''Dimensional People'' is eleventh studio album by German electronica group
Mouse on Mars
Mouse on Mars is a German electronic music duo formed in 1993 by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma. Their music is a blend of electronic genres including IDM, dub, krautrock, breakbeat and ambient, featuring heavy use of organic analog synth and ...
. 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
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of
Bon Iver
Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon.
Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, ''For Emma, Forever Ago,'' independently in July 2007. The majority of the album was recorded while Vernon ...
,
The National's
Aaron
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and
Bryce Dessner
Bryce David Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American composer and guitarist based in Paris, as well as a member of the rock band the National. Dessner's twin brother Aaron is also a member of the group. Together they write the music, in coll ...
,
Spank Rock
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and
Zach Condon
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of
Beirut
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.
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
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in March 2018 and released the album via
Thrill Jockey
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History
Richards started the label in 1992 with $35,000 of family and personal capital, while ...
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
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, 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
Live performances
August 24th 2018 -
Elbphilharmonie
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The new glassy con ...
, Hamburg, Germany
Feb 9th 2019 Musica nova, Helsinki, Finland with
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and
Tyondai Braxton
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Oct. 2019 - 43.
Leipziger Jazztage
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, Leipzig, Germany
Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, except where noted.
Personnel
*
Sam Amidon
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Musical career
In 2001, Amidon self-released ''Solo Fiddle'', an album of traditional Irish fiddle instrumentals.
Amidon's first album of ...
– violin, voices
*Michelberger Bar – ambience
*JT Bates – drums
*
Amanda Blank
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Amanda Blank was born in Germantown, a neighborhood in northwest Philad ...
– 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
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– engineering, voices
*Phil Cooks – banjo
*
Aaron Dessner
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– guitar
*
Bryce Dessner
Bryce David Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American composer and guitarist based in Paris, as well as a member of the rock band the National. Dessner's twin brother Aaron is also a member of the group. Together they write the music, in coll ...
– 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
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– 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
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Early life and education
Moose was born in 1982. He was raised in Windsor, Connect ...
– violin
*Zach Morgan – engineer
*Nathan Plante – trumpet
*Melvyn Poore – tuba
*Axel Porath – viola
*Dirk Rothbrust – percussion
*Anatole Serret – voices
*
Spank Rock
Naeem Juwan, better known by his stage name Spank Rock, is an American rapper and songwriter from Baltimore. He rose to fame with his 2006 album ''YoYoYoYoYo'', which was produced by former group member Alex Epton (XXXChange). A harbinger of po ...
– vocals
*Louie Swain – piano, voices
*
Swamp Dogg
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– voices
*
Andi Toma
Mouse on Mars is a German electronic music duo formed in 1993 by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma. Their music is a blend of electronic genres including IDM, dub, krautrock, breakbeat and ambient, featuring heavy use of organic analog synth and c ...
– bass, drums, electronics, guitar, piano, processing
*
Justin Vernon
Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the primary songwriter and frontman of indie folk band Bon Iver. Known for his distinct falsetto voic ...
– guitar, voices
*Hannah Weirich – violin
*
Jan St. Werner – electronics, harmonica, piano, processing, voices
*Dirk Wietheger – continuo violoncello
References
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2018 albums
Mouse on Mars albums
Thrill Jockey albums