Media Control trend chart position, co-headliner RTL Ringfest stage, Zillo mag page-one story, worldwide concerts, German alternative chart position #1, and many more big hits were achieved by Volker Lutz even before he founded German Synth-Pop Project T.O.Y. In 2001. After releasing the long awaited „Pain is Love“ album in 2017 and the addition of keyboard player Helge Wiegand (Wiegand, Diorama) the new songs were presented to audiences in Spain, Russia, Mexico, Poland and Germany to receive enthusiastic reactions in front of up to 1200 people. The Youtube and Facebook community cheers on live and backstage recordings, and a new chapter has opened for the band, to be unique in the German music scene: catchy – electronic – progressive but yet POP ! The band recently filmed two video clips in Lithuania with director Rytis Titas to present two brand-new tracks, that were recorded with musical support from Andy Treacey (Faithless), to be released in Summer 2019.