WM2-013e - Moab Stringband - Miscellaneous

THE MOAB STRINGBAND of Raluana village Rabaul ENBP MATOGO GEORGE MAMUA TELEK lead vocals, guitar WARGI APELIS bass KENNY WARTIA guitar KAUL WARTIA lead guitar ELIPAS TIROVIN ukelele PRODUCED BY DAVID BRIDIE MIXED AND ASSEMBLED by Tim Cole at the Enormodome Feb-June 2007 Recorded by Byron Scullin at the Enormodome May 2006 Additional Telek vocals recorded by Stephen Schaeffer at Breathing Game studios. Mastered by Tim Cole Auspiced by the WANTOK MUSIK FOUNDATION www.wantokmusik.org Dedicated to the wonderful memory of former Moab manager, Kenny Moab .Rest esi barata 1.DICKENS 2.HARRISON KIMBE 3. PASKA 4. TOLAGS 5. LANCY 6. APINPIDIK(KUNUNURKI) 7. NRAM(CHRISTINA) 8.ECHO 9. KIKISTAR 10. ABEBE 11.JENNY 12. GOGOL ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY GEORGE TELEK AND THE MOAB STRINGBAND WANTOK RECORDS SOUNDVAULT ORIGIN PUBLISHING THANKYOU/BOINA TUNA –LAKMAN,DOPI,TOTI,PINIA,NA OLGETA MANNAMERI LONG PLES RALUANA KLOSTU KOKOPO ENBP,GLEN LOW AND ALL THE BARIKE LADS,OLGETA MUSICIANS LONG CHM NA PACIFIC GOLD PNG,OLGETA NARAPELA STRINGBANDS LONG ENBP ..JUNGLE JUICE BOYS,JUNIOR DEVILS,LANGA VIBRATIONS, AGOLGOL,REVANMATES,,BRIDGET,PUITA,GEORGE JNR,LULU,ALICE,CILLA,RONNY,RUBY,LULU,OL FAMILY LAIN BILONG WAGI,KAUL,ELOPAS,NA KENNY ,GREG SEETO,DIGBY HOLEONG,NA OL ENGINEERS LONG PACIFIC GOLD RABAUL,LYNNE,WINNIE ,STELLA,RACHEL CONNOR GEORGE OFTEN TALKS ABOUT STRING BAND SONGS BEING LOVELETTERS.THAT A MAN WILL COME UP TO HIM IN THE VILLAGE AND ASK HIM TO WRITE A SONG LETTING THE WOMAN OF HIS FANCY KNOW THAT HE HAS FEELINGS FOR HER.ALMOST LIKE SONGS FOR HIRE.THE SONGS ARE VERY VILLAGE BASED .THIS ALBUM OF STRINGBAND TUNES DETAILS A WIDE VARIETY OF RELATIONSHIP SITUATIONS OF THE MOABS POROMEN (EQUAL MEN) . THIS ALBUM CENTRES AROUND RALUANA,CLOSE TO KOKOPO,NEAR RABAUL IN THE PNG PROVINCE OF EAST NEW BRITAIN.THE MOAB STRINGBAND ARE ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY REGARDED STRING BANDS OF PNG.THIS HAS MUCH TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THEIR LEAD SINGER,GEORGE TELEK IS A VERY WELL KNOWN PERFORMER IN HIS OWN RIGHT AS A ROCK SINGER IN THE BAND PAINIM WOK AND HIS SOLO RECORDS AS WELL AS HIS INTERNATIONAL RECORDINGS WHICH MIX TRADITIONAL WORLD MUSIC WITH ROCK AND STRINGBAND STYLES.the moab style is