Black Sun Ensemble
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Black Sun Ensemble is a Tucson Arizona
, USA based psychedelic rock
band, led by Jesus Acedo that was formed in the mid 1980s. The initial albums garnered rave reviews from Rolling Stone
and several of the independent music journals of the time. Black Sun Ensemble opened for Camper Van Beethoven
on the Key Lime Pie tour in 1989 to appreciative audiences across North America. Infamous circumstances surrounding their Geffin Record showcase in Los Angeles lead to the quiet intervention of Paul McCartney to get certain members and their entourage out of custody- a tarot card was involved, but any more may detail may arouse the attorneys! (based on statements from Jesus Acedo & Duane Norman) The band splintered, reformed and fell into hiatus due to extenuating circumstances and the mental illness of Jesus Acedo.
In the mid 1990s, existing copies of earlier records were selling for high prices on eBay
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Music/Content?oid=44286. This and a new found muse inspired Jesus Acedo to reform the band and create a string of successful new albums, many released on the Camera Obscura
label. The reformed band's albums had great reviews and they performed for several years at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.
Black Sun Ensemble was an innovative band that inspired the popularity of styles such as freak folk
, psych folk
and The Jewelled Antler Collective.
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, USA based psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
band, led by Jesus Acedo that was formed in the mid 1980s. The initial albums garnered rave reviews from Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
and several of the independent music journals of the time. Black Sun Ensemble opened for Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group formed in Redlands, California in 1983.An eclectic band, Camper Van Beethoven mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk and alternative country, as well as various types of world music. Their aggressive musical pluralism created a...
on the Key Lime Pie tour in 1989 to appreciative audiences across North America. Infamous circumstances surrounding their Geffin Record showcase in Los Angeles lead to the quiet intervention of Paul McCartney to get certain members and their entourage out of custody- a tarot card was involved, but any more may detail may arouse the attorneys! (based on statements from Jesus Acedo & Duane Norman) The band splintered, reformed and fell into hiatus due to extenuating circumstances and the mental illness of Jesus Acedo.
In the mid 1990s, existing copies of earlier records were selling for high prices on eBay
EBay
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http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Music/Content?oid=44286. This and a new found muse inspired Jesus Acedo to reform the band and create a string of successful new albums, many released on the Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura (record label)
Camera Obscura was a record label founded by Australian music journalist Tony Dale in 1996. Described by Dale as 'a conduit for the release of contemporary acid-folk, psych-pop and space-rock,' the label put out almost ninety releases over fourteen years, the vast majority of which were...
label. The reformed band's albums had great reviews and they performed for several years at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.
Black Sun Ensemble was an innovative band that inspired the popularity of styles such as freak folk
Freak folk
Freak folk is a genre of folk music associated with contemporary artists such as Faun Fables, Animal Collective, Davenport, Devendra Banhart,CocoRosie, Panda Bear, Kelli Ali, Joanna Newsom, Bowerbirds, Woods, Greg Weeks, Hecuba, Akron/Family, Rio en Medio, Birdengine, Sufjan Stevens, Sean Hayes,...
, psych folk
Psych folk
Psychedelic folk or psych folk is a loosely defined form of psychedelic music that originated in the 1960s through the fusion of folk music and psychedelic rock...
and The Jewelled Antler Collective.
Discography
- Black Sun EnsembleBlack Sun Ensemble (album)Black Sun Ensemble is a 1985 psychedelic rock recording by the Black Sun Ensemble. Originally issued privately, it was later reissued, most recently on Camera Obscura Records...
(1985) - The Fish Album (1998)
- Lambent Flame (1989)
- Tragic Magic (1990)
- Elemental Forces (1991)
- Psycho Master El (1994)
- Hymn of the Master (2002)
- "Live at KXCI" (2002)
- Starlight (2003)
- Live at KXCI vol. 2" (2005)
- Bolt of Apollo (2006)
- Across the Sea of Id: The Way to Eden (2008)