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In 2010, I started Aloha Got Soul, a blog about music from Hawaii. It eventually grew into a record label in 2015. In 2021, my wife and I opened a brick-and-mortar record store in Honolulu, simply called AGS Honolulu.
Roger Bong (he/him/his) launched Aloha Got Soul as a blog in 2010 after graduating college with a journalism degree and — more importantly — after hearing DJ Muro's Hawaiian Breaks mix. Roger's love for story, sound and design has turned the blog into an independent record label that champions all genres and generations of music from Hawaii. In June 2021, Roger and his wife, Leimomi Bong, opened a brick-and-mortar record shop, AGS Honolulu.
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I oversee and execute almost every aspect of Aloha Got Soul, from licensing, production, curation, design, and a bit of everything else.
I host two regular broadcasts on terrestrial and internet radio: Mauka to Mauka, a weekly show on Hawaii Public Radio; and Home Grown, a monthly show on NTS.
In recent years, I've created sound-based artwork for exhibitions and nationwide organizations.
Nowadays I prefer to capture photos of everyday moments that we might otherwise miss. For 4 years, I worked as a videographer where I learned to shoot and edit with laser-like precision and speed.
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