much pacier and rockier compared to other more lilting stringband styles.A centrepiece of the Moab style is the bass playing of Wargi Apelis who is held in high regard in both PNG and Australia. WWW.TELEK.COM THE LYRICS TO THESE SONGS ARE SUNG IN KUANUAN,THE TOK PLES OF THE TOLAIS PEOPLE OF RABAUL OR TOK PISIN,THE LINGUA FRANCA OF PNG. 1.DICKENS. This song is about a stalled romance between Dickens and a girl due to his parents' intervention and Dickens's final move from Rabaul to the Highlands. 2. HARRISON, KIMBE Harrison talks about a daughter's broken heart after learning her husband has left her for her mother:- (like son in law taking off with mother in law)!!KIMBE IS THE TOWN WHERE HARRISON IS FROM,ON THE WEST COAST NEW BRITAIN KLOSTU HOSKINS AND TALASEA 3. PASKA This song is about a girl by the name of Paska. Paska’s boyfriend’s parents didn’t think she was good enough for their son and were not afraid to say so. 4. TOLAGS This song is about idle gossip concerning Tolag's job as a seafarer on the passenger boat "STAR-DANCER" .the word was tolag nothing more than a labourer with no future, MAN I NOGAT PROMIS.however Tolags says he does not care.,HE NO WORI. 5. LANCY This song is about a boy by the name of Lancy who is working at the Lihir Gold mine,a big gold mine on lihir island off the north coast of new ireland immediately to the north of rabaul.many men and woman go and work at the mine and its related businesses and save up some money and then return back to the village.lancy has a romantic fling with a girl from Matupit Island.matupit village sits right next to the volacano tavurvur that destroyed rabaul town in 1994. 6. apinpidik(kununurki) Apinpidik is a generic traditional tolais singsing style.in this track,the moab stringband fuses the traditional and stringband styles together,resulting in this stringband style lament. 7.NRAM Nram is about A STRONG WOMAN WHO DECIDES HER HUSBAND IS A HUMBUG AND HAS HAD ENOUGH OF HIS DRINKING AND TEMPER .SHE HAS TAKEN HER CHILDREN WITH HER AND MOVED AWAY FROM THE FATHER TO LIVE DOWN THE NORTH COAST ROAD .THE NORTH COAST ROAD IS A PARTICLARLY scenic DRIVE 8. ECHO Echo talks about Echo and his partner working at the Higaturu Oil palm blocks in the Oro province,near Popondetta . However, when he took a holiday break, she went off with another man and echo was left to worry about his unfortunate situation. 