  • You
  • Man In A Uniform
  • Hold On
  • Late Night Satellite
  • Hurts
  • You
  • Bryllyant
  • I Will Survive
  • Tears
  • Don't Let me Down GER No. 45
  • Trigger Track '89
  • Hold On
  • You
  • Pictures Of You
  • My Baby Lost Her Way
  • Send Me An Angel GER No. 95
  • Blue Velvet
  • Living Without You 1
  • Living Without You 2
  • Time After Midnight
  • ''All You Can Eat''

    As KAMERATA - Holger Wobker, Ralf Martens

Album

  • ''Lovers & Other Strangers''

    Singles

  • Charlotte
  • Heroin
  • ''Horseback''

    As BEACHHEAD- Holger Wobker, Hans Johm

  • ''Drowning Tonight''