Worlds Unseen

Worlds Unseen was a deeply personal album for me, exploring thoughts and emotions through themes of relationships, cultural differences, burnout, loss, and self-reflection. It was a way to integrate, process, and document my time living and working in the Bay Area, from 2018 to 2024.

The first idea that popped into my brain was something picturesque of people arriving on a new planet or world. And later I thought of adding a spaceship, which is the name of the opening track, that could transport people to different, inner, worlds.

One exploration was to use Supervised’s first album cover as the texture for the Spaceship. When trying on a few obvious shapes, I realized that having a gigantic eye could (would?) look visually interesting and somewhat fun.

Still, I wanted (needed!?) to have people in the image. I wondered about different kinds of helmets, which reminded me too much of Daft Punk’s cover (not necessarily a bad thing!). Adding a lot of people in the scene started to become too crowded… Eventually, I explored replacing heads and helmets with a single eye and that felt like the right choice. Kind of like 'looking at the one who looks’ meditation prompt.

One of the Eye'd-head bodies (should I call it a person?) is touching another's eye. That created an interesting way of adding a bit of fun-discomfort (depending on how you see it) to the scene, and visually breaking the uniformity, giving it a focal point. Additionally, I chose to include nine Eye’d-head bodies, which represent the number of songs in the album.

Worlds Unseen

It was never clear, until the last minute what would I name this album. The clear point was that all songs were very, very personal. And as I started to listen to them, the idea of it being a kind of journaling exercise became evident.

Since journaling is a key strategy in meditation (at least for me), ideas like “Through the Eyes” or “The Looker” started to emerge. These didn't feel right yet. I started to wonder about “New Worlds” which felt non creative and obvious, however to the point. While playing with words, ‘Worlds Unseen’ emerged.