{{Infobox album | name = Dimensional People | type = studio | artist = Mouse on Mars | cover = Dimensional People Mouse on Mars.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2018|04|13}} | recorded = 2016–2017 | studio = April Base, Wisconsin<br>Overload Michelberger, Berlin<br>Paraverse 4, Berlin | genre = {{hlist|Electronic|experimental|footwork|nu jazz|electroacoustic|21st-century classical|glitch|wonky}} | length = {{Duration|m=43|s=46}} | label = Thrill Jockey | producer = Jan St. Werner, Andi Toma | prev_title = 21 Again | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = AAI (album) | next_year = 2021 }} {{Music ratings | MC = 71/100{{r|metacritic}} | rev1 = ''Drowned in Sound'' | rev1score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/20298/reviews/4151750|title=Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People|work=Drowned in Sound|first=McCaffrey|last=Conor|accessdate=June 16, 2018|archive-date=June 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617015202/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/20298/reviews/4151750|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev2score = 7.6/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mouse-on-mars-dimensional-people/|title=Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People|work=Pitchfork|first=Mark|last=Richardson|date=April 18, 2018|accessdate=June 16, 2018}}</ref> }} '''''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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yoo |first1=Noah |title=Mouse on Mars Announce New Album With Bon Iver, the National, More |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mouse-on-mars-announce-new-album-with-bon-iver-the-national-more/ |publisher=Pitchfork |accessdate=16 June 2018 |date=12 January 2018}}</ref>
Most of the album was recorded in 2017 in the studio April Base in Wisconsin.<ref>{{Citation|title=Mouse on Mars unveil Dimensional People album (EB.TV Documentary)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbZHVaqLeBA&list=PLR32_x9ZMwli1mIcrt_aQqO8RolqSCDVq|language=en|access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref>
==Release== Mouse on Mars debuted ''Dimensional People'' at an academic conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in March 2018<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/arts/music/mouse-on-mars-dimensional-people-mit.html|title=Mouse on Mars at M.I.T.: A Symposium Becomes a Dance Party|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=March 12, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-06-16|language=en}}</ref> and released the album via Thrill Jockey on 13 April 2018 on CD and vinyl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thrilljockey.com/products/dimensional-people|title=Mouse on Mars Dimensional People|publisher=Thrill Jockey|accessdate=16 June 2018}}</ref> The first single off the album, released in January, was "Dimensional People III", featuring Justin Vernon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1978881/mouse-on-mars-dimensional-people-part-iii-feat-justin-vernon/music/|title=Mouse On Mars – "Dimensional People Part III" (Feat. Justin Vernon)|last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=2018-01-17|work=Stereogum|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref>
==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".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title=Dimensional People by Mouse on Mars |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/dimensional-people/mouse-on-mars |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=16 June 2018}}</ref>
===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Accolades for ''Dimensional People'' |- ! scope="col"| Publication ! scope="col"| Accolade ! scope="col"| Rank |- ! scope="row"| ''The Quietus'' | ''The Quietus''{{'}} Top 100 Albums of 2018 | {{center|34<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/25755-albums-of-the-year-2018|title=The Quietus Albums of 2018|website=The Quietus|last=Turner|first=Luke|date=December 25, 2018|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}</ref>}} |}
== Live performances == August 24, 2018 - Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hamburg|first=Theater Kampnagel|title=Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People (in Kooperation mit Elbphilharmonie Sommer)|url=https://www.kampnagel.de:443/de/programm/dimensional-people/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Theater Kampnagel Hamburg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wick|first=Holger|date=2018-10-02|title=Mouse on Mars live in der Elbphilharmonie Hamburg|url=http://www.sensemusic.tv/de/mouse-on-mars-live-at-elbphilharmonie-hamburg-2/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Sense Music & Media GmbH|language=de-DE}}</ref>
February 9th 2019 - Musica nova, Helsinki, Finland with Moritz Simon Geist and Tyondai Braxton
October. 2019 - 43. Leipziger Jazztage, Leipzig, Germany<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jazz & Chanson Konzerte: Leipziger Jazztage: Zukunftsmusik, Leipzig {{!}} prinz.de|url=https://prinz.de/leipzig/events/leipziger-jazztage-zukunftsmusik/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=PRINZ|language=de-DE}}</ref>
==Track listing== All tracks written and composed by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, except where noted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dimensional-people-mw0003152387 |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=16 June 2018}}</ref>
{{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Dimensional People Part I | length1 = 4:00 | title2 = Dimensional People Part II | length2 = 4:56 | title3 = Dimensional People Part III | length3 = 3:48 | title4 = Foul Mouth | writer4 = Amanda Blank, Toma, St. Werner | length4 = 3:10 | title5 = Aviation | writer5 = Amanda Blank, Spank Rock, Toma, St. Werner | length5 = 1:56 | title6 = Parliament of Aliens Part I | writer6 = Sam Amidon, Toma, St. Werner | length6 = 4:39 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title7 = Daylight | writer7 = Eric D. Clarke, Toma, St. Werner | length7 = 5:45 | title8 = Tear to My Eye | writer8 = Eric D. Clarke, Toma, St. Werner | length8 = 2:17 | title9 = Parliament of Aliens Part II | writer9 = | length9 = 4:27 | title10 = Parliament of Aliens Part III | writer10 = | length10 = 0:33 | title11 = Resumé | writer11 = Swamp Dogg, Toma, St. Werner | length11 = 5:02 | title12 = Sidney in a Cup | writer12 = Zach Condon, Lola Ridge, Toma, St. Werner | length12 = 3:13 }}
==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *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 {{col-2}} *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 {{col-end}}
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