Nabu - Nēvēnek Torba Province - Ground Music Album

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Item ID	WM2-034a (Collection Details)
Title	Nēvēnek Torba Province - Ground Music Album
Description	Nēvēnek: Ground Music from Torba Province, Vanuatu is a 2019 compilation album documenting traditional "ground music" from the Banks Islands in Torba Province (northern Vanuatu), released by Wantok Musik and Bandcamp. Nēvēnek is a compendium of an oral history that is alive and evolving. Song List: 1. Father Levi Sandy - Nagwn Tamat 2. Vilian Pride - Beve Nu Ao 3. Dolap Water Music - Freshwater Spring Bubbling 4. Chief Willie Plasua - Farewell Song 5. Black Bamboo Band - Ea Eale 6. Chief Willie Plasua & John Star - Tam Tam Beat 7. Christopher Qwat - Suwave Song 8. Jerol Qalqet - Independence Storian 9. John Mark Woklo - Oio 10. Chief Willie Plasua & John Star - Death of the Chief 11. Ontar Sunshine String Band feat. Levi Sandy - Green Island Song 12. Henry Elai - Paia Women 13. Totolag Kastom Group feat John Wilson - Nawat Titi (Dance of Vin Walwal) 14. Vanwe String Band - Seloynamya 15. Dolap Water Music - School Of Fish 16. Chief Nicholson - Rowa 17. Susan Wongui - Welicud 18. Jerol Qalqet - Qat 19. Margaret Gaua - Ehave Rea 20. Dolap Warer Music - Waves break on the reef 21. Leserpla Tam Tam Group - No Dung Gi Jaoo 22. Vanwe String Band - Al 23. John Henry Richard - Aiyawo 24. Black Bamboo Band - Eale Sivigi Sivigi 25. Totolag Kastom Group - Gre Tu 26. Richard Woris - Blackbirding 27. Village chatter Nēvēnek is music grounded in place, while also presenting a sense of how the people of Torba see themselves as situated in a contemporary world; indeed the recordings here connect Banks Islanders to Queensland through the Pacific Island slave-trade on the late 19th century, to the first arrival and acceptance of traders and missionaries, to the global process of decolonisation and nation-forming in the late 20th century. Nēvēnek is sung in the various languages of islands of Gaua, Ureparapara, Mota Lava in villages of Dolag, Leserpla and Totolag. Recorded at: Dolag village, Gaua Leserpla Village, Ureparapara Totolag village, Mota Lava Torba Province, Vanuatu, May 2018 credits released September 30, 2019 Recorded by Andrew Robinson Mixed & Mastered by Andrew Robinson at ToRurua Studios, Melbourne. Produced by David Bridie & Sandy Sur Photography - Nicky Kuautonga, David Bridie, Melinda Lucas Album design - Rosa Coyle-Hayward Music Directors Gaua - Chief Willie Plasua, John Star Ureparapara - Chief Nicholson Dini, Chief David Rosco. Mota Lava - Chief Kenken Fraser, Chief Dickinson Levi, Chief Pascale Levi, Edgar Howard Further explanations - Thomas Dick, Monika Stern Thank you Amy Chapman, Denis Crowdy, Ralph Reganvanu, Nicky Kuautonga, Thomas Dick, Monika Stern, Denis Crowdy, David Nalo, John Star, Nicky, Viviane, Ladonna, Delly, David, Gina, Nicole, Roslyn, Miranda. Source: Wantok Musik Foundation (David Bridie & Steven Gagau, March 2026)
Origination date	2018-05-01
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Archive link	https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/034a
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Collector	David Bridie Find similar
Countries	Vanuatu - VU To view related information on a country, click its name
Language as given
Subject language(s)	Bislama - bis Mwotlap - mlv Nume - tgs Lehali - tql To view related information on a language, click its name
Content language(s)	Bislama - bis Mwotlap - mlv Nume - tgs Lehali - tql To view related information on a language, click its name
Dialect
Region / village	Gaua, Ureparapara, Islands, Mota Lava, Banks Islands, Torba Province
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Originating university	University of Sydney
Operator	Jodie Kell
Data Categories	song
Data Types	Sound
Discourse type	singing
Roles	Steven Gagau : data_inputter David Bridie : compiler Andrew Robinson : recorder Nēvēnek : performer Willie Plasua : participant Nicholson Dini : participant David Rosco : participant Kenken Fraser : participant Dickinson Levi : participant Pascale Levi : participant Edgar Howard : participant
DOI	10.26278/yxcc-q811
Cite as	David Bridie (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), David Bridie (compiler), Andrew Robinson (recorder), Nēvēnek (performer), Willie Plasua (participant), Nicholson Dini (participant), David Rosco (participant), Kenken Fraser (participant), Dickinson Levi (participant), Pascale Levi (participant), Edgar Howard (participant), 2018. Nēvēnek Torba Province - Ground Music Album. MPEG/WAV/PDF. WM2-034a at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/yxcc-q811

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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.
Countries	Australia - AU Fiji - FJ Indonesia - ID Marshall Islands - MH New Caledonia - NC Papua New Guinea - PG Solomon Islands - SB East Timor - TL Vanuatu - VU Samoa - WS To view related information on a country, click its name
Languages	Malay, Ambonese - abs 'Are'are - alu Biak - bhw Bislama - bis Chambri - can Chamari - cdg Kairak - ckr English - eng Indonesian - ind Numee - kdk Kuanua - ksd Marshallese - mah Mekeo - mek Motu - meu Mwotlap - mlv Pijin - pis Ramoaaina - rai Nume - tgs Tok Pisin - tpi Lehali - tql Kesawai - xes Multiple languages - mul To view related information on a language, click its name

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Edit access	Mihka Chee David Bridie
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Data access conditions	Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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