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2018 studio album by Mouse on Mars
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 .
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Most of the album was recorded in 2017 in the studio April Base in Wisconsin.
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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.
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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".
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Accolades
Live performances
August 24, 2018 -
Elbphilharmonie , Hamburg, Germany
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[11]
Feb 9th 2019 Musica nova, Helsinki, Finland with
Moritz Simon Geist and
Tyondai Braxton
Oct. 2019 - 43.
Leipziger Jazztage , Leipzig, Germany
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Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, except where noted.
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Side one Title Writer(s) 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 Title Writer(s) 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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Pitchfork . Retrieved June 16, 2018 .
^ Yoo, Noah (12 January 2018).
"Mouse on Mars Announce New Album With Bon Iver, the National, More" . Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 June 2018 .
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^ 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 .
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"Mouse on Mars Dimensional People" . Thrill Jockey. Retrieved 16 June 2018 .
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"Mouse On Mars – "Dimensional People Part III" (Feat. Justin Vernon)" . Stereogum . Retrieved 2018-06-16 .
^ Turner, Luke (December 25, 2018).
"The Quietus Albums of 2018" .
The Quietus . Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
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"Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People (in Kooperation mit Elbphilharmonie Sommer)" . Theater Kampnagel Hamburg . Retrieved 2021-09-29 .
^ Wick, Holger (2018-10-02).
"Mouse on Mars live in der Elbphilharmonie Hamburg" . Sense Music & Media GmbH (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-29 .
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"Jazz & Chanson Konzerte: Leipziger Jazztage: Zukunftsmusik, Leipzig | prinz.de" . PRINZ (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-29 .
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