Boytronic was an electro pop trio formed by accident in Hamburg, Germany in 1983. The original name of the act was Kapitän Sehnsucht (Captain Desire) and in the early days they provided the soundtrack to live sex shows at clubs in Hamburg. Eventually they recorded a demo and sent it out to record labels and were picked up by Mercury Records.

They released their debut ‘The Working Model’ but it didn’t fare to well in the charts until Kim Wilde canceled a live performance & the boys were given her slot. They performed their track ‘You’ which was the single off the album & it became an overnight success.

In 1984 they released a 12inch titled ‘Diamonds & Loving Arms’ & later that same year another 12 inch maxi titled ‘Man In A Uniform’. Being a massive Gang Of Four fan, Boytronic’s ‘Man In Uniform’ is my favorite track theirs. It is by no means a cover of GOF’s song but there are many similarities.

Boytronic - “You” (mp3)

Boytronic - “Man In A Uniform” (mp3)

All of the original members lasted until they began work on their second full length, but two couldn’t stand the pressure put on them by the label to be a super moneymaker & left the band. By 1988 all original members of Boytronic had quit & the label replaced them all & the second incarnation of Boytronic released a series of records between 1988 & 1995. All was quiet on the Boytronic front for a while, then in ‘02 one of the original members & a member from the second edition of Boytronic got together and began creating music again & still do to this day.

The last album all of the original members worked on titled ‘Continental’ goes for a 100 dollars on Gemm or you can buy a re-release import from Amazon.

Check out youtube for some entertaining Boytonic videos.

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