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oai:paradisec.org.au:WM2-034a

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Title:Nēvēnek Torba Province - Ground Music Album
Access Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation: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
Contributor (compiler):David Bridie
Contributor (data_inputter):Steven Gagau
Contributor (participant):Willie Plasua
Nicholson Dini
David Rosco
Kenken Fraser
Dickinson Levi
Pascale Levi
Edgar Howard
Contributor (performer):Nēvēnek
Contributor (recorder):Andrew Robinson
Coverage (Box):northlimit=-12.8066; southlimit=-14.5782; westlimit=166.24; eastlimit=168.597
Coverage (ISO3166):VU
Date (W3CDTF):2018-05-01
Date Created (W3CDTF):2018-05-01
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). Language as given:
Format:Digitised: no
Identifier:WM2-034a
Identifier (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/034a
Language:Bislama
Motlav
Nume
Lehali
Language (ISO639):bis
mlv
tgs
tql
Publisher:Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Subject:Bislama language
Motlav language
Nume language
Lehali language
Subject (ISO639):bis
mlv
tgs
tql
Subject (OLAC):language_documentation
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Type (DCMI):Sound

OLAC Info

Archive:  Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Description:  http://www.language-archives.org/archive/paradisec.org.au
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:  Pre-generated XML file

OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:paradisec.org.au:WM2-034a
DateStamp:  2026-03-18
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for simple DC format

Search Info

Citation: David Bridie (compiler); 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. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms: area_Pacific country_VU dcmi_Sound iso639_bis iso639_mlv iso639_tgs iso639_tql olac_language_documentation olac_singing

Inferred Metadata

Country: Vanuatu
Area: Pacific


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