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Review: For a certain type of buyer, anything with the names Aleito, James Rod and Azaria attached to it is likely to be an essential purchase, but let's try and describe it anyway! Synth-y nu-disco is, naturally, the order of the day here, with Aleito's original mix topping a bass-y, chugging groove with Italo-esque synths that wibble and flutter like it was going out fashion, while Rod beefs things up considerably on a mix that could find itself surprisingly at home on progressive/melodic house floors, and Azaria goes for the jugular with a rub that ticks the box marked 'eyes-down and driving'.
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GS 062
01 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: If dark, moody, synth-y disco is what floats your boat, you'll find same by the bucketload on this two-track, four-mix EP from the Spanish duo of David Martin and Diego Gomez, better known as K-Effect. 'Displacement 77' blends influences from Italo disco and Belgian new beat and serves them up with a 'French Kiss'-like throb, and comes accompanied by a more stripped-back remix from Kate Stein. The sweeping, dramatic 'Prometheus' then goes full-on Italo, before being handed over to James Rod for a remix whose slo-mo, sleazy grind is almost apocalyptic in feel, and which to these ears is the EP standout.
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GS 063
08 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Spain's Alfonso Gill, AKA Fonsi G, steps up to the plate with three synth-led slices of contemporary disco. The Italo-esque title track 'Ufos' is a chugging, looping, throbbing affair with a suitably sci-fi feel to the synths, 'Isidisco Ball' operates in similar musical territory but has, perhaps, a slightly more organic, funky vibe about it, while 'She Doesn't' has a distinctly Giorgio Moroder/Patrick Cowley kinda feel and a stabbed-in "dance, dance, dance, dance" female vocal. With two of the tracks having already been premiered by Mixmag and DJ Mag Spain, this EP should do well, so don't sleep!
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GS 060
14 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Hailing from Riccione, Italy, former guitarist turned electrodisco DJ and producer Albert Melloni owns and runs the Raibano Records label. Here, though, he comes to Golden Soul with a track that lifts the vocal from Imagination's 'New Dimension' (1983), and that's served up in a choice of three mixes. Melloni's original is a fast-paced throbber with weighty 4/4s, big dramatic piano chords and something of an 80s feel. Madrid's Lebollet (Miguel Redondo) takes us down a druggier, more acidic path, while a mellower, dubbier pass from James Rod completes the EP. It's Leee John's distinctive falsettto that carries it, though, whichever rub you opt for!
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GS 058
30 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: There's certainly no shortage of synth-led, Euro/Italo-inspired disco around right now, and here we get four more slices of such to choose from courtesy of Vigi, a producer from Nice, France whose work has previously appeared on Spa In Disco, Slightly Transformed and NDYD Records, among others. There are three rubs of 'Unknown Lover' but they don't vary hugely, truth be told: Aleito's mix is a tad darker, James Rod's a touch more psychedelic and druggy, but these are very subtle distinctions. Bonus cut 'Never Forget', meanwhile, couldn't be more Moroder-esque if it changed its name to Giorgio!
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GS 061
21 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Hoochie Coochie Papa's last outing on Golden Soul, Diskotanssi, delivered deliciously deep blends of pulsating Italo-disco revivalism and druggy nu-disco. On 'I Need You', he dips the tempo and flips the script slightly, placing a headline-grabbing, each-catching, TB-303 style acid melody atop warm, glassy-eyed synth chords, wavy vocal snippets and gentle, electrofunk influenced drums. It's a warming and sunset-ready affair all told. Alberto Mollini opens the accompanying remix package by re-casting the track as a 21st century Italo-disco throb-job, before Aussie edit fiends Downunder Disco deliver a deep, starry nu-disco interpretation that's as loved-up as they come.
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GS 059
07 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: 'Haerum', the debut release from young South Korean producer Boudhicca, first emerged last year as part of a split EP with June Hyeong Kim on his studio.weather label. Now Spanish nu-disco don James Rod licenses the track to his Golden Soul label, complimenting the ambient-leaning melodic techno vibes of the Original with a sleazy, synth-y Eurodisco rework of his own that sounds like it's rushed here straight from 1984, and drafting in fellow glitterball-botherer Daniel Monaco to provide his own darker, more Italo-inspired and far more understated alternative version. Dancing will ensue, mark our words!
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GS 046
09 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Disco is just the departure point for this varied three-tracker from Steve Cooper, a British producer who's now based in Australia. The original of 'Bass Update' is a chuggy, throbbing affair that sits somewhere between Italo-disco and the more commercial likes of Lipps Inc, but the remix from Manuel Costela flips the script completely, adding breakbeats and a vague air of menace to leave it sounding like nothing so much as classic mid-00s Plumps tackle. 'What U Want' then makes use of a familiar vocal sample as it plays us out on a more driving, housed-up note.
