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James Rod
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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
Various
Get Down Edits & Stephen Richards - "People Get Up" (Da House Getting Down version) - (6:47) 119 BPM
Played by: The Allergies, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, Discoholic Ken, LEGO EDIT, Kongisto, Andy Buchan
Review: For their 100th release, Hot Digits bring us a truly outstanding collection that gathers together the best of the label's last 50 outings. Just one look at the talent roster involved should be enough to get any contemporary disco lover's tastebuds tingling, replete as it is with names like Fingerman, Dexter Jones, Fray Bentos, C Da Afro, Dave Mathmos and Jet Boot Jack, and suffice to say the music they provide doesn't disappoint one iota! With 30 full-length cuts plus two hour-long DJ mixes there's no room here to go into every track, but whether you like it deep n' chuggy, funky n' furious or boogie-tastic n' soul-tinged, you'll find plenty of fresh ammo for your disco machine gun here.
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HOTDIGIT100COMP
16 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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ROD 004
11 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Nov 22
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: Although his original productions have always been tasty, there's an argument that some of James "Rod" Rodriguez's finest moments have been sneaky re-edits and remixes. It's that side of his outfit that the Spanish producer explores on Rodriguez Reworks Volume 1, a compilation length collection packed to the rafters with peak-time ready treats. After starting with heavy disco-house loop jam 'What's Your Name', Rodriguez sprints between quite revolutionary reworks (see the Latin jazz-tinged re-imagining of Julia & Company, 'Breaklift Town'), throbbing and percussive nu-disco slammers ('Ceroni For Dancing'), driving dub disco ('Do You Know The Disco Love'), glassy-eyed, piano-sporting delights ('Goodbye Nights'), squelchy 80s soul re-fixes ('If You Take Care of Me') and rubbery electrofunk ('Yeny That All').
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ROD 001
12 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Aug 22
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
Various
Review: Leading South American disco label U're Guay serve up a 13-track collection released in honour of Pride month. James Rod's 'Space Thunders' gets us started in epic, surging nu-disco mode, before Pepo Fernandez's 'Boys' kicks off a romp through hi-camp, hi-NRG pastures. As the album moves on, though, we're treated to everything from the strutty tech-funk of WeAmp's' 'Hair In The Air' to Imanol's driving, apocalyptic 'Follow The Stars' with its hints of Italo and acid, via the dark techno pulse of Axel Sundelin's 'Astroglide', Colau's garage-y 'Girl I Cried' and more, with Aleito's 'Nurse Hermosin' providing the obligatory mellower, temperature-lowering closer.
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URGS 006
24 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, DJ P-SOL, SAUCO, BRENDON P, CHEWY RUBS, JAMES ROD, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Henri Le Blanc, VIGI, Ruff Diamond, Aleito, The Magic Track
Review: Four tracks in a total of five mixes make up this latest offering from Spanish disco don James Rod, which is brought to you by Brighton-based Hot Digits Music. 'Matusalem Robot' is a bass-heavy, guitar-flecked chugger topped with squeeling, squalling synths, before getting a housed-up remix from Chewy Rubs and label boss Fingeman. Elsewhere, 'Showdown' is an early 80s-style funker with a rhythmic vocal loop and much use of sci-fi FX, 'We Celebrate' ploughs a more soul-inspired mid-70s groove but via a dubby, Levan-esque filter, while 'Latin Ton Funk' shouldn't really need a lot of explaining...
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HOTDIGIT 84
26 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Apr 21
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
Various
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Craig Charles Funk And Soul, FINGERMAN, Javi Frias, Don Dayglow, Ash Reynolds, Conan The Selector, Marco Giannini (Sticky Heat), Monsieur Van Pratt, Dave Mathmos, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, SITUATION, Kongisto, VIGI, Paul Older, Ruff Diamond
Review: Having recently notched up a sixth year in business, Fingerman's Hot Digits imprint is in a celebratory mood - hence this all-action round-up of recent delights and unheard treats from the disco-loving label. Encompassing no less than 30 tunes, the collection giddily skips between warming beatdown disco (P-Sol's "Walter"), Mark E style slo-mo loop jams (Vigi's "I'll Be There") and glassy-eyed Balearic nu-disco (Picklejam's "Untitled Love"), before raising its hands skywards as the peak-time party-starters begin to appear thick and fast. Highights in this category include the vibrant jazz-house flex of Dexter Jones' "Swing Thing", the bustling boogie re-edit business of Monsieur Von Pratt's "Let's Dance" and the hearty disco-funk heaviness of Chewy Rubs' "Funky Bee Bop".
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HOTDIGITMAXI 006
01 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Jun 20
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
Various
Review: Thicker than clotted cream and twice as opulent, Golden Soul's latest label retrospective is well worth your attention. It focuses on material released by the Spanish imprint in 2019, which was arguably the label's strongest year to date. Label founder James Rod makes a number of killer contributions, with the colourful, bass-heavy Balearic nu-disco chug of "Let's Play Together" (a collaboration with Parissior) and the dreamy Italo-disco throb of "Heart Rock (Aleito Mix)" standing out. Elsewhere, get your ears around the sparkling, breakdown-boasting sunrise rush of Dubhouser's "Ereh" and the thrill-a-minute Euro-disco effervescence that is Hoochie Coochie Papa's "Work My Body".
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GS 045
02 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: After nearly a decade in the game, Andrea Rucci's Cosmic Sumo release their first-ever 'best of' compilation. Unsurprisingly, cosmic and Italo-disco vibes predominate: you won't find many cowbells, handclaps or female multi-part vocal harmonies here (though there are some). But if it's Carpenter-esque synths, druggy Afro-inspired beats, bleepy electro flourishes and a distinct whiff of mid-80s Europe you're after then you're in the right place, because here all of the above are provided in spades by the big-hitting likes of James Rod, Tulioxi and, perhaps most signficantly, Italian founding father Alexander Robotnick himself.
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SPCSR 030
24 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Feb 20
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
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
