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
012g Mambesak - Vol 01 View
013a Moab Stringband - Matogo (alt version) View
013b Moab Stringband - Other Recordings View
013c Moab Stringband - At Raluana View
013d Moab Stringband View
013e Moab Stringband - Miscellaneous View
014a Vanuatu Women's Water Music - Banks Music Santo (Water Music) View
015a Ngaiire - Lamentations View
016a Kelly Kwalik - Amungme View
017a Barike - Bad Reputation View

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