Early Man

by Steve Roach

Early Man cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Manifold Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:24:08
  • Community rating: 3.11/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The prolific American ambient pioneer constructs a deeply hypnotic, subterranean soundscape designed to evoke the dawn of human consciousness. 'Early Man' utilizes slow-moving, low-frequency synthesizer drones intertwined with ancient, tribal percussion and subtle didgeridoo textures. The highly immersive, meditative recording is widely considered a defining masterpiece of his rhythmically focused space-ambient era.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, atmospheric, instrumental

Tracklist

  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)
  7. Slow Dissolve (6:33)
  8. Walking Upright Ii (8:49)
  9. Fossil And Fern (9:49)
  10. Mastodon (4:58)
  11. Elemental (11:33)
  12. Late Dawn (10:39)
  13. Timeline (5:38)
  14. Carbondate (7:56)
  15. Below Always (4:30)

Credits

  • Steve Roach - primary artist, created by
  • Vince M. Harrigan - artwork [slate concept and creation]
  • Vir Unis - featuring [additional fractal groove]

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