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James Rod
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ROD 004
11 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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BARE 0009
26 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Spanish nu-disco don James Rod returns to Golden Soul with a synth-tastic disco epic that's served in your choice of two quite different flavas. Rod's original is heavily influenced by cosmic disco and new beat/EBM, starting out with a simple locomotive-like chug before atmospheric FX usher in the layers of synths that just keep on building, the whole thing getting more and more spaced-out as it progresses. The accompanying Azaria Remix takes the mood to its natural conclusion, abandoning any 'disco' pretensions entirely and instead aiming straight at the progressive house floors.
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GS 070
23 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: JAMES ROD
Review: James Rod brings us another set of re-edits that draw on the late 70s/early 80s glory days of Italo and cosmic disco. The precise source material will have to remain unidentified this time out, but any crossword buffs reading this will have no doubt already spotted which legendary Italian producer's name 'More Dore' is very nearly an anagram of, so that's a start! Elsewhere, 'Reinhood Times' is a very Euro in feel and will appeal to fans of artists like Goldfrapp, Moloko or Christine & The Queens with its angular synth-pop and ice queen vocal, while the pulsing, throbbing and surprisingly pacey 'L'Amoure' plays us out in classic Italo style.
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ROD 003
23 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Some fine jams here from Spanish disco regular James Rod. Given the title it's fair to assume the three cuts are re-edits, but props to Senor Rod if so because the source material has us well and truly beat! Still, 'Let's Do' is in the classic "female-vocalled late 70s disco" vein and sports a bassline that's really quite ludicrously funky. Elsewhere, 'Barry Disco' is quite a 'busy' affair with a chant-style vocal and sweeping, cinematic strings in the mid-section, while 'Together Forever' has nothing to do with the evergreen Exodus/Raven Maize song but is instead another lively 70s-style rumpshaker with just slightly cheese-tastic male/female vocal harmonies.
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ROD 002
02 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Since launching in the autumn of 2019, Gouranga Music has periodically offered up some of the most interesting and inventive nu-disco cuts around. Happily, we can confirm that this EP from Spanish scene stalwart James Rod more than lives up to the label's high standards, with the Golden Soul Records founder confidently flitting between intoxicating, Moroder-goes-Italo-disco drug-chug (mind-altering mid-tempo opener 'Die Herrschaft'); undulating, pitched-down, synth-heavy bubbliness (the even slower 'Licantropia', which includes some suitably tumbling and glassy-eyed guitar motifs); and driving, punk-funk influenced nu-disco/dub disco fusion (the dark and foreboding 'Saratoga').
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DLYPSO 06
01 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Back in November 2019, Golden Soul Records chief James "Rod" Rodriguez released "Italoatomical Gems", a tidy collection of re-edits of largely lesser-known Italo-disco gems that the Spanish producer had subtly tooled-up and taken in a different direction. He's at it again on this hastily released single, which was produced in isolation during Spain's COVID-19 lockdown. There's plenty to set the pulse racing, not least the throbbing, delay-laden late night pressure of "Skyler", where pulsing deep space chords and slivers of melody rise above a chugging, arpeggio-driven electronic groove. Elsewhere, "Out The Invaders" is a little darker and moodier in tone, with reggae style stabs and plenty of glassy-eyed electronic flourishes, while EP opener "Two Heads Are Better" is a stripped-back, faintly foreboding throb-job.
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GS 047
20 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: JAMES ROD
Review: In recent times, James Rodriguez Navarro (that's James Rod to you and me) has rightly saved his best material for the Golden Soul label he launched way back in 2015. There's naturally much to admire on the Spanish producer's first outing of 2020, from the hybrid nu-disco/deep house/Italo-disco throb of the decidedly spacey opener "Special Rod Paradise" - check the delay-laden guitar motifs and intergalactic synth flourishes - to the filter-heavy driving house vibes of closing cut "Marthian", where squally trumpet solos rise from the abyss to catch the ear. The track sandwiched in between, Latin-tinged deep disco-house bumper "Paralatino", is also rather good.
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GS 041
20 Jan 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Jan 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Clad head to toe in his finest carnival threads, Golden Soul Records chief James Rodriguez grabs his scalpel and sets to work on a second selection of lesser-known Brazilian music gems. Opener "You Are Me Dream (Sambasoul Re-edit)" is a near perfect revision of a breezy, sun-kissed Brazilian gem, with Rodriguez brilliantly combining summery samba-disco samples with an elastic drumbeat and restless funky acid motifs. "Pernangola (Boogie Groove Re-edit)" is a loopier, chunkier and more obviously bass-heavy affair built around jangly samples from what sounds like a samba-folk record, while "Minsumbobo" is a bouncy re-interpretation of a Brazilian P-funk work out rich in kaleidoscopic synthesizer lines, Bootsy style bass and swirling electronic effects.
