{"product_id":"the-pyramids-birth-speed-merging","title":"The Pyramids - Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: STRUT162LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 4062548038576\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 02 Dec \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Funk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003cbr\u003e1. Aomawa \u003cbr\u003e2. Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging - Part 1 \u003cbr\u003e3. Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging - Part 2 \u003cbr\u003e4. Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging - Part 3 \u003cbr\u003e5. Birth \/ Speed \/ Merging - Part 4 \u003cbr\u003e6. Reaffirmation - Part 1 \u003cbr\u003e7. Reaffirmation - Part 2 \u003cbr\u003e8. Reaffirmation - Part 3 \u003cbr\u003e9. Reaffirmation - Part 4 \u003cbr\u003e10. Jamaican Carnival - Part 1 \u003cbr\u003e11. Jamaican Carnival — Part 2 \u003cbr\u003e12. Black Man And Woman Of The Nile\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrut present 3 separate reissues of the 1970s album trilogy from Idris Ackamoor \u0026amp; 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirth\/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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42049520763036,"sku":"STRUT162LP","price":24.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_059baa2e-f21d-4041-9e32-b0acc8f09b70.jpg?v=1665149042","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/the-pyramids-birth-speed-merging","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}