# Dimensional People

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Dimensional People
| type         = studio
| artist       = [Mouse on Mars](/source/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](/source/Electronic_music)|[experimental](/source/experimental_music)|[footwork](/source/footwork_(genre))|[nu jazz](/source/nu_jazz)|[electroacoustic](/source/electroacoustic_music)|[21st-century classical](/source/21st-century_classical_music)|[glitch](/source/glitch_music)|[wonky](/source/Wonky_(genre))}}
| length       = {{Duration|m=43|s=46}}
| label        = [Thrill Jockey](/source/Thrill_Jockey)
| producer     = [Jan St. Werner](/source/Jan_St._Werner), [Andi Toma](/source/Andi_Toma)
| prev_title   = [21 Again](/source/21_Again)
| prev_year    = 2014
| next_title   = [AAI (album)](/source/AAI_(album))
| next_year    = 2021
}}
{{Music ratings
| MC = 71/100{{r|metacritic}}
| rev1 = ''[Drowned in Sound](/source/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](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| 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](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|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](/source/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](/source/Justin_Vernon) of [Bon Iver](/source/Bon_Iver), [The National](/source/The_National_(band))'s [Aaron](/source/Aaron_Dessner) and [Bryce Dessner](/source/Bryce_Dessner), [Spank Rock](/source/Spank_Rock) and [Zach Condon](/source/Zach_Condon) of [Beirut](/source/Beirut_(band)).<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Quietus)|last=Turner|first=Luke|date=December 25, 2018|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}</ref>}}
|}

== Live performances ==
August 24, 2018 - [Elbphilharmonie](/source/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](/source/Moritz_Simon_Geist) and [Tyondai Braxton](/source/Tyondai_Braxton)

October. 2019 - 43. [Leipziger Jazztage](/source/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](/source/Sam_Amidon) – violin, voices
*Michelberger Bar – ambience
*JT Bates – drums
*[Amanda Blank](/source/Amanda_Blank) – voices
*Helen Bledsoe – flute
*Michinori Bunya – double bass
*C.J. Camerieri	– trumpet
*Christine Chapman – French horn
*[Eric D. Clark](/source/Eric_D._Clark)e – piano, voices
*Bruce Collings – trombone
*[Zach Condon](/source/Zach_Condon) – engineering, voices
*Phil Cooks – banjo
*[Aaron Dessner](/source/Aaron_Dessner) – guitar
*[Bryce Dessner](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Rob_Moose) – violin
*Zach Morgan – engineer
*Nathan Plante – trumpet
*Melvyn Poore – tuba
*Axel Porath – viola
*Dirk Rothbrust – percussion
*Anatole Serret – voices
*[Spank Rock](/source/Spank_Rock) – vocals
*Louie Swain – piano, voices
*[Swamp Dogg](/source/Swamp_Dogg) – voices
*[Andi Toma](/source/Andi_Toma) – bass, drums, electronics, guitar, piano, processing
*[Justin Vernon](/source/Justin_Vernon) – guitar, voices
*Hannah Weirich – violin
*[Jan St. Werner](/source/Jan_St._Werner) – electronics, harmonica, piano, processing, voices
*Dirk Wietheger – continuo violoncello
{{col-end}}

==References==
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