At the same time as that the Ambeon album was re-released, Lucassen was already busy composing and recording his next project. On 23 April 2012, Lucassen released "Lost in the New Real", his first solo album since "Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy" 18 years before. On this album Lucassen sang all leading vocals, wrote all lyrics and played almost all instruments. Also, he asked the Dutch actor Rutger Hauer to provide narration between the tracks, similar to as he had done on "Into The Electric Castle". Artwork for this album was done by Claudio Bergamin.