"11th Dimension" is a song by

Julian Casablancas Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of Rock music, rock band The Strokes, with whom he has released six studio albums since the ...

and is the lead single from his debut album '' Phrazes for the Young''. It was first performed live on the talk show '' The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'' on October 27, 2009. Pitchfork Media awarded the track as "Best New Track" and rated "11th Dimension" the 66th best song of 2009, calling it "the strongest ulian'ssounded since '' Room on Fire''. It's a blast of retro-futuristic synths, steam-rolling guitar licks, and slicing, dicing hi-hat, and the busy pulse of the production cuts through the detachment and manages to convey a sense of fun, as if he's finally enjoying the creative experience".

Music video

The music video for "11th Dimension" premiered on Babelgum on December 23, 2009. The video was directed by longtime Strokes collaborator Warren Fu, and was loosely inspired by

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...

's '' Game of Death''. The video features Danielle Haim (the lead singer of Haim) as the drummer in the background of the video.

Track listing

Personnel

;Studio version *Julian Casablancas - vocals, all instruments, songwriting *Jason Lader - all instruments, production *Blake Mills - guitar *

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- shaker ;Live performances *Julian Casablancas - vocals *JP Bowersock - guitar *

Alex Carapetis Alex Carapetis (born 27 April 1982) is an Australian drummer and member of The Voidz. He was formerly a member of Wolfmother, and has toured with Nine Inch Nails, and Julian Casablancas among others. Alex currently resides in Los Angeles. Early ...

- drums * Danielle Haim - percussion, backing vocals *Jeff Kite - keyboards *Nelson London - keyboards, guitar *Blake Mills - guitar

Charts

References

2009 singles Songs written by Julian Casablancas 2009 songs Rough Trade Records singles 11 (number) {{2000s-rock-single-stub Music videos directed by Warren Fu