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01. THE PYRAMIDS - Memory Ritual
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02. THE PYRAMIDS - Time Capsule
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03. THE PYRAMIDS - What the World Needs Now
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04. THE PYRAMIDS - Nebulosity
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05. THE PYRAMIDS - Nebulosity Part 2
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06. THE PYRAMIDS - Uttering Sacred Words
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07. THE PYRAMIDS - Cloud Rider
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08. THE PYRAMIDS - Boundless Eternities
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09. THE PYRAMIDS - Absolution
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10. THE PYRAMIDS - Ancient Funk!
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11. THE PYRAMIDS - Otherworldly
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12. THE PYRAMIDS - They Came from Chicago
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13. THE PYRAMIDS - St. Louis Two!
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14. THE PYRAMIDS - Reincarnation
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15. THE PYRAMIDS - Memory Ritual (Extended Version)
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ARTIST
PYRAMIDS, THE
TITLE
Otherworldly
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
DISKO B
CATALOG #
DB 159CD
DB 159CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/9/2012
Founded 40 years ago in 1972,
The Pyramids
release their first album in over 35 years. They released three albums before splitting up in 1977 -- albums that made them one of the most mysterious and legendary of all the spiritual cosmic jazz collectives of the early '70s. There was a highly energetic reunion in 2007, boosting their trademark sound of massive Afro-centric drums and percussion meeting ecstatic group improvisations. The Pyramids' extensive European tours in 2010/2011 turned out to be a great triumph: mesmerizing audiences at various clubs and festivals all over Europe with a new sound and a new band configuration featuring founding members
Idris Ackamoor
and
Kimathi Asante
, original member
Bradie Speller
, and special guest artists
Kenneth Nash
and
Kash Killion
. The collective received rave reviews and standing ovations in every city they played in. They also blew
Gilles Peterson
's mind at Worldwide Festival and the Worldwide Awards, where The Pyramids' spiritual and musical leader, Idris Ackamoor was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In summer 2011, The Pyramids were recording tracks for a new double album (the first since 1976) at the studio of Krautrock legends
Faust
in South Germany. The new album contains 14 never-before-released tracks. The Pyramids' signature sound is still percussion-driven -- no surprise with Nash and Speller being two of the most masterful percussionists on the planet. Another signature style of The Pyramids is the "two bass" concept, combining Kash Killion's acoustic bass with electric bass by
Thomas "Kimathi Asante" Williams
. Idris Ackamoor plays his alto sax in an absolutely astonishing way, sometimes simultaneously performing tap dance to create percussive rhythms, suggesting a "post-be-bop
Prince
" as
The New York Times
called him. The Pyramids trip out into unexplored territory of spontaneous improvisation, sometimes trancing like off to an outer/inner-space journey. The Pyramids were world music even before the term was coined back in the early '70s. They use a battery of ethnic instruments such as mbira, calypso boxes, Russian zither, West African bolong, Egyptian sensemia harp, pygmy whistle, etc., using them in a manner quite otherworldly.
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