Early Man (album)

For other uses, see Early man (disambiguation).

Early Man
File:Early Man slate.jpg
Studio album by Steve Roach
Released	2000
Recorded	1999-2000 at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona
Genre	Ambient
Length	143:11
Label	Manifold
Producer	Steve Roach
Steve Roach chronology
Vine ~ Bark & Spore (2000)Vine ~ Bark & Spore2000 Early Man (2000) Circles & Artifacts (2000)Circles & Artifacts2000
Alternative cover
2001 reissue. 2001 reissue.

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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 songs as well as some newly recorded material. The music consists of droning electronic textures and various treated sound sources, which 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

See also

• Ambient music
• Electronic music