Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings

Description

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 1970’s 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.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Lalibela – The Pyramids
2. Sheba’s Dance – The Pyramids
3. High Priestess – The Pyramids
4. Rock Churches – The Pyramids
5. Dialogue of the Spirits – The Pyramids
6. Mesenko Nights – The Pyramids
7. Indigo – The Pyramids
8. Ya a Ya a Ya a Ya A (Anubis Awakens) – The Pyramids
9. Sunset at Giza – The Pyramids
Disc 2
1. Mogho Naba (King of Kings) – The Pyramids
2. Queen of the Spirits (Part 1) – The Pyramids
3. Queen of the Spirits (Part 2) – The Pyramids
4. Queen of the Spirits (Part 3) – The Pyramids
5. Nsorama (The Stars) – The Pyramids
6. My Africa – The Pyramids
Disc 3
1. Aomawa – The Pyramids
2. Birth/Speed/Merging (Part 1) – The Pyramids
3. Birth/Speed/Merging (Part 2) – The Pyramids
4. Birth/Speed/Merging (Part 3) – The Pyramids
5. Birth/Speed/Merging (Part 4) – The Pyramids
6. Reaffirmation (Part 1) – The Pyramids
7. Reaffirmation (Part 2) – The Pyramids
8. Reaffirmation (Part 3) – The Pyramids
9. Reaffirmation (Part 4) – The Pyramids
10. Jamaican Carnival (Part 1) – The Pyramids
11. Jamaican Carnival (Part 2) – The Pyramids
12. Black Man and Woman of the Nile (Part 1) – The Pyramids
13. Black Man and Woman of the Nile (Part 2) – The Pyramids
14. Black Man and Woman of the Nile (Part 3) – The Pyramids
15. Black Man and Woman of the Nile (Part 4) – The Pyramids
Disc 4
1. Jamaican Carnival – The Pyramids
2. The King He Comes – The Pyramids
3. Black Man and Woman of the Nile – The Pyramids
4. Theme for Margaux and Kay – The Pyramids