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First Nations Australia & Bougainville unite through music: Get Up, Stand Up, Show Up!
A creative collaboration between six young musicians from Bougainville and two highly regarded First Nations performers from Australia has led to the release of a track which encourages people to stand up for their communities.
Wan Solwara (One Ocean) features Adrian Tjupurrula (Tjupurru) Fabila and his son Jake, who created the song with Michael Dave, Ruth Maison, Walter Kerevio, Jolista Masu, Robertha Yansi and Milton Garea during a visit to Bougainville in September 2022.
The track incorporates a range of traditional and contemporary instruments including bamboo pipes, with Tjupurru on didjeribone (a cross between a didjeridu and a trombone) and rapping from Jake. Other contributors include bass guitarist Richard Mogu, who wrote the lyrics, Tsarlayse Iamu and Kawas Band.
Tjupurru and Jake are Djabera Djabera people of the West Australian Kimberly. Tjupurru was born in Port Moresby and has family connections to Central Province and Bougainville, so he was determined that Jake should be part of the exchange and “carry the spear forward”.
lyrics
Wan Solwara
Yumi kam bung wantaim, soim kalsa bilong tumbuna
Let’s dance to our tribal songs of our fathers
Yumi kam bung wantaim, soim kalsa bilong tumbuna
Let’s dance to our tribal songs of our mothers
From mountains to the sea,
let’s sing in unity
North, Central na South, chanting in one voice
From mountains to the sea,
let’s sing in unity
North, Central na South, chanting in one voice
Chorus:
Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
People of Bougainville
Paitim, winim na meknais
Long bambu bilong yumi x 2
Kirap! Sanap! Soim! Yumi was solwara
Paitim, winim na meknais
Long bambu bilong yumi x 2
We live, we listen,
This life is built with friction,
Kinetic energy,
Prepping a legacy,
Let it be,
part of my mission,
But I, Feel like we need the connection,
Data, west to the eastern sections,
to the north,
Seeking a reverence,
To the south,
Surviving the elements,
Get up, Stand up,
Showing this world we band up,
Bringing the integration of a,
Tumbuna Bridge,
Closing the land gap,
We are the seasonal change,
Leading the next generation,
Umi wan,
Sol wara,
Shout it out,
for the nation…
Chorus:
Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! People of Bougainville
Paitim, winim na meknais
Long bambu bilong yumi x 2
Kirap! Sanap! Soim! Yumi was solwara
Paitim, winim na meknais
Long bambu bilong yumi x 2
credits
released March 30, 2023
▶ Featuring:
Adrian (Tjupurru) Fabila & Jake Fabila,
The Bougainville Voice X-Plosion Competition Contestants, Michael Dave, Ruth Maison, Walter Kerevio, Jolista Masu, Robertha Yansi, Milton Garea
▶ Supporting Artists:
Richard Mogu, Tsarlayse Iamu & Kawas Band, Juntau Carter, Jordan Touke, Raynold, Opeti, Nigel Golu, Joe Golu, John Hakalitz
▶ Cover Art: Simon Gende
▶ Lyrics written by:
The Hon. Minister Morris Opeti, Richard Mogu, Tjupurru Fabila, Jake Tjakamarra Fabila and the Bougainville Voice X-Plosion contestants.
▶ Collaboration Producers:
Bougainville – Backstage Studios, Melchoir Wagum with Guest Producer Richard Mogu
Australia – Wantok Musik, Mixed and mastered by Simon Polinski with David Bridie
Film Production: Createk Multimedia, Bruno Louey & Ishmael Palipal
Bougainville Youth Federation President: Junior Pais
Bougainville Voice X-Plosion Competition Judges: Minister for Community Development, the Honourable Morris Opeti, Richard Mogu, Adrian (Tjupurru) Fabila, Jake Fabila, Bernard Hanga, Frank Hasing
▶ Video credits:
Supported by the Australian Government through the Bougainville Partnership, in partnership with the Autonomous Bougainville Government and the Papua New Guinea Government.
▶ Special thanks to:
Minister for Community Development, the Honourable Morris Opeti,
Autonomous Bougainville Government Department of Community Development,
Autonomous Bougainville Government
Wantok Musik aims to generate and foster various cultural exchanges between Australia and our neighbours throughout Oceania by establishing a leading, not-for-profit Music Label representing First Nations and World Music groups of this unique region.
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