Music For Funerals and Bricklaying Ceremonies

Volume 1

Released in three different editions – the standard Peoples Pressing, a white 12″ vinyl, a limited edition of 223 copies including a 30×60 cm poster signed and numbered by Jimmy Cauty, The Voices of The Peoples Pyramid (Claire and Ru), and The Peoples Pyramid Bricklayer (Daisy), and an even more limited edition of 23 copies only including a full size 106×57 cm distressed poster numbered and signed by Jimmy only.

Reminiscent of the ambient soundscapes recorded for The KLFs Chill Out album, MUSIC FOR FUNERALS AND BRICKLAYING CEREMONIES by Jimmy Cauty’s production outfit TowerBlock1 takes you on a 23 minute journey through all the sounds and music played during the bricklaying ceremonies that have taken place every year since 2018 to build THE PEOPLES PYRAMID.

Tracks & Formats

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Volume 2

Similar to Volume 1, the second release in the Music For Funerals series was released in three different editions as well – The Peoples Pressing in White 12″ Vinyl and insert, a limited edition of 223 white vinyl pressings with with insert + a double sided poster signed and numbered by Jimmy Cauty, and another limited edition of 46 copies with an exclusive distressed poster signed and numbered by Jimmy Cauty.

A musical journey from Birkenhead Park to the Afterlife Party and back again

File under ‘Machine Music for Electric Sheep’

1. THE ARRIVAL   10:45
Where The Spektacle arrives at the bricklaying site
2. THE ANCESTORS   3:28
Where Pyramid Builders bear witness to those already MuMufied
3. THE BRICKLAYING   5:37
Where the Schedule of Works/newly MuMufied have their Bricks of Mu laid to live in The Peoples Pyramid for perpetuity
4. THE LEVITATION   4:12
Where a Pyramid Levitation is  attempted to end the Bricklaying Ceremony and the Afterlife Party can begin

Tracks & Formats

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