Joujouka Black Eyes is a CD by Moroccan

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 Sufi trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 musicians Master Musicians of Joujouka. It was released in May 1995 on Sub Rosa Records. It was produced by Frank Rynne

Frank Rynne

Frank Rynne is an Irish-born singer, record producer, art curator, film-maker, writer, and historian. He has played in three bands Those Handsome Devils in 1984, The Baby Snakes and Islamic Diggers . He has produced three CDs of Moroccan folk music by the Master Musicians of Joujouka...

 and includes the song "Brian Jones Joujouka very Stoned" written by Joujouka born painter Mohamed Hamri

Mohamed Hamri

Mohamed Hamri , commonly known as Hamri, was a self-described Painter of Morocco. He was a Moroccan painter and author and one of the few Moroccans to participate in the Tangier Beat scene....

. This song commemorates the third visit of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones

Brian Jones

Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones , known as Brian Jones, was an English musician and a founding member of the Rolling Stones....

 to Jajouka

Jajouka

Jajouka, Joujouka or Zahjoukah is a village in the Ahl-Srif mountains in the southern Rif, Morocco. The mountains are named after the Ahl-Srif tribe who populate the region.-The musical heritage:...

. On this visit Jones recorded Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka

Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka

Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka was an album produced by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones. The album was a recording of the Moroccan group the Master Musicians of Joujouka, in performance on 29 July 1968 in the village of Jajouka in Morocco and released on Rolling Stones Records,...

. The group on this CD includes veteran Joujouka musician Mujehid Mujdoubi (1893-1997).

Musician credits

• Ahmed El Attar drum and vocal
• Mohamed El Attar lira and rhiata and vocals
• Mustapha El Attar drum
• Ahmed Bouhsini rhiata lira
• Abdelslam Boukhzar drum vocal
• Abdelslam Errtoubi rhiata and lira
• Mujehid Mujdoubi lira
• Muinier Mujdoubi drum
• Muckthar Jagdhal drum and vocal
• Mohamed Mokhchan rhiata and lira
• Abdelslam Dahnoun drum, rhiata, lira
• El Hadj clapping and vocal
• Si Ahmed violin

External links

• Master Musicians of Joujouka Website and Ethical Store
• An interview with Frank Rynne talking about more than 15 years working with, managing and recording The Master Musicians of Joujouka. The Lazarus Corporation (UK, Nov. 2007).