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GS 035
20 Sep 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Sep 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Julian Sanza, YAM WHO?, Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, Discolypso, Rayko, Erik Rug, JAMES ROD, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Kongisto
Review: For his latest outing on Golden Soul, James Rod has decided to pay tribute to Italian dance music in his own special way. First up is "Cootutto (Italian Boogie Madness Edit)", a loopy, head-nodding and toe-tapping tweak of what sounds like an early '80s Italian tribute to George Clinton/Bootsy Collins style P-funk. "Splendido Splendente (Rettore Super-House Re-Edit)" offers a more forthright and funky excursion into loopy, filtered disco-house territory, while closing cut "Ok OK (Italo-House Re-Edit)" re-invents a chiming chunk of synth-powered boogie as a kaleidoscopic romp through nu-disco/peak-time house fusion.
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GS 034
13 Sep 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Sep 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, LEGO EDIT, JAMES ROD, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Sould Out
Review: For the second time in as many weeks, James Rod (real name James Rodriguez) has his scalpel out. Last time out, it was all about gentling tooling up American and European disco-boogie records; this time around, the Spaniard has his wicked way with a trio of sun-kissed Brazilian jams of the late 1970s and early '80s. First up is "Paico", a chunky revision of a breezy, horn-heavy samba-disco number that Rodriguez has brought bang up to date with the addition of dub delays, lolloping drums, and a thickset synth bassline. The arguably superior "Ela Disco" brilliantly dubs out an electrofunk era chunk of Brazilian disco brilliance, while "Latin Life" is a filter-sporting slab of mid-tempo disco-house chug rich in jangling guitar riffs and insanely heavy bass.
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GS 030
24 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: While he's released some killer original productions over the years, most of which fit into the "synth-heavy nu-disco" category, James 'Rod" Rodriguez's re-edits have consistently been amongst the best around. Predictably, there's plenty to set the pulse racing amongst the Spaniard's latest batch of tried-and-tested reworks. We're particularly enjoying opener "Fornur Love", a peak-time disco bubbler made extra-potent thanks to Rodriguez's addition of a killer new acid bassline. "Groovin On Boogie" is arguably even heavier, with Rodriguez successfully sticking a rocket under a bouncy, horn-heavy disco smasher, while the undulating acid style bass returns with a vengeance on the '80s disco grandiosity of closing cut "Running Of My Love" [sic].
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GS 029
17 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Funk Hunk
Review: Like his friend and contemporary Rayko, James Rod is impressively prolific. Amazingly, Robot Freaks is his tenth release of 2016. Happily, though, it's also among his best. It's hard to find fault in the chugging, mind-altering electronics, throbbing bassline and dub style Break Machine samples that form the backbone of opener "Got To The Street Dance", while electrofunk-meets-nu-disco fusion "You Ready" contains some of the most rubbery electronics, sharpest funk guitars and shiniest synths you'll hear all year. The more vocal-heavy "Feel The Love", a rearrangement of a forgotten '80s soul cut with heavy new synth-work, completes a fine package.
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RW 034
24 Oct 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Oct 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Fresh from delivering a couple of high quality re-edits for Rare Wiri's Classics Of Arrikitaun series, James 'Rod' Rodriguez pops up on Love Harder with a fresh nu-disco production. "Lipstick '78" is a baggy and bouncy disco treat, with Rodriguez peppering an old school disco groove with bubbly electronics and psychedelic synths. Schwarz 100's remix is all about build and release; the producer works a filtered loop hard for a couple of minutes, before introducing the full weight of Rodriguez's original groove. The trick is repeated via an epic breakdown midway through, before he brilliantly brings it all home. In contrast, Fran Deeper's rework nattily focuses on Rodriguez's loose, trippy synths and electronic flourishes.
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LHR 0047
12 Sep 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Sep 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Following a recent outing on Fingerman's Hot Digits imprint, Spanish producer Jaime Rodriguez returns to the loving arms of Rayko's Rare Wiri label. As usual, he's blurring the lines between re-edits, remixes and original productions, with "Gwen Wants Peanuts" being a brilliant example of his craft. While it utilizes a fair amount of Gwen Guthrie's "Peanut Butter", there are plenty of original elements that help make the track throb and gurn. Even better is "It's All", a straightforward - or so it appears - re-edit of Starpoint's 1984 electrofunk gem "It's All Yours". Rodriguez teams up with Fran Deeper to remix, offering a blend of colourful synths, electro-house attitude and nu-disco bagginess.