9.kikistar Kikistar is about a broken romance between a school girl attending Kabaira vocational school and a young man from Vunakainalama. 10.Abebe.abebe is perhaps the most well known song of the moab stringband tunes.the lyrics TRANSLATE AS “two magic butterflies fly above my head ,I notice them an then they fade away,there they go they fly off in different directions,off they go,down to where the ocean meets the shore,they fly away swiftly,as fast as they can go,they fade away,they fade away” 11. jenny jenny is a well known moab song from the hammerhead shark cassette recorded at pacific gold studios rabaul back in 1985.jenny has broken her boyfriends heart by leaving him for someone new 12.GOGOL. LIKE APINPIDIK,GOGOL IS A FUSION OF A TRADITIONAL STYLE SINGSING WITH THE STRINGBAND STYLE.THE SONG SINGS OF MAGIC THE MAN BRING ON IN AN ATTEMPT TO ATTRACT WOMEN.A LOVE MAGIC OF SORTS Abebe song in Tabaran. Moab Stringband film clip of the Song by the Moab Stringband and Not Drowning Waving off the Tabaran album. Footage of Rabaul town and harbour filmed by Stuart Miller. 1988..featuring George Telek, David Bridie, Wargi Apelis, Kaul Wartir, John Phillips, Rowan McKinnon, Russel Bradley, James Southall. https://georgetelek.bandcamp.com/album/matogo Source: Wantok Musik (David Bridie & Steven Gagau, May 2025) . Language as given:

拉包尔拉鲁阿纳村莫阿布弦乐队（Moab Stringband）《Matogo》专辑主创阵容：乔治·马穆亚·泰莱克（George Mamua Telek）：主唱、吉他；瓦吉·阿佩利斯（Wargi Apelis）：贝斯；肯尼·瓦蒂亚（Kenny Wartia）：吉他；考尔·瓦蒂亚（Kaul Wartia）：主音吉他；埃利帕斯·蒂罗文（Elipas Tirovin）：尤克里里（ukulele）。
本专辑由戴维·布里迪（David Bridie）制作，蒂姆·科尔（Tim Cole）于2007年2月至6月在大穹顶录音棚（Enormodome）完成混音与汇编，拜伦·斯克林（Byron Scullin）于2006年5月在大穹顶录音棚录制人声，额外的泰莱克人声由斯蒂芬·谢弗（Stephen Schaeffer）在呼吸游戏工作室（Breathing Game Studios）录制，蒂姆·科尔完成母带处理。
本专辑由万托克音乐基金会（WANTOK MUSIK FOUNDATION）监制，官网：www.wantokmusik.org。谨以此专辑纪念前莫阿布弦乐队经理肯尼·莫阿布（Kenny Moab），愿其安息。
本专辑收录12首曲目：1.《Dickens》 2.《Harrison, Kimbe》 3.《Paska》 4.《Tolags》 5.《Lancy》 6.《Apinpidik(Kununurki)》 7.《Nram(Christina)》 8.《Echo》 9.《Kikistar》 10.《Abebe》 11.《Jenny》 12.《Gogol》。
所有曲目均由乔治·泰莱克与莫阿布弦乐队创作，由万托克唱片（Wantok Records）、SoundVault Origin Publishing发行。

