Master Musicians of Joujouka
Morocco's legendary trance music
"Destroy All Rational Thought" 2007 DVD release
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Destroy All Rational Thought
Featuring The Master Musicians of Joujouka live in concert at The Here to Go Show in 1992.
The Here to Go Show celebrated the lives and work of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin.
The Master Musicians of Joujouka travelled to Dublin, Ireland to participate.
The DVD features William Burroughs in a rare interview about Brion Gysin.
Brion Gysin painting, Hamri the Painter of Morocco, who first connected his village’s musicians – Master Musicians of Joujouka – with the Western avant garde.
Rare footage by Antony Balch of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin in New York, Paris and Tangier from the 1950s and early 1960s.
Writers Ira Cohen, Joe Ambrose, Terry Wilson, Peter Lamborn Wilson/Hakim Bey.
Music from Bill Laswell’s Material, The Master Musicians of Joujouka, Thin Lizzy’s Brian Downey, and The Baby Snakes.
New features on this DVD.
Interview with directors, Frank Rynne and Joe Ambrose, who discuss Master Musicians of Joujouka, Hamri, Burroughs, Gysin and the Here to Go Show.
Slideshows of artwork and literary tributes to Burroughs and Gysin.
Extra music: William Burroughs don’t Play Guitar by Islamic Diggers.
Endorsing the film with reference to The Master Musicians of Joujouka performances as featured in Destroy all Rational Thought, William S. Burroughs wrote in 1994:
Feb 28, 1994
I have seen the Dublin videos and they look very impressive. I am sure the actual performance must have been a real knock-out. We need more ‘diabolic music’ everywhere.
Not destroy all rational thought but put in proportion the 1/10 of the iceberg that appears above the water.
All best
William S. Burroughs
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