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
001 A Bit Na Ta View
001a A Bit Na Ta - Source Film View
001b A Bit Na Ta - Adjacent Film View
001c A Bit Na Ta - Master CD View
001d A Bit Na Ta - Assorted photos View
001e A Bit Na Ta - A Kinavai Ceremony, Raluana View
001f A Bit Na Ta - nidok Sikut Talvat June 2015 photos View
001g A Bit Na Ta - nidok Ralalar_Raluana_aug2008 photos View
001h A Bit Na Ta - dancing at st michaels kadaulung View
001i A Bit Na Ta - Matamatam Ralalar Raluana View

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