谨致谢忱：拉包尔科科波东新不列颠省拉鲁阿纳村的拉克曼、多皮、托蒂、皮尼亚及全体乡亲，格伦·洛（Glen Low）与巴里克乐队全体成员，巴布亚新几内亚太平洋黄金公司（Pacific Gold PNG）的奥尔盖塔音乐人，东新不列颠省奥尔盖塔纳拉佩拉弦乐队，丛林小子（Jungle Juice Boys）、少年恶魔（Junior Devils）、兰加振动（Langa Vibrations）、阿戈尔戈尔（Agolgol）、Revanmates、布里吉特（Bridget）、普伊塔（Puita）、小乔治（George Jnr）、露露（Lulu）、爱丽丝（Alice）、茜拉（Cilla）、朗尼（Ronny）、鲁比（Ruby）、露露（Lulu），瓦吉家族全体成员，考尔、埃利帕斯、肯尼、格雷格·西托（Greg Seeto）、迪格比·霍利昂（Digby Holeong），拉包尔太平洋黄金公司全体工程师，琳恩（Lynne）、温妮（Winnie）、斯特拉（Stella）、瑞秋·康纳（Rachel Connor）。

乔治常将弦乐队作品比作情书：常有村民登门，请他为心仪的女子创作歌曲以倾诉衷肠，几乎可称之为“定制情歌”。本专辑曲目均扎根于乡村生活，细致刻画了莫阿布“平等伙伴”（Poromen，意为平等之人）群体所经历的各类情感关系。
专辑的创作背景地为巴布亚新几内亚（Papua New Guinea，简称PNG）东新不列颠省拉包尔附近、科科波近郊的拉鲁阿纳村。莫阿布弦乐队是巴布亚新几内亚最受赞誉的弦乐队之一，这与其主唱乔治·泰莱克的个人影响力密不可分：他不仅是摇滚乐队Painim Wok的知名主唱，发行过个人专辑，更凭借融合传统世界音乐、摇滚与弦乐风格的国际合作作品享誉乐坛。相较于其他悠扬舒缓的弦乐风格，莫阿布的作品更具动感与摇滚质感，其核心特色之一便是瓦吉·阿佩利斯的贝斯演奏——他在巴布亚新几内亚与澳大利亚都享有极高声望。专辑官网：WWW.TELEK.COM。
本专辑歌词使用拉包尔托莱伊斯人的本土语（Tok Ples）库阿努安语（Kuanuan），或是巴布亚新几内亚通用皮钦语（Tok Pisin）演唱。

1.《Dickens》：本曲讲述狄更斯与一名女孩的恋情因父母阻挠戛然而止，最终狄更斯从拉包尔迁往高地地区的故事。
2.《Harrison, Kimbe》：本曲讲述一名女孩得知丈夫抛弃自己与母亲私奔（即女婿与岳母私奔）后心碎的故事。金贝（Kimbe）是哈里森的故乡，位于新不列颠岛西海岸的霍斯金斯与塔拉西亚地区。
3.《Paska》：本曲以名为帕斯卡（Paska）的女孩为原型，讲述其男友的父母直言不讳地认为她配不上自己儿子的故事。
4.《Tolags》：本曲围绕关于托拉格斯（Tolags）的闲言碎语展开：他在客轮"STAR-DANCER"上当海员，旁人嘲讽他不过是个没有前途的劳工，配不上“MAN I NOGAT PROMIS”（意为“毫无指望之人”），但托拉格斯表示自己毫不在意，“HE NO WORI”（意为“我不在乎”）。
5.《Lancy》：本曲讲述名为兰西（Lancy）的男孩在利希尔金矿（Lihir Gold Mine）工作的故事：该金矿位于拉包尔以北新爱尔兰岛近海的利希尔岛，许多男女前往金矿及相关企业务工，攒下积蓄后返乡。兰西与马图皮岛的女孩发展了一段露水情缘，马图皮村紧邻1994年摧毁拉包尔城镇的塔乌鲁火山（Tavurvur）。
6.《Apinpidik(Kununurki)》：Apinpidik是托莱伊斯人的通用传统歌唱风格，本曲中莫阿布弦乐队将传统风格与弦乐风格融合，打造出这首弦乐挽歌。
7.《Nram》：本曲讲述一名强势女性的故事：她认定丈夫是个混账家伙，早已受够了他的酗酒与暴躁脾气，于是带着孩子离开丈夫，搬到北海岸公路沿线居住——北海岸公路是一条风景绝佳的自驾路线。
8.《Echo》：本曲讲述埃科与伴侣在波蓬德塔（Popondetta）附近奥罗省的希加图鲁油棕种植园务工的故事，当他休假归来时，发现伴侣已与他人私奔，只留下他为这段不幸的遭遇忧心忡忡。
9.《Kikistar》：本曲讲述卡巴伊拉职业学校（Kabaira Vocational School）的女学生与来自武纳卡伊纳拉马（Vunakainalama）的年轻男子之间破裂的恋情。
10.《Abebe》：本曲或许是莫阿布弦乐队最广为人知的作品，其歌词译文为：“两只幻彩蝴蝶在我头顶飞舞，我望见它们，随即渐渐远去。它们朝着不同的方向飞去，最终消散在海天相接之处。它们迅捷地振翅远去，竭尽全力地飞翔，渐渐消失，渐渐消失。”
11.《Jenny》：本曲是莫阿布弦乐队的经典作品，最初收录于1985年在拉包尔太平洋黄金录音棚录制的《锤头鲨》卡带专辑。歌曲讲述珍妮为了新欢离开男友，令其心碎的故事。
12.《Gogol》：与《Apinpidik》类似，本曲将传统歌唱风格与弦乐风格融合，讲述男子用以求爱的爱情魔法。

《Abebe》亦收录于《Tabaran》专辑中，该曲的MV由莫阿布弦乐队与不溺水挥旗乐队（Not Drowning Waving）合作演绎，出自《Tabaran》专辑。1988年，斯图尔特·米勒（Stuart Miller）拍摄了拉包尔城镇与港口的影像素材，MV参演人员包括乔治·泰莱克、戴维·布里迪、瓦吉·阿佩利斯、考尔·瓦蒂尔（Kaul Wartir）、约翰·菲利普斯（John Phillips）、罗恩·麦金农（Rowan McKinnon）、拉塞尔·布拉德利（Russel Bradley）、詹姆斯·索思奥尔（James Southall）。
本专辑数字版可在班坎普（Bandcamp）平台收听：https://georgetelek.bandcamp.com/album/matogo。
资料来源：万托克音乐基金会（戴维·布里迪与史蒂文·加高，2025年5月）。