Kruger, Berger and Kazuki continue to work together after the split and during an open session in Berlin they meet Johnny Oracle who joins the regular line-up. Old tensions are however still present and Oracle suggests that Berger and Kruger each take a side of the tape for their songs/compositions. This allows Kruger to let looser than previously and Berger to expand his sonic palette and refine his song craft. Tote Wie Neptun is, purely by coincidence, released almost simultaneously to Van Baelen's Überblicken/Überzeugen in January 1979.