Strut
The Pyramids - Birth/Speed/Merging
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Strut
present
3
separate
reissues
of
the
1970s
album
trilogy
from
Idris
Ackamoor
&
The
Pyramids.
As
students
at
Antioch
ollege,
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.
Birth/Speed/Merging
was
recorded
in
1976
after
the
band's
move
to
San
Francisco.
The
album
closes
the
Pyramids'
70s
trilogy
and
makes
more
use
of
studio
technology:
adding
overdubs
and
other
effects,
a
marked
departure
from
the
previous
two
releases,
though
at
no
cost
to
the
urgent
message
and
energy
of
their
earlier
works.
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