"this gloriously ambitious masterpiece" Kris Needs

"a sonic journey from mysterious cyclic ambience through bluesy, jazzy psychedelia to bird song, delicate piano, wordless singing, blazing guitar lines, cathedral organ, doom-laden power chords, saxophone, analog synths, orchestral swells, to symphonic psych and beyond" Expose.org

After the Cromlech series of albums, which had all been recorded in a jamming commune enviroment at Mwnci Studios in West Wales, the band decided to approach the next series of albums in a completely different way; they set out to record a series of demos, either by Pete or Colin, and work these tracks into finished sonic assaults through overdubbing by the band and guests and sculpting these sessions into finished tracks that formed a narrative about Mankind.

At the same time Pete was reading a lot about Ur and Sumeria and became quite fascinated by Sumerian history and religion, seeing parallels between the Exodus of Sumeria and the historical aspects of the bible, going down a rabbit hole of how the whole notion of religious ideas came about; this led onto the whole aspect of when did Man became Man, exploring his myths and magic, ultimately to where we were heading as a race... Armageddon or Enlightment... the Jury is still out!

This quadrilogy of albums was originally intended to be a trilogy of double albums concerning 'Mankind', but after the Man Myth & Magic album, Pete still felt there was unfinished business regarding mankind which ultimately led to the recording of the 'Requiem For Mankind' saga.

Now, ‘Complete Mankind’ brings everything together,includes all four albums over four CDs and a further four CDs of demos, outakes and remixes. Fifty-one tracks in total in this mammoth eight CD set.

limited to 200 copies, containing:

each original vinyl release:

- And Man Created God (2021)
- One Man's Man (2022)
- Man, Myth and Magic (2023)
- Requiem For Mankind (2024)

...plus 'extras', combining to give around eight hours of music!

Presented in a DVD-style case, with booklet, here's the full list of contents:

CD 01 AND MAN CREATED GOD

01 AEOLIAN SUNRISE
02 EXODUS FROM UR
03 DEUTEROSOPHIA
04 MMT
05 TAINTED GOAT
06 THE SEEKERS
07 ILLUMINATED SKIES
08 SEREN GOLAWR
09 EPILOGUE SUNSET

CD 02 AND MAN CREATED GOD BONUS TRACKS

01 120 BPM RIFF IDEA ONE
02 120 BPM RIFF IDEA TWO
03 AEOLIAN EXTENDED MIX
04 DEUTEROSOPHIA (MARRIOTT MIX)
05 AEOLIAN (NEW GUITAR MIX)
06 MMT (SAX MIX)
07 SURGING FORCE (EARLY VERSION OF TAINTED GOAT)
08 AEOLIAN (MIX 2)

Peter Bingham Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass Synth, Mellotron Guitar and Field Recordings. Consterdine - Drums, Sonics and Electronics. Glenda Pescado - Bass. Lee Relfe - Sax .Elfin Bow - Vocals on Seren Golawr .

CD 03 ONE MAN'S MAN

01 THE DAWN OF MAN - HOMO HABILIS
02 HOMO RUDOLFENSIS
03 HOMO ERECTUS
04 DENISOVANS
05 NEANDERTHAL
06 HOMO SAPIEN
07 FUTURE MAN - HOMO SUPERIOR

CD04 ONE MAN'S MAN BONUS TRACKS

01 SEA LAPPING UP A STORM MIX OF HOMO SAPIEN
02 SISTER ROY PETE DEMO (MARQUEE MOON MIX) (HOMO RUDOLFENIS)
03 YETI PETE DEMO (HOMO ERECTUS)
04 CROMAGNUM PETE DEMO (DENISOVANS)
05 NEANDERTHAL (MIX 5 BECOMING MIX)
06 WITH SEA AND WIND PETE DEMO (HOMO SAPIEN)
07 TRACK 1 PETE DEMO (FUTURE MAN - HOMO SUPERIOR)
08 TRACK 2 PETE DEMO (THE DAWN OF MAN HOMO HABILIS)

Peter Bingham - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass Synth, Mellotron Guitar and Field Recordings. Consterdine - Drums, Sonics and Electronics. Glenda Pescado - Bass. Lee Relfe - Sax.Santtu Laakso - Moog, Synths and Keyboards on Homo Rudolfenis & Future Man. Rhiannon Jones - Cello on Homo Rudolfenis

CD05 MAN, MYTH & MAGIC

01 WHEEL OF FORTUNE
02 NEPTUNE (THE HANGED MAN)
03 MAGICIAN DAWN
04 TOWER OF CHAOS

CD06 MAN, MYTH & MAGIC BONUS TRACKS 01 SEND ERICA (WHEEL OF FORTUNE) PETE & COLIN HOME DEMO
02 NEPTUNE PETE DEMO
03 SHAMAN DAWN (MAGICIAN DAWN) PETE & COLIN DEMOl
04 TOWER OF CHAOS PETE DEMO

Peter Bingham - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass Synth, Mellotron Guitar and Field Recordings. Consterdine - Drums, Sonics and Electronics. Glenda Pescado - Bass. Lee Relfe - Sax.Santtu Laakso - Moog, Synths and Keyboards.

CD07 REQUIEM FOR MANKIND

01 COSMIC SLOP (IN THE BEGINNING) - LET THERE BE LIGHT
02 LET THER BE LIFE - REQUIEM FOR THE PLANET
03 THE DOWNFALL
04 CHAOS - REQUIEM FOR MANKIND

CD08 REQUIEM FOR MANKIND BONUS TRACKS

01 COSMIC SLOP (IN THE BEGINNING) - LET THERE BE LIFE PETES ORIGINAL DEMOS
02 LET THERE BE LIGHT (ORIGINAL PETE DEMO 2)
03 LET THERE BE LIFE (ORIGINAL PETE DEMO)
04 REQUIEM FOR THE PLANET (CALLI VOCAL DEMO)
05 REQUIM FOR A PLANET (ORIGINAL PETE DEMO)
06 CHAOS (ORIGINAL PETE DEMO)
07 REQUIEM FOR MANKIND (002 MATHEW AND SON MIX)

Peter Bingham - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Stylophone, Bass Synth, Mellotron Guitar and Field Recordings. Consterdine - Drums, Sonics and Electronics. Glenda Pescado - Bass. Lee Relfe - Sax.Calli - Vocals on Requiem For The Planet. Santtu Laakso - Synths on Chaos.

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