I must admit that between the two warring Master Musician factions (Joujouka versus Jajouka; two different families, same mountainous village in Morrocco), and based only on this recording from the Master Musicians of Joujouka, I wasn't as blown away by this album as I was by the Master Musicians of Jajouka's APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY, and I tend to prefer that album to this one.On this album the instrumentation is wan, small voiced, sometimes out of tune, and flawed by flubs. The instruments played are quieter and far different than used by the other Master Musicians. To some, I'm sure, this is endearing in its intimacy, and a solid attempt to present musical accuracy to these ancient songs.But already knowing the songs from far more dynamic, polished, and robust renditions on Apocalypse Across the Sky, there were many times I wanted to hear the other version.Having said that, however, on some songs--mainly the ones not recorded by the Jajouka clan--the more loose and warbling playing, and the variety and difference of instrumentation, adds an organic, almost birdsong-like magickal quality to the music on this album, and that, I imagine, is the part that gets lost or glossed over in the more "full band" sounding recordings of the other Master Musicians.