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oai:paradisec.org.au:MW6-037

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Title:Barike Guide Track of A Bot and Interview with John Balasam, Rabaul
Access Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:Michael Webb (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Michael Webb (interviewer, recorder), John Balasam (speaker), 1993. Barike Guide Track of A Bot and Interview with John Balasam, Rabaul. X-WAV/MPEG. MW6-037 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/ZHQ8-8A96
Contributor (compiler):Michael Webb
Contributor (data_inputter):Steven Gagau
Contributor (interviewer):Michael Webb
Contributor (recorder):Michael Webb
Contributor (speaker):John Balasam
Coverage (Box):northlimit=-4.08366; southlimit=-4.45069; westlimit=151.821; eastlimit=152.559
Coverage (ISO3166):PG
Date (W3CDTF):1993-04-19
Date Created (W3CDTF):1993-04-19
Description:Tape#1: Barike, A Bot Song and John Balasam Side A Studio recorded guide track of Barike Band on song "Odina - Yu wokim wonem long mi" and singing of "A Bot" song. Side B Interview with John Balasam conducted at Malaytown, Rabaul. John was born to parentage of Buka, Bouganville and Namatanai, New Ireland in early in late 1930s'. His father worked for a German shipping business owner, Dr Kineri who employed him as a boat captain shipping copra produce to Rabaul from New Ireland. The family then moved to Rabaul where he was employed by Dr Kineri in plantations in Gazelle Peninsula and were settled in Rabaul where John was bor, John's background in music was in stringbands with a Buka group called Chebu. John went on to form Team Chebu who performed in Rabaul Town and villages of Gazelle Peninsula. Typical performances were from evning till morning where there would be alternate stringbands playing for entertainment which was typical events in the Gazelle Peninsula. They style of music as 5 Key, Spanish and Blue Mountain. John learnt from his father and used magical powers from traditional ways from Buka in attracting crowds in liking the music and women for having relationships. Team Chebu disbanded and members joined electric bands so John did not continue playing stringband music. The bands were with the Lesly family who lived in Malaytown who later were in a number of bands like Apple Sun, Vibrations then to the Barike Band. (Steven Gagau, June 2019). Language as given:
Format:Digitised: yes Media: TDK SA60 Cassette Tape Audio Notes: Tape Machine: Tascam 122MK3 Soundcard: RME HDSPe AIO A/D Converter: RME AD1-2 Pro FS File: 24bit, 96kHz, stereo Length: Side A Side B 00:32:00 Listening Quality: Side A Side B quality is ok though tape displayed evidence of sticky tape syndrome with considerable flutter rendering audio unlistenable. Tape was baked for 24 hours and this improved the quality with speech clear though there is some background hum.
Identifier:MW6-037
Identifier (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/037
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
text_and_corpus_linguistics
Table Of Contents (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/037/MW6-037-B.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/037/MW6-037-A.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/037/MW6-037-A.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/037/MW6-037-B.mp3
Type (DCMI):Sound
Type (OLAC):primary_text

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:MW6-037
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); Michael Webb (recorder); John Balasam (speaker). 1993. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms: area_Pacific country_PG dcmi_Sound iso639_tpi olac_language_documentation olac_primary_text olac_singing olac_text_and_corpus_linguistics

Inferred Metadata

Country: Papua New Guinea
Area: Pacific


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