Master Musicians of Joujouka
Official website of the legendary Sufi brotherhood Master Musicians of Joujouka from Joujouka/Jajouka, Morocco.
Healing Crazy Minds: Master Musicians Of Joujouka & Morocco's Boujeloud Festival by Richie Troughton
Healing Crazy Minds: Master Musicians Of Joujouka & Morocco’s Boujeloud Festival. Richie Troughton reports in The Quietus on visiting Master Musicians of Joujouka for their festival June 4-6 2010
“A lone pipe line leads the group into action. The drummers pound out an incessant barrage of colliding patterns on their drums (with sheep hides for skins), rested on the knees and played with a spoon shaped piece of wood in one hand and a thin stick in the other. You can watch the musicians and try to work out who is playing what, but once you catch the eye of the man you’ve picked out they will instantly change the beat. The rhaita players carry on a follow-the-leader routine, constantly upping the ante, using circular breathing techniques to maintain the notes, until unified screeches ring out in ascension, building up and building up the intensity until the pitch is ringing out beyond the lavish tent that is their backdrop and high out into the hills. And oh yes, it is loud too.”
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Healing Crazy Minds: Master Musicians Of Joujouka & Morocco’s Boujeloud Festival by Richie Troughton