Stories

Black Friday 2022 at Aloha Got Soul

Black Friday 2022 at Aloha Got Soul

Mega deals at AGS this Black Friday, starting at 8am. Don’t miss this chance to build your record collection with massive discounts on new and used vinyl plus Aloha Got Soul titles this Friday, November 25th. $20 GIFT CARDS*We’re giving out a $20 gift card for every $100 you spend. While supplies last.NEW VINYLMassive markdowns on new vinyl. If you’ve been courting titles in our bins, now’s your chance to bring them home. This is also a great way to take a chance on something new and unexpected.USED VINYLUsed vinyl marked up to 50% off — plus a huge amount of $1...

Read more →


We're at Made in Hawaii Festival 2022, find us at booth 505

We're at Made in Hawaii Festival 2022, find us at booth 505

Aloha friends and fans! We'll be at the Made in Hawaii Festival this weekend from Friday through Sunday. Come find us at booth 505, located at the Ala Moana Center.  We're super excited to participate in our first ever Made in Hawaii Festival! We couldn't have done it without the help of Central Pacific Bank, who sponsored our booth this year. Big mahalo to CPB.  Swing by for new merchandise and plenty of vinyl records! We'll also have T-shirts for sale including our official Kalapana band merchandise. 

Read more →


New release: 7-inch vinyl collaboration featuring Halfby, Richard Natto, Roger Bong (Second Royal Records x Aloha Got Soul)

Releases

New release: 7-inch vinyl collaboration featuring Halfby, Richard Natto, Roger Bong (Second Royal Records x Aloha Got Soul)

Sometime in early 2021, Kyoto-based musician and producer HALFBY reached out with a new track he'd been working on, entitled "Beach Baby Be Mine". To our surprise, the vocalist was Richard Natto and the song a new, original composition with music by Halfby and lyrics by Natto. We listened over and over to that demo version and fell. in. love. It was hard not to get the catchy riff and verses out of our heads! Then, Halfby asked if Roger would be willing to make a remix. Sure, why not? It's been years since he'd made any music of his own, but the opportunity was...

Read more →


Aloha Got Soul in London and Manchester: October 2022

Aloha Got Soul in London and Manchester: October 2022

AGS label boss Roger Bong recently flew across the Pacific and The Pond to bring the sunny sounds of Hawaii to the UK. He recorded his monthly NTS show, Home Grown, live from the NTS London studios, and later in the month popped into Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Basement for a special one-off broadcast on Worldwide FM (much love to the station — they're pausing their regular programming at the end of this month for a restructure).   Roger will also be joining Be With Records's Rob Butler in Manchester for a Sunday evening all-vinyl b2b session at NAM. Free and open to the public, 7pm...

Read more →


Announcing: Sunday's at the Shop (plus a one-off gig in Manchester UK the next week)

Announcing: Sunday's at the Shop (plus a one-off gig in Manchester UK the next week)

This Sunday: hang at the shop, drink free Kona Brewing, and vibe to vinyl records played by friends and collectors. We're hosting these casual hangs at the shop every 3rd Sunday of the month.  Join us for the first one on Sunday, October 16th from 5pm ~ 8pm.  It's our way of saying "thank you" for being a part of our record collecting, music loving community. A few of our good friends will be spinning their favorite records for the earlier part of the evening and then for the rest of the night, the decks will be open from 7-8pm for anyone to play some tunes....

Read more →