Sanguma

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Sanguma was a Papua New Guinean musical ensemble active from 1977 to 1980. They combined music from the cultural tradition of Papua New Guinea with Western instruments were one of the first Papua New Guinean music groups to perform internationally. Sanguma formed at the "National Arts School" in 1977 and performed in their homeland at the "South Pacific Festival of Arts" in 1980.Sanguma produced three albums on cassette format; the two eponymously titled Sanguma 1 and Sanguma 2 in the late 1970s and in 1981, 'Sanguma Suites' an adventurous excursion into progressive/traditional/rock/jazz/fusion composed by band members Tony Subam and Sebastian Miyoni and ostensibly by these two musicians rather than the band Sanguma, but as the band featured heavily on the album it was all but in name a Sanguma album.The first two albums were somewhat better receivedFact|date=December 2007 than was Sanguma Suites as they were closer to the traditional music of Papua New Guinea but utilised modern instrumentation to supplement the traditional flutes, drums and vocal sequences. Sanguma were nourished very closely in their early days by the Australian musician Ric Halstead who was a lecturer at the National Arts School in Port Moresby from whence Sanguma originated.

Members

External links

* [http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20040903/weekend01.htm Article about Baruka Tau] from the Papua New Guinea "Post Courier"
* [http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/PNGHistory.html Papa New Guinea Music History]