Dimensional People Explained
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.[1]
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[2] and released the album via Thrill Jockey on 13 April 2018 on CD and vinyl.[3] The first single off the album, released in January, was "Dimensional People III", featuring Justin Vernon.[4]
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".[5]
Accolades
Live performances
August 24, 2018 - Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany[6] [7]
Feb 9th 2019 Musica nova, Helsinki, Finland with Moritz Simon Geist and Tyondai Braxton
Oct. 2019 - 43. Leipziger Jazztage, Leipzig, Germany[8]
Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, except where noted.[9]
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Yoo . Noah . Mouse on Mars Announce New Album With Bon Iver, the National, More . Pitchfork . 16 June 2018 . 12 January 2018.
- News: Mouse on Mars at M.I.T.: A Symposium Becomes a Dance Party. Pareles. Jon. March 12, 2018. The New York Times. 2018-06-16. en.
- Web site: Mouse on Mars Dimensional People. Thrill Jockey. 16 June 2018.
- News: Mouse On Mars – "Dimensional People Part III" (Feat. Justin Vernon). Breihan. Tom. 2018-01-17. Stereogum. 2018-06-16.
- Web site: Dimensional People by Mouse on Mars . Metacritic . 16 June 2018.
- Web site: Hamburg. Theater Kampnagel. Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People (in Kooperation mit Elbphilharmonie Sommer). 2021-09-29. Theater Kampnagel Hamburg.
- Web site: Wick. Holger. 2018-10-02. Mouse on Mars live in der Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. 2021-09-29. Sense Music & Media GmbH. de-DE.
- Web site: Jazz & Chanson Konzerte: Leipziger Jazztage: Zukunftsmusik, Leipzig prinz.de. 2021-09-29. PRINZ. de-DE.
- Web site: Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People . AllMusic . 16 June 2018.
