The Pyramids-Aomawa

Format:

• Album
• 4xLP
• Ltd
• Special Edition
• Box

Label: STRUT

Rok wydania: 2022

Nr kat: STRUT290LPB

Press: Europe

Stan płyty: Mint (M)   /   Stan okładki: Mint (M)

A brand new 4LP box set bringing together the incredible 1970s recordings of Afrofuturism pioneers The Pyramids, led by saxophonist Idris Ackamoor. The set features the remastered LPs Lalibela, King Of Kings and Birth / Speed / Merging + live session for KQED TV in 1975.

Strut present the first box set release to bring together the 1970s recordings of The Pyramids, led by Idris Ackamoor. As students at Antioch College, Ohio, alto saxophonist Idris Ackamoor, flautist Margaux Simmons and bass player Kimathi Asante created three lasting monuments in sound – Lalibela, King of Kings, and Birth / Speed / Merging, a trio of albums produced without any label backing or distribution between 1972 and 1976. Their music is unique among the varied canon of avant-garde and experimental music of 1970s America: high intensity African-styled percussion topped with songs, chants, and horns, laced with African instruments and arranged into long, flowing suites that surge and roll.

Tracklista:

Lalibela

A Lalibela 22:00

B1 Lalibela (cont) 5:10

B2 Indigo 16:45

King Of Kings

C1 Mogho Naba (King of Kings) 8:35

C2 Queen Of The Spirits 13:30

D1 Nsorama (The Stars) 18:00

D2 My Africa 3:35

Birth / Speed / Merging Suite

E1 Part 1: Aomawa 5:29

E2 Part 2: Birth / Speed / Merging 7:40

E3 Part 3: Reaffirmation 7:33

F1 Jamaican Carnival 6:39

F2 Black Man And Woman Of The Nile 16:22

The Pyramids: Live At KQED, 1975

G1 Jamaican Carnival 10:17

G2 The King He Comes 7:45

H1 Black Man And Woman Of The Nile 5:58

H2 Theme For Margaux And Kay 3:42