Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings

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.

Special Features

Booklet

Disc 1
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 (Anubis Awakens)
9: Sunset at Giza

Disc 2
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

Disc 3
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)

Disc 4
1: Jamaican Carnival
2: The King He Comes
3: Black Man and Woman of the Nile
4: Theme for Margaux and Kay

Number of Discs: 4

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