Early Man
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- This article is about the album Early Man, by Steve Roach. For the Brooklyn, New York hevay metal band see Early Man (band)
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| Studio album by Steve Roach | ||
| Released | 2000 | |
| Recorded | 1999-2000 at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona | |
| Genre | Ambient | |
| Length | 143:11 | |
| Label | Manifold | |
| Producer(s) | Steve Roach | |
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| Steve Roach chronology | ||
| Vine ~ Bark & Spore (2000) |
Early Man (2000) |
Circles & Artifacts (2000) |
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| 2001 reissue. | ||
Early Man (2000) is an album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach. It was originally released as a limited edition CD in a specially designed package made with two slabs of gray slate. It was then rereleased in 2001 with a second disc called “Early Man Decomposed”. The “decomposed” version contains remixed and rearranged versions of the original source material as well as some newly recorded material.
The music consists of droning electronic textures and various treated sound sources to create a complicated, primeval atmospheres.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc one: “Early Man”
- ”Early Dawn” – 11:58
- ”Early Man” – 25:28
- ”Begins Looking Skyward” – 6:33
- ”Walking Upright” – 11:28
- ”Hunting & Gathering” – 12:33
- ”Flow Stone” – 5:42
[edit] Disc two: “Early Man Decomposed”
- ”Slow Dissolve” – 6:33
- ”Walking Upright II” – 8:49
- ”Fossil and Fern” – 9:49
- ”Mastodon” – 4:58
- ”Elemental” – 11:33
- ”Late Dawn” – 10:39
- ”Timeline” – 5:38
- ”Carbondate” – 7:56
- ”Below Always” – 4:30
