“Visaplanet (Original Theme)” was released worldwide on all platforms on August 20, 2026.

The album *Visaplanet*, released on October 23, 2015, and produced by Brandon Albers from Canada, was not simply a “remix” album; it was also released on CD at the time. I actually composed *Visaplanet (Original Theme)* back in 2009. I wrote the piece in three days and then worked on it intermittently for many years.

Everything you hear in it is my own work—the vocals, the instruments, and the production. It was no easy task. Every artist knows how difficult it is to do everything alone. I believe that is the only way to develop a unique style and discover what you are truly capable of.

Many artists, especially bands, collaborate with various producers and musicians, meaning you can never really claim to have created something entirely on your own. Give me a famous producer, and I’ll have a number-one hit!

Many listeners assume that the musician or artist is solely responsible for a song that becomes a hit. That isn’t true. If you dig a little deeper, you’ll find that many people are usually involved. The same applies to actors in a film; so many factors come into play. Ultimately, the artist who receives the most fame and recognition knows deep down that they didn’t truly earn it entirely on their own. At the very least, when lying in bed at night, they may think to themselves: *If only people knew…*

So, everything you hear on “Visaplanet (Original Theme)” is my work. I’m also satisfied with the production. The sound isn’t mixed to be excessively loud. I find that modern productions are often simply too loud, causing the nuances to get lost quickly.

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, more care was taken with volume levels, and most productions sounded more organic and natural. Of course, you can always turn up the volume on your stereo system—in my opinion, that’s really all you need.

Many albums are being “remastered” these days, and you can clearly hear how the sound has been pushed to a higher volume, sometimes distorting its natural quality. Also, many people don’t listen to music properly or with full awareness. A high-quality production is one where you can hear sounds playfully shifting between the right and left ears. This creates a wonderful listening experience by engaging both sides of the brain. Everything has to be finely balanced. You can really experience this with “Visaplanet (Original Theme).” It is best listened to using headphones or a high-quality sound system.

The theme of this album is the visa. In 2009, I applied for a visa at the U.S. Embassy to work there, but my application was rejected. This was during the Lehman financial crisis. At that time, entry and employment were permitted only for specific reasons.

I returned home and reflected on the whole visa situation. In the meantime, I gathered additional documentation, and a month later, I was granted entry after all because my employer had deemed my work essential. After receiving my visa, I composed the album in three days, fueled by sheer joy.

The cover shows “GOCE,” the spacecraft that measured Earth’s gravity and determined that our planet actually has a potato-like shape, with many dents and irregularities.

The lyrics aren’t focused solely on my personal visa situation; they are more general in nature and can be interpreted in the context of many different themes. As for the intensity of the music, I didn’t actually perceive the visa rejection as being quite that dramatic. As I said, the focus is more general. Why have we established borders on this planet, where other people decide where we are allowed to go?

I will attempt to describe the individual songs in detail:

1. “Complicated Truth” deals with the fact that the truth surrounding not receiving a visa was complicated. This composition is perfect as an introduction, both in terms of sound and instrumentation. The lyrics include: “Muscle in Pain – Life is Insane – Hit in your Face – Falling down days.”

2. “Weep to Week” deals with the fact that, week after week, I had to struggle in order to reach my goal step by step. The composition is very well crafted—heavy, deep, and melancholic.

3. “Hit the Cruxes” is my favorite song. It is a composition full of ups and downs from beginning to end, and it is challenging to sing. The song is about outsmarting the enemy with all one’s strength and solving the problem. This composition holds a special place in my heart.

4. “Vagabond Focus” is a very calm, powerful, and mysterious song. It explores what happens when you lose your focus.

5. “Three Days in Light” highlights my success after finally receiving my visa. I celebrated for three days while writing this album. The chorus says: “Everything is fine – I am in the Light – I can celebrate – Three Days in Light.”

6. “Visaplanet” is a fundamental song that describes the album’s theme perfectly. The lyrics include: “Visaplanet is what we did – Who can decide it? Are the decisions always right? You are not allowed to cross – Because of a difficult face!” The music is powerful and thrives on its highs and lows.

7. “Worldspace Scrap” is about the space debris we are accumulating in orbit—junk that may one day fall back to Earth. The composition has a distinct science-fiction feel. The lyrics include: “Satellites – Old information machines – Satellites without a plan – Now, we collect – Scrap – Worldspace Scrap!”

8. “Odys(stuart)s(tyron)ey 2009” depicts the ordeal I had to go through to finally secure my visa. The music is brilliantly driven and powerful. The vocals are free, exuding optimism and determination. The track features excellent, heavy instrumentation paired with the vocals. It was not an easy production.

9. “After All Blacknights” describes the journey back to life after all those dark days. The song has a live feel and is an earworm. It was composed and recorded straight from the heart, with great joy, gratitude, humility, and passion.

10. “Swordthought” is the heaviest and final track on the album. Only through sharp thinking and total concentration can one master life’s most difficult situations and break through them. Dark power can also be useful in this regard.

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