“That civilisations fall, sooner or later, is as much a law of history as gravity is a law of physics. What remains after the fall is a wild mixture of cultural debris, confused and angry people whose certainties have betrayed them, and those forces which were always there, deeper than the foundations of the city walls: the desire to survive and the desire for meaning” (from: Paul Kingsnorth & Dougald Hine, 2009: Uncivilisation. The Dark Mountain Manifesto).

Eat the Frog Kollektiv's idea of setting the Uncivilisation Manifesto to music emerged during a rehearsal phase for the dance theatre piece 'Niemandsland' (i.e. No Man's Land). The EtF collective had written and performed the music for this work, which forms the content basis for the manifesto. When considering which voice and personality would be suitable to record the lyrics, the musicians quickly came up with the New Zealand saxophonist and composer Hayden Chisholm. Tobias Link states: "The text of the manifesto [note: see Digipak cover card] inspired us strongly and gave us words for feelings and intuitions that we had long felt within us. It was clear to us that the music for Uncivilization should not be something pre-planned, constructed, but freely improvised expression in the moment [...], unfiltered, unedited, touching, emotional and connecting, and drawing its power from that. The score for the album was a large sheet of paper with drawings, images, inspired by the text of the manifesto. It accompanied us during the recordings and gave us orientation. Emotions and images instead of notes and compositions."

There is a movie about this project, its visual extension (YouTube) from 2023: Vincent Moon - Uncivilization. The Dark Mountain Manifesto, read by Hayden Chisholm, danced by the MNEME Kollektiv, music by the Eat the Frog Kollektiv. Quotes from the Manifesto: "Mainstream art in the West has long been about shock; about busting taboos [...].The last taboo is the myth of civilisation. [...] It is where our vision and our self-belief intertwine with our reckless refusal to face the reality of our position on this Earth. It has led the human race to achieve what it has achieved; and has led the planet into the age of ecocide. The two are intimately linked. We believe they must be decoupled if anything is to remain. We believe that artists [...] have a responsibility to begin the process of decoupling. We believe that, in the age of ecocide, the last taboo must be broken – and that only artists can do it."