Live At KXCI
SBR 041
songs- Captain Wormwood, Loki's Monster's Brood, Hymn Of The Master, 669, Lamp Lady Vision, Song For Precious
Recorded live on KXCI 91.3 FM in Tucson and hours before the world changed with the events of 9/11, this is an essential recording for any Black Sun fan. Drawing from material primarily off of Hymn of the Master, Black Sun Ensemble delivers a wall-of-sound that is truly frightening. Master guitarist Jesus Acedo gives the Eye of Horus-tuned guitar a work-out and the interviews shed little light into the enigmatic mind of this modern guitar wizard.
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Black Sun Ensemble - Live at KXCI BSE through their various different incarnations have had two things in
common - the first is Jesus Acedo, the second is that they make music that is impossible to put into words because it sounds like nothing else on earth. This latest release is no exception. It contains mostly instrumental tracks from the last studio CD - "Hymn of the Master" - with the addition of a new track "loki's monster's brood". The sound is more raw and cutting than the studio album, somehow sounding more powerful and dense. The jammed out version of "Captain Wormwood" being the
highlight for me - a long swirling instrumental with a subtly dissonant edge. The new track "loki's monster's brood" comes a close second - another edgy instrumental with snaking guitar and sax. A couple of the tracks have vocals on and I wasn't really sure about Jesus's vocals at first - but the sheer strangeness kind of draws you into the music. In short I can't recommend this CD enough ... it has been on the portable CD player in my car pretty much constantly for the last month. If you haven't heard the Black Sun Ensemble before, this is as good an introduction as you'll get - the music ranges from the aural onslaught of the opening track to the beautiful calm of the closing "Song For Precious". If you are familiar with the BSE then you'll already guess that this is fantastic and don't need me to recommend it! Keep plucking those acoustic peacock feathers Jesus. (p.j.wright@theseed.net)