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GS 044
24 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: East London-based From Beyond, who's also one-half of Machine Disco and whose name may or may not betray an 80s horror fixation, brings us the glacial, synth-tastic 'Faster Than Light', a track that draws heavily on early 80s electro and Italo-disco for inspiration. On the remix front, Ivan De La Rouch takes us into darker, more EBM/new beat-ish territory, while Azaria's rework is more faithful to the original but does add a little low-end heft. The EP's completed by 'Tropic Of Venus', which is similar in MO to the title track but perhaps just a little bit warmer and more organic-sounding.
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GS 064
24 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Spanish producer Adri?n Calystarr comes to James Rod's Golden Soul Records with an EP that packs two tracks of dark, electronic disco. 'Night Rules' itself is up first, a moody, midtempo affair that's got an almost new beat-ish feel, with shakers, sci-fi synths and disembodied fragments of barely-there vox sitting atop its incessant bass chug and driving 4/4 kick. 'Acid Monster' is similar in MO but picks up the pace a little, with the otherworldly synths and whispered vocals now joined by the unmistakeable squelch of the TB-303 and an indecipherable background chant that recalls Paper classic 'The Book'.
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GS 065
07 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Golden Soul bring us a couple of Italo/cosmic workouts courtesy of Spanish producer Ivan De La Rouch and fellow countryman and frequent collaborator Rams. The mid-paced 'Blessing' then gets a slightly tuffer, dubbier makeover from Italy's Belabouche, whose work has previously appeared on Midnight Riot and FKR, while the more funk-fuelled 'Freshhigh' is given an apocalyptic-sounding and lightly acidic refix from the mighty James Rod. The most dramatic remix, though, comes from Berlin's Grey Pantone, in whose hands 'Freshhigh' becomes a high-octane techno/electro workout to punish even the most energised of dancefloors.
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GS 068
19 Jul 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jul 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Argentinian producer Francisco Gigena AKA Panko, known mostly for releases on U're Guay Records and Moiss Music, comes to Golden Soul, and the four tracks he bring with him fit the label's more electronic remit down to the ground. Italo/cosmic disco was clearly the prime inspiration here, but these tracks could slot just as easily into progressive/melodic house sets - 'Juegos' especially - while 'Ocho' could pass for a late 80s Belgian new beat record on a dark night. On the remix front, Aleito transforms the dramatic, brooding 'Flauta' into a peaktime throbber with something of a Grid-ish feel.
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GS 069
02 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Having previously cropped up on Rare Wiri and Super Spicy, among other labels, Mexican nu-disco producer Esteban Ochoa, better known as Flight Status, comes to James Rod's Golden Soul with an EP packing two original tracks plus a remix from the label boss himself. 'Extraordinary Status', in its original form, sits somewhere between Italo nouveau and spangly Nang-esque nu-disco, while 'Visions Master' operates in very similar territory but leans perhaps a little more overtly to the 80s side of the equation. Rod's remix then beefs up the title track and adds a little sci-fi flava to ensure maximum peak-time stompery
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GS 067
05 Jul 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Jul 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Two established Spanish artists, Carlos CMIX and Howard Mind, join forces as CMIND on this EP for James Rod's Golden Soul. There's an annoying tendency in rock circles to label anything with a drum machine "disco" or "electro", and an equally annoying tendency in dance circles to call anything with a slightly aggressive vocal "punky". This, though, is the real deal on both counts, as the pair serve up four indie/electro/EBM-inspired tracks in five mixes that recall the likes of Slab!, Meat Beat Manifesto or even Leftfield's classic John Lydon collab 'Open Up'. Music for manning the barricades to...
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GS 066
21 Jun 21
Coldwave/Synth
21 Jun 21
Coldwave/Synth
Review: Spanish producer Manuel Costela has been on a serious roll of late, and this latest release on Golden Soul does nothing to diminish his fast-growing reputation. There are two re-rubs of 'Interestellar Love' to choose from here: Limpodisco's take emphasises the track's rawer, more organic elements, with mucho application of Hammond organ and fat, squelchy funk bass, while James Rod's mix takes us into more stomping disco-house territory with hard-slammin' 4/4s and a disco-style walking bassline. Both rubs come fully laden with pyow-pyow-pyow! space disco stabs, practically guaranteeing the throwing of shapes out on the floor.
