Collection details
Collection ID WM2
Title Wantok Musik Foundation (WMF) - Music Label Recordings of Oceania Region.
Description The Wantok Musik Foundation is an Australian-based not-for-profit Music Label that records, releases and promotes culturally infused music from Indigenous Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. The brand “Wantok Musik” is a Melanesian term that reflects talking with a common language “one talk” although in the diverse cultures of the region that may have different sounds, different beats, different instruments, the music we all share is common and singing about the same things such as our history, our lore, our education, our hurts, our joys, our injustices, our struggles, our lives, our communities and our stories. This Collection preserves rich musical talents and artists of the Oceania region where the Wantok Musik Label through album recordings and collaborative projects has fostered cross-cultural initiatives and exchange. Through music and language within the diverse cultures of the region, we hear, share and learn about entertainers, performers and artistic and creative expressions where over the years, the Wantok Musik label has recorded, released and promoted of music from First Nation Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. Wantok Musik promotes local and international profile of First Nation and world music groups based in the region by supporting and providing greater economic opportunity for artists, long-term career sustainability at the same time by managing the various activities addresses social issues with creative and culturally focused approaches.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2
Collector
David Bridie
Operator Jodie Kell
Originating university University of Sydney
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Region / village Oceania
DOI 10.26278/nbh4-tw44
Cite as David Bridie (collector), 1975. Wantok Musik Foundation (WMF) - Music Label Recordings of Oceania Region. . Collection WM2 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Closed Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/nbh4-tw44
Access information
Edit access Jodie Kell
Steven Gagau
Michael Manzini
Mihka Chee
David Bridie
Data access conditions Closed (subject to the access condition details)
Data access details
Items in Collection (206)

Item Title Actions
021d William Takaku & Pidia Kaur Group - Bougainville Kaur Festival View
021e William Takaku & Pidia Kaur Group - Raw Audio (?) View
022a Blasius to Una Turtavu - Guitar Songs of Papua New Guinea View
023a Club Mu - Sina Sina Bounces 1995 View
024a Kaumaakonga - Taoba View
025a Ailan Reggae Hits - Volume 1 View
025b Ailan Reggae Hits - Volume 2 View
026a Tolai - Tolai Rock (PAC102) View
026b Tolai - Tolai Rock 2 (PAC105) View
026c Tolai - Tolai Songs Of The Millennium View
026d Tolai - Tolai Warwagira MP3's View
027a Rokenrol - Volume 1 View
027b Rokenrol - Volume 2 View
027c Rokenrol - Volume 3 View
028a Yumi Vot - Mastered Mixes View
029a John Wong - Solo In Volcano View
029b John Wong - Electric Dreams View
029c John Wong - Masalai View
029d John Wong - Varmanga View
029e John Wong - Varmanga 2 View
029f John Wong - John Wong View
030a Soundtrack - Fai'a View
030b Soundtrack - The Straits View
031a Charles Maimarosia - Music View
031b Charles Maimarosia - Video View
031c Charles Maimarosia - MV Taimareho Photos View
032a Harmoni Music Project - Audio View
032b Harmoni Music Project - Madang Usino View
032c Harmoni Music Project - Madang Usino 2 View
032d Harmoni Music Project - Pictures View
033a Narisirato Pan Pipe Band - Are Are Malaita Enormodome Mixes View
034a Nēvēnek Torba Province - Ground Music Album View
034b Nēvēnek Torba Province - Dung Verei_photos Monika View
034c Nēvēnek Torba Province - Video View
035a Ol Sing Blong Plantesen - Album View
035b Ol Sing Blong Plantesen - Documents View
036a Bamboo Bands - Singaut Bel-Isi (Compilation) View
037a JipaJiroa Stringband View
038a Kalja Riddim Klan (KRK) - Here We Come View
039a The Matupit John Wesley Lotu Choir - January 2016 View
040a Marshall Islands - Moonlight Leta Volume I: Musical Transitions View
041a Eyuser - Didedikasikan View
041b Eyuser - Didedikasikan Artwork View
041c Eyuser - Photos View
042 Gaulim Movies View
043 Ben Bohane and David Bridie - Black Islands View
043a Ben Bohane and David Bridie - Black Islands Photographs View
043b Ben Bohane and David Bridie - Black Islands Book View
044a Kirap Sanap Bougainville - Get Up, Stand Up, Show Up View
045a Timothy Seda - Various View

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