OFF: Black Sun Ensemble

[Rich Warren]

Ah yes 'lambent flame', famously described as Jimi Hendrix being dragged
backwards through a hedge on a bad hair day. Well thats the music press for
you lol.

Rich W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Guizar" <jguizar at STNY.RR.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 3:28 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: Black Sun Ensemble


> From: "K Henderson" <henderson.120 at OSU.EDU>
>
> > FYI...interesting news - I'd been looking for this for quite awhile -
glad
> I
> > didn't find a crappy vinyl copy before I read this.  :)
> >
> > THE BLACK SUN ENSEMBLE - S/T - Australia's Camera Obscura label has
> > finally made us very happy by reissuing the first LP by this Arizona
> > band led by some of the most utterly indescribable and magic guitar
> > playing I've ever encountered. Note that there is another self-titled
> > BSE album that some think was a bigger label reissue of this one but
> > that is a completely different record. This was pressed by the band in
> > very small numbers, discovered by psych collectors and hidden away in
> > collections around the world. The sound has a certain middle eastern
> > sort of Al Bassim vibe in places but where Bassim moves in jazz
> > directions this moves into the vast open spaces of the desert.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Now, does anybody know about this other self-titled BSE disc?  I have
(or
> > have heard) three studio albums (including the 2000 release) and a live
CD
> > (that seems like it might be kinda rare as well).  So is the complete
BSE
> > (perhaps an unfortunate abbreviation) discography total six
> full-length-type
> > releases?
>
>    Are they talking about their first lp Called "First LP"? Looks like the
> same band
> members playing on both. All I have is Lambent Flame and Elemental Forces
> (and
> it's been a while since I listened to them - have to give them a spin
soon).
>
> Jerry
>