Ciao, my name is Paola Laforgia


📍 between South Korea and Europe
Radio
 ASHIDASHIPI is the regular monthly show I hosted on VISLA.FM from 2023 to 2025. I also hosted a regular show on Radio Alhara called Practice from 2023 to 2024. I have done some guest appareances and made some thematic mixes for NTS Radio, since 2017. On Radio Raheem I hosted the breakfast show Yours Truly for a total of 78 episodes from 2022 to 2023 and also made a 4-part radio doc called Neo Seoul.
All the other guest shows and mixes made for other platforms and people can be found on my Soundcloud and Mixcloud. Click on the icons to be redirected.
ABOUT

Born in Bari, Italy and based in Seoul, South Korea since 2021. I previously lived and worked in London, UK, with stints in Tokyo, Japan; Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; and Milan, Italy. From 2016 to 2022 I worked behind the scenes at NTS Radio. Between 2015 and 2018 I also dipped my feet into the fashion world, freelancing for publications including Vogue Japan.

I currently do promotion and A&R for South Korean independent record label SoundSupply_Service; host a regular radio show; occasionally DJ; organise events and parties; and write books, essays, and articles, both independently and on commission. One of my main research topics is ethnomusicology, with a particular focus on K-pop.

I hold a BA in Philosophy and a MA in Global Creative and Cultural Industries with a focus on the contemporary music scenes of South Korea and Japan. 

I speak Italian, English, Korean, Spanish, German, and some Japanese. I am learning French.

I do not have a Linkedin profile.

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I’m available for:

• writing articles, essays, cultural and music commentary
• writing music press releases  
• writing copy
• translation work
• interviewing and hosting talks and panels

• music consultancy, incl. direction for labels
• programming for events, spaces (such as bars, restaurants, hotels, etc.), fashion shows, festivals, etc.
• radio hosting, producing, editing
• live DJ sets and listening sessions (mostly music to listen to rather than to dance to)
• thematic music mixes and playlists
• sound engineering and sound design work

Open to ideas and collaborations.
Get in touch at paolalfrg@gmail.com 💌