the album is a result of the release of the single first single "calabria 2008". johannes torpe got permission to remix rune rk's 2003 instrumental hit song "calabria". the remix received an overwhelming amount of attention and peaked at #9 in france, #3 in canada, 3# in portugal, and #17 in the u.s. and appeared in a commercial for the u.s. mass merchandise retailer target. the brothers decided to create an album that initially is only distributed in the u.s. and canada.