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The Master Musicians of Jajouka: The Source

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The Master Musicians of Jajouka: The Source
I Master Musicians of Jajouka piombano nella vita musicale dell'occidente alla fine degli anni Sessanta, quando la loro tradizione musicale trova - da William Burroughs a Ornette Coleman, passando per Brian Jones (che ne fece la fortuna discografica pure se era già morto) - un varco felicissimo nei cuori e nelle orecchie voraci di un pubblico che apprezza molto esotismo e trance.

Da allora, i musicisti di questa piccola comunità montana marocchina, luogo dove rifugiarsi e dove trovare nuove energie, hanno continuato a portare avanti la lunga tradizione sotto la guida di Bachir Attar, diventando delle vere e proprie pop-star dell'ipno-etno-world e questo nuovo The Source conferma appieno l'efficacia della formula, con le sue percussioni ossessive e i petulanti oboi ghaita, i flauti e i guimbri.

Inutile cercare di ricomporre purezze e imbastardimenti: passati sotto lo sguardo di Bertolucci e per gli stampi di Peter Gabriel, i maestri comunque non si scompongono e continuano come incantatori fermi nel tempo a fare danzare gli spiriti.

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Track Listing

01. Habibi Tsitini; 02. Talaha l'brado Alaina; 03. Hanging out in Jajouka; 04. Night Dance Under the Moon; 05. Habibi Analik Wuntalia; 06. Hadra of Sidi Ahmed Sheik; 07. Dancing in Your Body and Head; 08. Dance in the Cave of Boujeloud.

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Title: The Source | Year Released: 2010

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