Dimensional People
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Drowned in Sound | 6/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10 |
Dimensional People is the eleventh studio album by German electronica group Mouse on Mars. The 2018 album aims to be one orchestra piece letting musicians express freely instrumentally or vocally and features more than 50 collaborators including Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner, Spank Rock and Zach Condon of Beirut.
Most of the album was recorded in 2017 in the studio April Base in Wisconsin.
Release
Mouse on Mars debuted Dimensional People at an academic conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in March 2018 and released the album via Thrill Jockey on 13 April 2018 on CD and vinyl. The first single off the album, released in January, was "Dimensional People III", featuring Justin Vernon.
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Dimensional People received an average score of 71% based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| The Quietus | The Quietus' Top 100 Albums of 2018 | 34 |
Live performances
August 24, 2018 - Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany
February 9th 2019 - Musica nova, Helsinki, Finland with Moritz Simon Geist and Tyondai Braxton
October. 2019 - 43. Leipziger Jazztage, Leipzig, Germany
Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dimensional People Part I" | 4:00 | |
| 2. | "Dimensional People Part II" | 4:56 | |
| 3. | "Dimensional People Part III" | 3:48 | |
| 4. | "Foul Mouth" | Amanda Blank, Toma, St. Werner | 3:10 |
| 5. | "Aviation" | Amanda Blank, Spank Rock, Toma, St. Werner | 1:56 |
| 6. | "Parliament of Aliens Part I" | Sam Amidon, Toma, St. Werner | 4:39 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Daylight" | Eric D. Clarke, Toma, St. Werner | 5:45 |
| 8. | "Tear to My Eye" | Eric D. Clarke, Toma, St. Werner | 2:17 |
| 9. | "Parliament of Aliens Part II" | 4:27 | |
| 10. | "Parliament of Aliens Part III" | 0:33 | |
| 11. | "Resumé" | Swamp Dogg, Toma, St. Werner | 5:02 |
| 12. | "Sidney in a Cup" | Zach Condon, Lola Ridge, Toma, St. Werner | 3:13 |
Personnel
| Sam Amidon – violin, voices Michelberger Bar – ambience JT Bates – drums Amanda Blank – voices Helen Bledsoe – flute Michinori Bunya – double bass C.J. Camerieri – trumpet Christine Chapman – French horn Eric D. Clarke – piano, voices Bruce Collings – trombone Zach Condon – engineering, voices Phil Cooks – banjo Aaron Dessner – guitar Bryce Dessner – guitar, string arrangements DJ Delish – DJ April Base Frogs – ambience Matti Gajek – electronics Moritz Simon Geist – electronic accordion Sam Greens – engineer Trever Hagen – trumpet Lisa Hannigan – voices Patrick Hetherington – guitar, voices Noah Hill – voices Azar Kazimir – art direction | Benjamin Kobler – piano Max Köhrich – mastering Ben Lanz – trombone Ben Lester – pedal steel Mike Lewis – saxophone Dirk Leyers – engineer Matthew McCaughan – percussion Michael Rauter – cello Rob Moose – violin Zach Morgan – engineer Nathan Plante – trumpet Melvyn Poore – tuba Axel Porath – viola Dirk Rothbrust – percussion Anatole Serret – voices Spank Rock – vocals Louie Swain – piano, voices Swamp Dogg – voices Andi Toma – bass, drums, electronics, guitar, piano, processing Justin Vernon – guitar, voices Hannah Weirich – violin Jan St. Werner – electronics, harmonica, piano, processing, voices Dirk Wietheger – continuo violoncello |