Dimensional People

Dimensional People is 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.^[4]

Dimensional People
Studio album by Mouse on Mars
Released	April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13)
Recorded	2016–2017
Studio	April Base Wisconsin Overload Michelberger, Berlin Paraverse 4, Berlin
Genre	Electronic experimental footwork nu jazz electroacoustic 21st-century classical glitch wonky
Length	43:46
Label	Thrill Jockey
Producer	Jan St. Werner, Andi Toma
Mouse on Mars chronology
21 Again (2014) Dimensional People (2018) AAI (album) (2021)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	6/10^[2]
Pitchfork	7.6/10^[3]

Most of the album was recorded in 2017 in the studio April Base in Wisconsin.^[5]

Release

Mouse on Mars debuted Dimensional People at an academic conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in March 2018^[6] and released the album via Thrill Jockey on 13 April 2018 on CD and vinyl.^[7] The first single off the album, released in January, was "Dimensional People III", featuring Justin Vernon.^[8]

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".^[1]

Accolades

Accolades for Dimensional People

Publication	Accolade	Rank
The Quietus	The Quietus' Top 100 Albums of 2018	34^[9]

Live performances

August 24, 2018 - Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany^[10][11]

Feb 9th 2019 Musica nova, Helsinki, Finland with Moritz Simon Geist and Tyondai Braxton

Oct. 2019 - 43. Leipziger Jazztage, Leipzig, Germany^[12]

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, except where noted.^[13]

Side one

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

Side two

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

References

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2. Conor, McCaffrey. . Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
3. Richardson, Mark (April 18, 2018). "Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
4. Yoo, Noah (12 January 2018). "Mouse on Mars Announce New Album With Bon Iver, the National, More". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
5. Mouse on Mars unveil Dimensional People album (EB.TV Documentary), retrieved 2021-09-29
6. Pareles, Jon (March 12, 2018). "Mouse on Mars at M.I.T.: A Symposium Becomes a Dance Party". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
7. "Mouse on Mars Dimensional People". Thrill Jockey. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
8. Breihan, Tom (2018-01-17). "Mouse On Mars – "Dimensional People Part III" (Feat. Justin Vernon)". Stereogum. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
9. Turner, Luke (December 25, 2018). "The Quietus Albums of 2018". The Quietus. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
10. Hamburg, Theater Kampnagel. "Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People (in Kooperation mit Elbphilharmonie Sommer)". Theater Kampnagel Hamburg. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
11. Wick, Holger (2018-10-02). "Mouse on Mars live in der Elbphilharmonie Hamburg". Sense Music & Media GmbH (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-29.
12. "Jazz & Chanson Konzerte: Leipziger Jazztage: Zukunftsmusik, Leipzig | prinz.de". PRINZ (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-29.
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