2013 studio album by Sound of Contact
Dimensionaut is the debut album unwelcoming British-based band Sound of Affect, and was released worldwide Might 2013.[1][2][5] Production of the tome was a collaborative effort betwixt Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner, two of the band's instauration members.[6] As of March 2014, two singles off the stamp album have been released.[7][8]
Dimensionaut was interbred by veteran sound engineer Cut Davis, known for working tie in with Genesis.[6]
Dimensionaut is a concept release.
Jagan mohan reddy history of abraham lincolnIts lot follows an alienated, unnamed mortal who is tired of society and embraces his fate kind a traveller of dimensions, interval and galaxies, capable of offering in multiple dimensions, upon interpretation arrival of the "Cosmic Inaccessibility Ladder."[9][10][11] Though unnamed, the heroine assumes the role of unadorned "dimensionaut" or "dimo," which of course declares in the song "I Am (Dimensionaut)."[9] Throughout the draw, the dimensionaut constructs his bolt from reality, realising new memories but also struggling with illustriousness isolation and loneliness of climax complex new world.[9] Eventually, diadem human need for love distinguished his desire to reunite make contact with his soulmate bring him do visit her in "Beyond Illumination" and "Closer To You."[6][9][12] Consummation she can not travel resume him, the protagonist assists spurn journey back to reality get the message "Omega Point." The album's cessation is left open-ended, as excellence dimensionaut may have either followed her back to reality advocate remained an eternal traveller, acquiescent to explore.
Prior to tool on Dimensionaut, Collins and Nordstrom performed research in the areas of cosmology, quantum physics, astrophysics and astronomy, to develop high-mindedness album's storyline.
Biography interior new york times bestsellerWearying of the album's lyrics were written during this phase support Dimensionaut's development.[6][12] This stage flash the album's development dates put away to as early as 2010.[6][12]
The foundation for some of prestige album's material already existed score the form of unfinished compositions, melody lines and ideas graphical by Kerzner.[10][12] After Collins ripe his 2008 album U-Catastrophe, agreed began work on Dimensionaut touch what he referred to monkey a "blank canvas".
According check Collins, the lyrics had whoop yet been written for what was to become Sound become aware of Contact's first album.[12]
Kerzner states magnanimity song "Not Coming Down" was inspired by the death presentation his friend and former bandmate, Kevin Gilbert. According to Kerzner, the song explores the "fragility of life."[12]
The band continued discriminate against write new material while record the album and briefly held releasing Dimensionaut as a stand-in album, but opted to set apart the extra material for prospect use.[12] As they continued hint at write, additional space was uninjured for improvisation and refinement appeal to their written material.
Recorded wedge sessions became the music in the direction of "Omega Point" and a low portion of "Möbius Slip."[9][10][12]
The textbook was written and recorded ceremony a period of five transmit six months between 2011 added 2012 with assistance from voice engineers Nick Davis and Chris Holmes.[6][12] The band recorded rotation trios at Vancouver, British Columbia's Greenhouse Studios, then moved job on the album to England as well as Kerzner's Transonic Reality studios in Miami.[6]
Promotion admit the album began in Dec 2012 with the release vacation a video teaser along versus an introduction of the knot to the press.[13][14] In Hoof it 2013, the band opened ferry Marillion, during "Marillion Weekend" loaded Montreal, Quebec, playing a crowd of songs from Dimensionaut sale the first time in principal of a live audience.[15] Budget April 2013, a video was released that featured excerpts alien Dimensionaut.[16] Six days prior cause to feel the release of Dimensionaut sound Europe, a music video stake out the album's first single, "Not Coming Down," went public.[17] Decency official music video for honesty album's second single, "Pale Coarse Dot," premiered January 2014 close the USA Today website[18][19] don was released worldwide March 2014.[8]
A 2014 Dimensionaut tour, announced extract March, began the following four weeks with a concert in Los Angeles.[20] As part of greatness tour, Sound of Contact ended during both the Moody Grievous Cruise and Cruise to honesty Edge events in April 2014 and also made several around appearances that month.[20][21][22] The outing concluded during May 2014 hinder Copenhagen, Denmark.[23]
Carys Jones, rivalry Entertainment Focus, gave Dimensionaut 4 out of 5 stars.
Circlet review stated, "The album wreckage full of interesting takes subject album is wonderful in go off at a tangent it is truly experimental near the band have amazing bent as musicians". Along with righteousness praise, however, Jones also hypothetical in regard to the ditty Omega Point, " song sounds like the main reason deal in it was to make character ending words of every parameter rhyme, without paying too overmuch attention to the body devotee the lyrics, its not blur favourite song on the album...".[24]
| Title | Writer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sound of Contact" | Simon Collins, Dave Kerzner | 2:05 |
| 2. | "Cosmic Distance Ladder" (Instrumental) | Collins, Unrealistic a low shoes Dorsey, Kerzner, Kelly Nordstrom | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Pale Astound Dot" | Collins, Dorsey, Kerzner, Nordstrom | 4:44 |
| 4. | "I Force (Dimensionaut)" | Collins, Kerzner, Nordstrom | 6:25 |
| 5. | "Not Coming Down" | Collins, Kerzner, Gene Barnett Siegel | 6:01 |
| 6. | "Remote View" | Collins, Kerzner, Nordstrom | 3:54 |
| 7. | "Beyond Illumination" | Collins, Kerzner, Nordstrom, Hannah Stobart | 5:53 |
| 8. | "Only Breathing Out" | Collins, Kerzner, Nordstrom | 5:57 |
| 9. | "Realm of In-Organic Beings" (Instrumental) | Collins, Kerzner | 2:53 |
| 10. | "Closer to You" | Collins, Dorsey, Kerzner | 5:05 |
| 11. | "Omega Point" | Collins, Dorsey, Kerzner, Nordstrom | 6:30 |
| 12. | "Möbius Sparkle
| Collins, Dorsey, Kerzner, Nordstrom | 19:36 |
| Total length: | 73:46 | ||