An Angel Fell (vinyl)

“The new album is complete fire – right in the moment.” -
Gilles Peterson.

Strut presents the brand new album from cosmic jazz travellers The
Pyramids, led by saxophonist Idris Ackamoor, ’An Angel Fell’. “I wanted to use folklore, fantasy and drama as a warning bell,” explains Ackamoor.

“The songs explore global themes that are important to me and to us all: the rise of catastrophic climate change and our lack of concern for our planet, loss of innocence and separation... but positive themes too, the healing power of music, collective action and the simple beauty of nature.”

Produced by Malcolm Catto of The Heliocentrics, the album was recorded during an intense week at Quatermass studios in London and is one of the deepest, richest works yet from a band reaching their highest creative peak since the early ’70s. Some of the many highlights include the poignant title track depicting a fallen angel in purgatory, outrage and grief on the powerful, hard hitting ‘Soliloquy For Michael Brown’ and the lilting, beautiful album closer, ‘Sunset’.

FOR FANS OF:

Sun Ra Arkestra, Gato Barbieri, Cecil Taylor, Fela Kuti, Heliocentrics,

CTI, Gilles Peterson, Last Poets, Gil Scott Heron, Roland Kirk, Weldon

Irvine, Nubya Garcia, John Coltrane, King Tubby