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Pipes of Pan at Jajouka

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Anyone interested in transformational music-buy this cd. Just buy it, count your pennies and do so; it's an investment in yer ongoing evolution...Probably safe to say that the music on this cd is timeless, recorded 30+ years ago, sounds like something from the year after tomorrow.
Should come with a disclaimer, something like, "Caution: This music may produce heart palpitations, wild thoughts, and urges to dance madly around bonfires."
Definitely NOT left-brain music. My guess is that even the most strait-laced might find their temporal-spatial perceptive abilities 'somewhat' altered during their auditioning of this cd, and for some time thereafter. Watch for psi effects.
The book "Jajouka Rolling Stone", by Stephen Davis is a good companion volume to this recording.
Frankly, I'm amazed that this cd is still legal to own. It's THAT good.

This is the record that started the interest in Jajouka. Since most was already said, I will just add what I think is missing from other reviews. The Jajouka village is Arabic-speaking, not Berber, and definitely not "Aramaic". Their traditions are typical of whole Morocco, which is an amalgalm of Andalusian/Arabic influence, Islam, and of course the ancient traditions of Berbers of North Africa. I think this is the best record about Jajouka since it sounds like a live recording of what could have been an eternal night. The instruments are solely ghaita (Moroccan oboe) as well as tbel and bendir percussions.
Many Jajouka records have sprung after this one, some are good and some are not, but this one is a must have.
If you like this music, check out other Berber records and make sure you go to Morocco to attend the various traditional music festivals throughout the year!

This album...the very pipings of Pan, the ancient and forgotten rites of Lupercalia, discovered in 20th Century Morocco by Beatnicks, Junkies and Hippies? ABSOLUTELY.

The sounds made in this album send chills up my spine. This album reminds us that not only is the world stranger than we know, it is weirder than we CAN know. Everything is True. Nothing is Forbidden. These tapes will cause cold winds to blow through the canyons of your mind. The state of Pan is that of "Panic", and that is what you hear in these "songs."

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards caused this album to be posthumously released after Brian Jones unfortunate drowning/murder in the swimming pool of the house where A.A. Milne wrote Winnie-the-Pooh. Brian recorded these tapes several months before his death, intending to release them.

If you ever wondered what the big deal about the Rolling Stones hanging out in Morroco was; this is it. If you've ever wondered where Gomper came from; this is it. I'm glad Brian Jones recorded this music; it is great. You know we never would have heard this if his name hadn't been on it. I say whether you are a fan of Jones or not give this album a listen. You'll be glad you did.

I bought the original album (better cover!) on vinyl in 1973 and nearly wore it out. The music was so gripping, so timeless and cross-cultural it made me want to hear more. As soon as I could I went to Morocco but nothing else I heard there had the impact of the music on this album. The recording is so 'live' you can hear dogs barking and the cough of the musicians smoking their kif pipes. Leave western culture and music behind for an hour and listen to this album. If you have an open mind you won't regret it.

I don't know if Brion Gysin and Brian Jones and/or the Master Musicians of Jajouka made these recordings sound so strange on purpose, or if they just turned out that way. In any case the bizarre echo and phasing effects make this recording unlike any of the 5 or 6 other Jajouka recordings. But Bachir Attar loves it, so that's one high recommendation.

This music will scare ... many people. Others will be annoyed. Other people will fall in love with it, as I did. To hear this music as it is meant to be heard, you have to give yourself over to it completely, in whatever way that is best accomplished for you. Then you will abe able to hear the relationships of the repeated patterns in the 3 or 4 musical layers. These relationships can be extraordinarily complex, but sound as beautiful as a living arabesque unfolding itself would appear to the eyes.

The purpose of this music is to take you away. You can only find out where you are going if you take the journey.

This is a field recording of the Master Musicians of Joujouka made by the late Brian Jones. It is nothing but excellent. The album presents a Magickal Ritual in Music only perfomed once a year. Brian had exquisite taste in Music as well as being a fine player, but other than having his name on here (and recording it), this album has little to do with him. The only real tribute to Brian remains unissued. I'm talking about the Soundtrack (that Jones composed and produced) to MORD UND TOTSCHLAG aka A DEGREE OF MURDER an Anita Pallenburg film from 1966. Why noone has seen fit to issue this on CD or at least re-release the movie on video; I don't know.

Hassan i Sabbah's phrase, as translated by Brion Gysin, makes a fitting review for this album -- just as the other reviews reveal, everyone will find something different in this strange, hypnotic music. The album is a field recording made in Morocco by Brian Jones and Brion Gysin in 1968, an edited document of ancient Lupercalia rituals dedicated to the god Pan that are hours, and sometimes days, long. (These rituals echo through every springtime rite, from Mardi Gras and Carnival to Easter.) Although the recording has been given a psychedelic gloss it doesn't really need, the result is powerful music, if the listener is open to it. This is an old, old trip -- and the album, originally released in 1971, is considered the first of its kind.

Hard to believe these were recorded thirty years ago - these tracks sound as fresh as cats in heat. Sensous, vital, vibrant, the reeds and drums of the Masters cry out for the goat god Bou Jeloud and send the unwary traveller on a long adventure back to where he started. Belongs in any adventurous collection.

This is a field recording of the Master Musicians of Joujouka [in MOROCCO] made by the late Brian Jones. It is nothing but excellent. The album presents a Magickal Ritual in Music only perfomed once a year. Brian had exquisite taste in Music as well as being a fine player, but other than having his name on here (and recording it), this album has little to do with him. The only real tribute to Brian remains unissued. I'm talking about the Soundtrack (that Jones composed and produced) to MORD UND TOTSCHLAG aka A DEGREE OF MURDER an Anita Pallenburg film from 1966. Why noone has seen fit to issue this on CD or at least re-release the movie on video; I don't know.