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.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

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

Track name

Artist

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

Track name

Artist

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

Track name

Artist

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

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