The release garnered much critical praise and helped to build expectations for the new release. Before releasing the album, now officially named Maestro, Kaizers released an EP with the same name, featuring the single, the album track "På ditt skift" and two B-sides: "D-dagen" and "Sorti", as well as the "Maestro" video. A video for "Maestro" was also recorded in Germany. Some fans claims the track was "popped" after pressure from Universal, but Ottesen has never agreed with that statement. The first single, "Maestro", was changed from its original version to a more hit-friendly style. "Medisin og psykiatri" was eventually scrapped from both set lists and the album.
The event was broadcast on the German radio station 1LIVE. Later in 2004, two more new songs, "Delikatessen" and "Maestro", were played at a German musical event called Eine Nacht in Bochum. Also, the song "Tokyo Ice til Clementine" was played once at an acoustic session for the Dutch Pinkpop Festival. On 27 February 2004, during a concert at the Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, a new song called "Medisin og psykiatri" was played. They eventually landed a contract with Universal Germany. In January 2004, a 30-track demo was recorded, which the band pitched to various record labels. The song is about a man who willingly commits himself to a mental asylum, which set the tone for the overall theme of the album. The first song that was written for the then-untitled third album, "Dieter Meyers Inst.", frontman Janove Ottesen wrote on the pump organ in Café Mono, Oslo.
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