OLAC Record oai:paradisec.org.au:MW6-051

Metadata
Title:		Interview with Rokus The Kid and Joan Niut, PGS Rabaul
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Michael Webb (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Michael Webb (interviewer), Livai Rokus (speaker), Joan Niut (speaker), 1993. Interview with Rokus The Kid and Joan Niut, PGS Rabaul. MPEG/X-WAV. MW6-051 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/EXA4-0Z41
Contributor (compiler):		Michael Webb
Contributor (data_inputter):		Steven Gagau
Contributor (interviewer):		Michael Webb
Contributor (speaker):		Livai Rokus
		Joan Niut
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=-4.18913; southlimit=-4.41954; westlimit=152.147; eastlimit=152.245
Coverage (ISO3166):		PG
Date (W3CDTF):		1993-06-28
Date Created (W3CDTF):		1993-06-28
Description:		Tape# 1: Musical Backgound and Journey of Rokus The Kid and Joan Niut. Side A: Livai Rokus known as "Rokus the Kid" was born in August 1978 and at time of interview was 14 years old. Rokus comes from Tavui No.2 village near Nonga in a family of 9 with 5 brothers and 3 sisters. He was attending Boisen High School and made his first studio recording as a musician when he was in Grade 6. Rokus was mentored by popular Rabaul musicians Patti Doi his cousin and Kanai Pineri also from Tavui. Rokus was amongst other teenager musicians who rose up to recording their own albums and songs with Pacific Gold Studios (PGS) and Chin H Min (CHM). The other popular young musicians were Henry Kuskus and Charles Kivovon. Rokus was motivated by musicians and bands Kanai Pineri, Patti Doi, Barike, Telek, Painim Wok and started composing his own songs and became vocalist and wants to focus on drums rather than other instruments in guitar or keyboards. He has variety of songs in Kuanua, Tok Pisin, English and other languages like Bakovi, West New Britain. His songs are mainly stories and growing up experiences as a teenager and not songs about adults experiences. He was involved in making video clips for the songs mainly in Port Moresby and his future aspirations is to be main vocalist of a band after completing his high school education. PGS owner Greg Seeto had planned that Rokus be a member of a new Junior Barike band. Side B: Joan Niut is a female musician born in 1967 and comes from Viviran Village, Toma. She was taught by her father as inheritance in her early childhood to be a traditional Tolai "tena buai" which special powers of composition of song and dance. The skills and talent are only with selected few in Tolai society and their influence with cultural practices and traditional music knowledge is through various Tolai song "kakalai" and dance "malagene" teaching performance groups in the village communities. Joan's interest with her composition ability moved on to contemporary music where she self taught herself playing the guitar leading to recording her album with variety of songs in Kuanua, Tok Pisin. The songs recorded in band music and instruments range from traditional dance songs like "pinpidik, vutung, libung, parpari" to storylines of everyday life and experiences. After her first cassette recording she is moving onto the second album at the time of the interview. (Steven Gagau, September 2019) . Language as given:
Format:		Digitised: yes Audio Notes: Operator: Nicholas Fowler-Gilmore Tape Machine: Tascam 122. A/D Converter: RME ADI-2 Pro fs Sound Card: RME HDSPe AIO File: 24bit96kHz, Stereo Length: Side A: 0:20:17 Side B: 0:31:40 Speed: 1 7/8 ips Listening Quality: Good. People, birds and babies in background also a bit of of a buz in recording. Not sure what the cause is.
Identifier:		MW6-051
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/051
Language:		Tok Pisin
Language (ISO639):		tpi
Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Subject:		Tok Pisin language
Subject (ISO639):		tpi
Subject (OLAC):		language_documentation
		historical_linguistics
Table Of Contents (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/051/MW6-051-A.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/051/MW6-051-A.wav
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/051/MW6-051-B.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/051/MW6-051-B.wav
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:MW6-051
DateStamp:		2022-12-09
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Michael Webb (compiler); Steven Gagau (data_inputter); Michael Webb (interviewer); Livai Rokus (speaker); Joan Niut (speaker). 1993. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms:		area_Pacific country_PG dcmi_Sound iso639_tpi olac_historical_linguistics olac_language_documentation
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Papua New Guinea
Area:		Pacific