MW6-037 - Barike Guide Track of A Bot and Interview with John Balasam, Rabaul

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:

磁带1号：巴里克（Barike）乐队、《A Bot》歌曲与约翰·巴拉萨姆（John Balasam）
A面：巴里克（Barike）乐队为歌曲"Odina - Yu wokim wonem long mi"录制的录音指导音轨，以及歌曲"A Bot"的演唱片段。B面：在拉包尔（Rabaul）的马来镇（Malaytown）对约翰·巴拉萨姆（John Balasam）的访谈。
约翰·巴拉萨姆于20世纪30年代末出生，双亲分别来自布卡（Buka）、布干维尔（Bouganville）与新爱尔兰岛的纳马塔奈（Namatanai）地区。他的父亲受雇于德国船运商人基尼里博士（Dr. Kineri），担任船长一职，负责从新爱尔兰岛将椰子干（copra）运往拉包尔。随后全家迁居拉包尔，约翰在此被基尼里博士雇佣，在格泽勒半岛（Gazelle Peninsula）的种植园工作并定居于此。
约翰的音乐生涯始于布卡地区一支名为Chebu的弦乐队。此后他组建了Chebu乐队（Team Chebu），在拉包尔市区及格泽勒半岛的村落献演。彼时的常规演出通常从晚间延续至次日凌晨，多支弦乐队轮流登台助兴，这是格泽勒半岛极具代表性的文娱活动形式。该乐队的音乐风格涵盖五声调式（5 Key）、西班牙曲风与蓝山音乐风格。
约翰师承其父，并借助布卡地区传统民俗中的神秘手段，以此吸引听众喜爱其音乐，同时借此结识女性发展亲密关系。后续Chebu乐队解散，成员们纷纷加入电声乐队，约翰也因此不再继续演奏弦乐音乐。这支乐队的核心成员多来自居住在马来镇的莱斯利家族（Lesly Family），该家族后续参与组建了Apple Sun、Vibrations等多支乐队，最终加入巴里克（Barike）乐队。
（史蒂文·加高（Steven Gagau），2019年6月）。所用原始语言说明：