OFF: Black Sun Ensemble

[Jerry Guizar]

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