The German techno label BOY Records returns to vinyl through “Timeless Technology 2 (1989-1993)“, a limited 4LP box set compiled by the Spanish reissue label Mecanica, out on 31 July 2026. The set gathers 24 tracks from the label’s 1989-1993 catalogue and follows the first “Timeless Technology” volume; a digital edition is already available on Bandcamp.

Inside BOY Records’ ‘Timeless Technology 2’ box set

The 4LP set presses at 33rpm in a reverse-board printed gatefold sleeve with a BOY Records logo sticker, in an edition limited to 700 copies. Where the first volume drew on the label’s formative years and its early tekkno traxx, “Timeless Technology 2” extends the span to 1993 and takes in harder techno rhythms, acid-infused productions and early European trance. Mecanica describes the second chapter as one that “delves even deeper into the catalogue of one of Germany’s most influential independent techno labels.”

The 24 tracks pull together material from New Scene, Time Modem, Absurd, Sonic System, “O”, Cybex Factor, Hypnopedia, Secret Society, Structure, Dark A.T.8 and others, spanning overlooked singles and remixes from the period. Mecanica is issuing the box alongside a remastered reissue of the first volume, “Timeless Technology 1988-1991”, pressed in a limited run of 500 copies and also dated 31 July 2026.

About BOY Records

BOY Records was founded by Michael Zosel in 1988 and became one of Germany’s early independent techno labels. Zosel worked closely with producer Arno Müller, whose partnership shaped the label’s sound, and the imprint was distributed through ZYX Music before Zosel set up the parent company Future Sound Productions in 1992. Its breakthrough came with Absurd’s “Brian”, the first techno release on the label, followed by singles from Hypnopedia and New Scene and, in 1990, Deep Thought’s “Kennedy”. The roster grew to include Time Modem, “O”, Cybex Factor, Sonic System and Structure.

Mecanica has revisited the label’s roster before: in 2023 it reissued New Scene’s only album on the double vinyl “Waves”, the project Arno Müller ran with Markus Barth. The Spanish label has built a catalogue of vintage electronic reissues, from Mecanica editions of Absolute Body Control and Vomito Negro to the “Timeless Technology” series, which now extends the BOY Records reissue campaign into the label’s 1989-1993 material.

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