About Topaz

There are five bands whom share the name Topaz: 1) A Jazz-Funk group from Texas, fronted by Topaz McGarrigle 2) A female Hip Hop artist from New Zealand 3) An Electronic Dream/Chillwave artist from Chicago 4) A Chiptune artist. 5) An AOR band from Chicago 1) Topaz (Texas) Topaz is a Jazz-Funk group from Texas. Topaz McGarrigle got his start playing saxophone on the streets of downtown Austin, TX. Topaz continued his musical aspriations in London during high school in the height of the acid-jazz scene. Topaz the moved to Washington D.C. and studied Jazz at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts. In Early 1998 Topaz McGarrigle and Mark "Tewar" Tewarson started Topaz and began recording with Eric Hilton of Theivery Corporation. His Band moved to New York City and began playing weekly shows in Manhattan. Currently Topaz is back in the studio working on a follow up to their 2001 Release The Zone. 2) Topaz (New Zealand) Topaz is a female Hip Hop artist from New Zealand. In 2009, Topaz collaborated with local producer Haz Beats and released The Gift Rapped EP. 3) Topaz (Chicago) Topaz is an Electronic Dream/Chillwave artist from Chicago. In November 2013, Topaz released it's first EP to /mu/, titled HALF AWAKE, with which positive response was received. Topaz claims this to be the result of "...workin on it forever". 4) Topaz (4) Topaz is a chiptune artist. 5) Topaz (5) Topaz was a three piece AOR group from Chicago. Their only album was in 1990 titled World of Secrets