Early Man (album)

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 re-released 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.

Track listing

All tracks by Steve Roach

Disc one: “Early Man”

1. ”Early Dawn” – 11:58
2. ”Early Man” – 25:28
3. ”Begins Looking Skyward” – 6:33
4. ”Walking Upright” – 11:28
5. ”Hunting & Gathering” – 12:33
6. ”Flow Stone” – 5:42

Disc two: “Early Man Decomposed”

1. ”Slow Dissolve” – 6:33
2. ”Walking Upright II” – 8:49
3. ”Fossil and Fern” – 9:49
4. ”Mastodon” – 4:58
5. ”Elemental” – 11:33
6. ”Late Dawn” – 10:39
7. ”Timeline” – 5:38
8. ”Carbondate” – 7:56
9. ”Below Always” – 4:30

References

See also

• Steve Roach
• Ambient music
• Electronic music