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RW 021
01 Jun 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Jun 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Golden Soul founder and Rare Wiri regular James Rod makes his bow on long-serving San Francisco stable Roam Recordings, bringing with him a pair of suitably psychedelic, analogue rich, EBM-influenced throb-jobs. 'Baila Con Satan' is an unflinchingly intoxicating affair, with trippy electronics, moody spoken word snippets, moody chords and notable nods to Nitzer Ebb rising above a thickset, arpeggio-driven bassline and unfussy machine drums, while 'Metatrone' is an even darker and more intense throb-job made even more mind-altering by the presence of squelchy, TB-303 style motifs and echoing industrial textures. Duncan Gray remixes both tracks, first re-casting 'Baila Con Satan' as a squelchy bassline-driven chunk of leftfield nu-disco melancholia, before re-imagining 'Metatrone' is an urgent, echoing acid jam.
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ROM 113
07 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Flash Atkins, Juno Recommends Disco, Algy Strutt, Dave Mathmos, JAMES ROD, Andy Buchan, Paper Recordings
Review: James "Rod" Rodriguez steps out of his comfort zone here, briefly departing his Golden Soul label for a confident, ear-catching outing on Paper Recordings. Opener "Belong City" delivers a near perfect balance between druggy Italo-disco chug and woozy, synth-laden nu-disco psychedelia, while the accompanying Draco remix brilliantly re-imagines the track as a trippy slab of revivalist '80s synth-wave wonkiness with a touch of contemporary nu-disco sheen. Meanwhile, "Chamanes Ochenteros" is a fine slab of arpeggio-powered Italo/nu-disco fusion that's subsequently given a low-slung, Afro-Cosmic makeover by Leca. The latter version is particularly mind-altering, though its focus remains on the dancefloor throughout.
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PAPRD 272
19 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Synth-tastic nu disco is the order of the day on this latest despatch from Spanish producer Jaime Rodr?guez Navarro, better known as James Rod, which comes on his own Golden Soul label. His original marries an Italo-esque synth throb to rolling nu disco beats and occasional western/Mexican-style horn fanfares. Azaria's remix doesn't flip the script too much, but does up the tempo a notch and beef up the bottom end; the Aleito Remix is a little sparser and nudges towards progressive house territory, while the Rayko & James Rod Remix drops the tempo slightly to give the track a druggier, chuggier feel.
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GS 037
01 Nov 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Nov 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Jean Claude Gavri, 80's Child, JAMES ROD, Chuggin Edits, Sould Out, Ruff Diamond
Review: Rayko and James Rod's "Classics of Arrikitaun" re-edit series consistently hits the mark, something we attribute to their often left-of-centre choice of source material. This seventh volume in the series is naturally both on-point and action packed. Rayko kicks things off with the brilliantly pitched-down P-funk chug of "Dude" - all baggy electric piano riffs, squelchy electronics and hazy talkbox vocals - before returning to action later in the EP via the ricocheting drum machine hits, eyes-closed guitars and swirling chords of 1980s alternative synth-pop cut "Night of Dragons". James Rod explores similar sonic territory on chugging Balearic synth-pop revision "Hi Ho Te", while "Love It" is a bounding, sun-kissed version of a mid-80s, post-boogie pop hit.
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RW 059
03 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Juno Recommends Disco, Discolypso, Rayko, Limpodisco, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Sould Out, Downunder Disco, Paper Street Soul, Ruff Diamond
Review: There's a Spaniard in the works at Midnight Riot, as James "Rod" Rodriguez makes his first appearance on Yam Who's erstwhile imprint for almost two years. The Rare Wiri regular naturally hits the ground running with "Joe Joe", where razor sharp disco string samples seemingly leap above a metronomic, analogue-ruch, arpeggio-driven groove, before brilliantly rearranging and reworking a jazz guitar-laden slab of '80s soul bliss ("Sweet Jones"). He steps further towards mid-tempo disco-house territory on the metronomic P-funk revision "You Want Love", while title track "Hot Flash" is a riotous fusion of crunchy Clavinet lines, alien synths and fizzing horn riffs underpinned by another seriously heavy groove.
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MIDRIOTD 165
03 Dec 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Dec 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Limpodisco, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Sould Out
Review: Golden soul boys James Rod and Rayko go twos up on another supreme disco volume on RWS's "Arrikitaun" series. Upbeat, slippery and 80s to its sexy core, Rayko takes the lead with a cosmic loopy chugger "Body Language" and closes the four tracker with the dubbed out warehouse shaking electro boogie thumper "Run From Danger". In between we have two juicy floor fillers from Rod; "Still Contrast" taps into a slick and sexy Alexander O'Neil vibe while "His Running" plays the banger of the set with a jittering slap bass frenzy. Bring on volume seven....
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RW 048
27 Jul 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Jul 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
