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 SyrupCompilations
Maxi The Original Maxi-Singles Collection- ''The Drama Compilation''
Singles Boytronic
You GER No. 10Diamonds 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. 45Trigger Track '89 Hold On You Pictures Of You My Baby Lost Her Way Send Me An Angel GER No. 95Blue 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''