Item details
Item ID
WM2-015a
Title Ngaiire - Lamentations
Description Lamentations is the debut studio album by Papua New Guinea-born Australian-based singer Ngaiire.
Released July 12, 2013.

Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Lamentations track listing
1. Uranus
2. Around
3. Count to Ten
4. Fireflies
5. ABCD
6. Rabbit Hole
7. Dirty Hercules (Feat Nai Palm)
8. Novacaine
9. Ordinary (feat Brian Campeau and Elana Stone)

1. URANUS
(Ngaiire Joseph/Aaron Croulai)
Keys, samples, programming: Aaron Choulai.
Bass: Tim Curnick.
Drums, percussion: Ross Ferraro.

2. AROUND
(Jospeh/Choulai/Curnick/Anderson/Mannell)
Keys: Jack Britten, Niall Anderson, TIm Curnick.
MPC: Evan Mannell.
Percussion: Aykho Akhrif.

3. COUNT TO TEN
(Ngaiire Joseph/Aaron Choulai)
Keys, programming: Aaron Choulai.
Bass: Tim Curnick.
Drums: Ross Ferraro.

4. FIREFLIES *^
(Ngaiire Joseph)
Keys: Jack Britten, Niall Anderson, TIm Curnick.
Bass: Tim Curnick.
Drums, samples: Evan Mannell.

5. ABCD (FOR OMMO)
(Ngaiire Joseph/Aaron Croulai)
Piano and electronics: Aaron Choulai.

6. RABBIT HOLE *
(Ngaiire Joseph/Moses Macrae)
Keyboards and programming: Moses Macrae.

7. DIRTY HERCULES (FEAT. NAI PALM)
(Ngaiire Joseph/Marcello Maio/Barry Southgate)
Guest Vocal: Nai Palm.
Keys: Aaron Choulai.
Basses: Tim Curnick.
Drums: Ross Ferraro.

8. NOVOCAINE
(Ngaiire Joseph)
Keyboards, programming: Aaron Choulai.
Additional drums and percussion: Ross Ferraro.

9. ORDINARY (FEAT. ELANA STONE AND BRIAN CAMPEAU)
(Ngaiire Joseph/Aaron Croulai)
Pianos: Aaron Choulai.
Guest vocals: Elana Stone and Brian Campeau.

All vocals performed and arranged by Ngaiire

Produced by Tim Curnick
with Aaron Choulai (1,3,5,7,8,9)
and Moses Macrae (6)

Recorded by Chris Townend, Tim Curnick and Marty Hailey
Mixed by Chris Townend and Tim Curnick
Mastered by Ben Feggans and William Bowden

Source: Wantok Musik Foundation & Bandcamp

(David Bridie & Steven Gagau, February 2026
Origination date 2013-07-12
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/015a
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Collector
David Bridie
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Language as given
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Dialect
Region / village Oceania

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Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Jodie Kell
Data Categories song
Data Types Sound
Discourse type singing
Roles Ngaiire Joseph : compiler
Ngaiire Joseph : performer
Ngaiire Joseph : singer
Aaron Choulai : performer
DOI 10.26278/2850-7631
Cite as David Bridie (collector), Ngaiire Joseph (compiler, performer, singer), Aaron Choulai (performer), 2013. Ngaiire - Lamentations. MPEG/WAV. WM2-015a at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/2850-7631
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Collection Information
Collection ID WM2
Collection 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.
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Access Information
Edit access Mihka Chee
David Bridie
View/Download access Mihka Chee
David Bridie
Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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