Dimensional People

Dimensional People
Studio album by Mouse on Mars
Released	April 13, 2018
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

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]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	6/10[2]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[3]

Release

Mouse on Mars debuted Dimensional People at an academic conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in March 2018[5] and released the album via Thrill Jockey on 13 April 2018 on CD and vinyl.[6] The first single off the album, released in January, was "Dimensional People III", featuring Justin Vernon.[7]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Dimensional People received an average score of 75% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, except where noted.[8]

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
Simon Moritz 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

"Dimensional People by Mouse on Mars". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
Conor, McCaffrey. "Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
Richardson, Mark (April 18, 2018). "Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People". 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.
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.
"Mouse on Mars Dimensional People". Thrill Jockey. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
Breihan, Tom (2018-01-17). "Mouse On Mars – "Dimensional People Part III" (Feat. Justin Vernon)". Stereogum. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
"Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

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[metacritic-1] "Dimensional People by Mouse on Mars". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

[2] Conor, McCaffrey. "Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved June 16, 2018.

[pitchfork-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] 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.

[6] "Mouse on Mars Dimensional People". Thrill Jockey. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

[7] Breihan, Tom (2018-01-17). "Mouse On Mars – "Dimensional People Part III" (Feat. Justin Vernon)". Stereogum. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[8] "Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2018.