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''Lost in the New Real'' (also referred to as ''Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Lost in the New Real'') is the second solo studio album by Dutch songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen. It is Lucassen's first solo album since ''Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy'' released 18 years ago under the name Anthony, before he reached fame with his progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. He sang lead vocals for the first time since the first album, and played most of the instruments himself including all guitars, bass and keyboards. As with Ayreon, it is a concept album. It follows the story of Mr. L (voiced by Lucassen), a modern-day man revived in a distant future where everything has changed. According to Lucassen, the story is "basically a separate story" but is indirectly related to Ayreon; the cover art includes the Dream Sequencer from the Ayreon album ''Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer'' and the character of Mr. L already appeared in the Ayreon song "The Truth is in Here" (from ''01011001'').〔 The album also features Dutch actor and Golden Globe-winner Rutger Hauer as Mr. L’s appointed psychological advisor, Voight-Kampff, in reference to the eponymous fictional polygraph-like device in ''Blade Runner'', in which Hauer played.〔 Music videos were released for "Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin" and "E-police". Lucassen also released a music video for "Lost in the New Real", which also acts practically as an introduction to the album. == Plot == The story of follows Mr. L, a twenty-first century man who was cryopreserved at the moment of clinical death from a terminal disease. The album begins as Mr. L is being revived at a point in the distant future, when technology has advanced enough to cure his disease. Mr. L finds himself in a world that has drastically changed — to the point that the line between what’s real and what’s not is no longer clear. Mr. L’s appointed psychological advisor, Voight-Kampff (Hauer), is tasked with helping him emotionally adapt to this strange new world. The listener follows Mr. L’s emotional journey as he is confronted with both serious and comical aspects of the “New Real”, and desperately tries to decide if he can find a meaningful place within it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lost in the new Real page )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lost in the New Real」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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