MW6-051 - Interview with Rokus The Kid and Joan Niut, PGS Rabaul

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:

磁带1：Rokus The Kid与Joan Niut的音乐背景及历程
A面：Livai Rokus，艺名“Rokus the Kid”，1978年8月出生，采访时14岁。他来自Nonga附近的Tavui No.2村，家中共9口人，包括5个兄弟和3个姐妹。他就读于Boisen高中，六年级时完成了作为音乐家的首次录音室录制。Rokus的导师是知名拉包尔（Rabaul）音乐人——他的表亲Patti Doi，以及同样来自Tavui的Kanai Pineri。Rokus是与Pacific Gold Studios（PGS）和Chin H Min（CHM）合作录制个人专辑和歌曲的青少年音乐人之一，其他受欢迎的年轻音乐人还包括Henry Kuskus和Charles Kivovon。他受Kanai Pineri、Patti Doi、Barike、Telek、Painim Wok等音乐人和乐队的启发，开始创作自己的歌曲并成为歌手（vocalist），且希望专注于鼓乐而非吉他或键盘等其他乐器。他的歌曲涵盖多种语言，如Kuanua、Tok Pisin、英语及西新不列颠的Bakovi语等，主题主要围绕青少年的故事和成长经历，而非成人的生活体验。他参与了主要在莫尔兹比港（Port Moresby）制作的歌曲视频剪辑，未来志向是完成高中学业后成为乐队的主唱。PGS老板Greg Seeto曾计划让Rokus加入新的Junior Barike乐队。
B面：Joan Niut是一位1967年出生的女音乐人，来自Toma地区的Viviran村。童年早期，她从父亲那里继承了传统Tolai族的“tena buai”技艺——这种技艺赋予持有者创作歌曲和舞蹈的特殊能力。此类技能与天赋仅为Tolai社会中的少数人所拥有，他们通过村庄社区内的各类Tolai歌曲“kakalai”和舞蹈“malagene”教学表演团体，传承文化习俗与传统音乐知识。Joan凭借其创作能力转向当代音乐领域，自学吉他演奏，并录制了包含Kuanua语、Tok Pisin语等多种语言歌曲的专辑。这些歌曲以乐队音乐形式呈现，涵盖传统舞蹈歌曲（如“pinpidik”“vutung”“libung”“parpari”）以及日常生活与经历的叙事内容。采访时，她在完成首张磁带录制后正筹备第二张专辑。（Steven Gagau，2019年9月）