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Wantok Musik Foundation (WMF) - Music Label Recordings of Oceania Region.

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PARADISEC Sydney Unit: Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Rm 3019, Building C41, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Phone +61 2 9351 1279. PARADISEC Melbourne Unit: School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, +61 2 8344 8952 | PARADISEC Canberra Unit: College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, +61 2 6125 6115



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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.

Created: 11 03 2025

Data time period: 31 12 1974 to 06 03 2023

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Bislama | Bislama | Chamari | Chamari | Chambri | Chambri Language | English | English Language | Indigenous Studies | Indonesian | Indonesian Language | Kairak | Kairak | Kuanua | Malay, Ambonese | Malay, Ambonese | Motu | Motu Language | Multiple languages | Multiple Languages | Pacific Peoples Culture | Pacific Peoples Culture, Language and History | Pijin | Pijin Language | Tok Pisin | Tok Pisin | Tolai Language |

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