THE PYRAMIDS Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings 4CD

opakowanie: 4CD digipacki, 32 strony booklet

A brand new 4CD 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.

FOR FANS OF: Cecil Taylor, Pharoah Sanders, Ornette Coleman, Randy Weston, Don Cherry, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Sun Ra, Tribe Records, Strata-East, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Horace Tapscott

CD 1: LALIBELA (1973)

1. LALIBELA
2. SHEBA’S DANCE
3. HIGH PRIESTESS
4. ROCK CHURCHES
5. DIALOGUE OF THE SPIRITS
6. MESENKO NIGHTS
7. INDIGO
8. YA A YA A YA A YA A
9. SUNSET AT GIZA

CD 2: KING OF KINGS (1974)

1. MOGHO NABA (KING OF KINGS)
2. QUEEN OF THE SPIRITS Part 1
3. QUEEN OF THE SPIRITS Part 2
4. QUEEN OF THE SPIRITS Part 3
5. NSORAMA (THE STARS)
6. MY AFRICA

CD 3: BIRTH / SPEED / MERGING

1. AOMAWA
2. BIRTH / SPEED / MERGING - Part 1
3. BIRTH / SPEED / MERGING - Part 2
4. BIRTH / SPEED / MERGING - Part 3
5. BIRTH / SPEED / MERGING - Part 4
6. REAFFIRMATION - Part 1
7. REAFFIRMATION - Part 2
8. REAFFIRMATION - Part 3
9. REAFFIRMATION - Part 4
10. JAMAICAN CARNIVAL - Part 1
11. JAMAICAN CARNIVAL – Part 2
12. BLACK MAN AND WOMAN OF THE NILE – Part 1
13. BLACK MAN AND WOMAN OF THE NILE – Part 2
14. BLACK MAN AND WOMAN OF THE NILE – Part 3
15. BLACK MAN AND WOMAN OF THE NILE – Part 4

CD 4: THE PYRAMIDS: LIVE AT KQED, 1975

1 JAMAICAN CARNIVAL
2. THE KING HE COMES
3. BLACK MAN AND WOMAN OF THE NILE
4. THEME FOR MARGAUX AND KAY