The first obstacle any researcher faces with is the lack of biographical data. Unlike mainstream acts, this group operated in near-total anonymity. Archival evidence suggests the project was a duo: a classically trained pianist from East Berlin who had defected to the West, and a self-taught synthesizer programmer who worked at a television repair shop in Düsseldorf.
Driving rhythms that hint at early metal. Topas Topas -1980-
– The repetition is not a stutter but a ritual. In linguistic terms, reduplication often signals intensification, duration, or childlike play. In the occult, chanting a name twice summons its essence. Here, "Topas" (a variant of Topaz ) – the November birthstone, a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine. In medieval lore, topaz was said to dispel enchantments and cool boiling water. But doubling it? Topas Topas suggests a spell trying to cast itself, a mirror facing another mirror. The first obstacle any researcher faces with is