Album artwork for Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings by The Pyramids

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.

The Pyramids

Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings

Strut
Album artwork for Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings by The Pyramids
CDx4

$28.99

Released 10/14/2022Catalog Number

CD-STRUT-290

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Album artwork for Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings by The Pyramids
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$77.99

In hard outer box with 12-page booklet

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Released 08/19/2022Catalog Number

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The Pyramids

Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings

Strut
Album artwork for Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings by The Pyramids
CDx4

$28.99

Released 10/14/2022Catalog Number

CD-STRUT-290

Learn more
Album artwork for Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings by The Pyramids
LPx4

$77.99

In hard outer box with 12-page booklet

Black
Released 08/19/2022Catalog Number

LP-STRUT-290

Learn more

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.