Dimensionaut
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| Studio album by Sound of Contact | |
| Released | 20 May 2013 (Europe) 28 May 2013 (North America) |
| Recorded | 2010-2012 Greenhouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Length | 73:38 |
| Label | Inside Out |
| Producer | Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner |
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Dimensionaut is the debut album by British-based band Sound of Contact, and was released worldwide May 2013. Production of the album was a collaborative effort between Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner, two of the band's founding members. As of March 2014, two singles off the album have been released.
Dimensionaut was mixed by veteran sound engineer Nick Davis.
Dimensionaut is a concept album. Its plot follows an alienated, unnamed human who is tired of humanity and embraces his fate as a traveler of dimensions, time and galaxies, capable of existing in multiple dimensions, upon the arrival of the "Cosmic Distance Ladder." Though unnamed, the protagonist assumes the role of a "dimensionaut" or "dimo," which he declares in the song "I Am (Dimensionaut)." Throughout the story, the dimensionaut constructs his escape from reality, realizing new experiences but also struggling with the isolation and loneliness of his complex new world. Eventually, his human need for love and his desire to reunite with his soulmate bring him to visit her in "Beyond Illumination" and "Closer To You." Realizing she can not travel with him, the protagonist assists her journey back to reality in "Omega Point." The album's conclusion is left open-ended, as the dimensionaut may have either followed her back to reality or remained an eternal traveler, resigned to explore.
Prior to work on Dimensionaut, Collins and Nordstrom performed research in the areas of cosmology, quantum physics, astrophysics and astronomy, in order to develop the album's storyline. Some of the album's lyrics were written during this phase of Dimensionaut's development. This stage of the album's development dates back to as early as 2010.
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