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GS 028
22 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: It's been a while since we last heard from Adrian Molinar, a Mexican DJ/producer who impressed with a fine 2015 debut on Tom Tom Disco. In fact, our research that this is Molinar's first single for at least three years. "Cymatic" is deliciously psychedelic and mind-altering, with Molinar wrapping ragged and undulating TB-303 style acid lines around a driving electronic groove that sits somewhere between jacking house and fizzing nu-disco. James Rod takes the track in an entirely different direction on his accompanying remix, which peppers Molinar's thrusting groove with flash-fried funk guitars and punchy, 8-bit electronics. The EP also contains a stab-happy revision by Pato Watson that's rich in the kind of razor-sharp riffs that we've always associated with "Brown Album"-era Orbital.
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GS 025
22 Feb 19
Deep House
22 Feb 19
Deep House
Review: After exchanging admiring glances across the Iberian Peninsula, Spanish producers James Rod and Parissior have finally decided to "play together". Happily, Golden Soul has decided to share the results of their shared studio labours. Very good they are, too, with the original collaborative mix of "Let's Play Together" wrapping trippy, delay-laden, NYC freestyle-inspired synthesizer motifs around an arpeggio-driven groove that sits somewhere between Giorgio Moroder and cheeky Italo-disco. On his solo rework, Parissor drags the track further towards druggy, bass-heavy nu-disco territory, while Rod's revision adds extra layers of real disco flavours while wisely pushing the bassline and synthesizer motifs to the fore.
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GS 026
01 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Mar 19
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
Review: According to his SoundCloud page, Florence, Italy's Mattia Tulioxi "is a good person and a wise guy". Which is all well and good but how about the music, you say? Not bad at all! His latest release for Spain's Golden Soul Records provides us with some cruisey, spaced out, nu disco grooves that fans of Todd Terje or Jay Shepheard will be all over. Starting off with the galactic boogie of "Revolution Zero" he the launches into "Don't Stop" which is actually on a more energised tech house tip with its razor sharp and bumping bassline leading the way towards mad and modulating euphoria. "So What", however, gets back into the cruise control tempo with its smooth arpeggio and sweet melodics backed by a study drummers' beat and a recurring Blaxploitation sample. There's a couple more remixes of this track; Mexico's Molinar stays on the nu disco tip, but gives it more of an uplifting vibe with bleepy synths, while Sweden's Copycat gives it a glitzy, pop-inflected house makeover.
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GS 002
20 Nov 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Nov 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: "Playa Capricho"is actually Copa Turbo's debut as an artist, but it sounds like he's been strumming on guitars and pushing buttons on drum machines and synths for a long time. In fact, the tune is comparable to classics by the likes of David Guetta or Bob Sinclair, coming through with a sweet, summary house groove disguised as a pop track. There's plenty of remixes, too, most notably by Juan Soto - dropping a deeper, dubber feel to the original - Juotro Mundo and his disco version, and Cccccchaves with something something a lil different.
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GS 005
02 Jun 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Jun 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Rayko, Evil Smarty, Markus Schneider / Robot Scientists, Get Down Edits, COPYCAT, JAMES ROD, Somerville & Wilson, Goby
Review: For the third release on his Golden Soul imprint, Spanish producer James Rod has turned to Slync, the recording alias of fast-rising producer Ian Stanford. His "Neon" is something of a sweltering, beach-friendly treat, with eyes-closed, Steve Hillage style guitar solos and Balearic piano flourishes stretching out across a chunky disco-meets-deep house groove. His original is backed by all manner of remixes, including a chunky, guitar-heavy 'Balearic Remix' from globetrotting Spaniard Rayko, and a typically atmospheric 'Yacht Disco' version from Somerville & Watson. Arguably best of all, though, is the interpretation from Get Down Edits, who reach for the pianos and sparkling electronics in a bid to create Balearic disco gold.
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GS 003
25 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: JAMES ROD
Review: The brilliantly named Take The Cookies is the recording alias of musician, vocalist and producer Tania Haroshka. "Could I Drown On Your Desire" marks her first appearance on Golden Soul Records, and sees her effortlessly combining elements from disco and electrofunk with deep, drowsy, rich and soulful house flavours. Her hazy, laidback original is accompanied by a wealth of remixes. These include a breezy, beach-friendly deep disco-house rework from Phunktastike, a wonderfully rich and evocative nu-disco interpretation from David Manso, and a rubbery, analogue rich "Epic Cosmic Remix" from storied Spanish producer James Rod. It's this version - think nu-disco on acid, with some Italo-disco elements thrown in - that hits home hardest.
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GS 007
24 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Golden Pleasure EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Spanish disco outsider James Rodriguez comes through with his James Rod moniker, and launches the first release of the newly crowned Golden Soul imprint. The dude offers five downtempo disco nuggets, and his beats shift from starry balearica to slow-burning boogie. Our picks from the lot have to be "Bass For The Lovers" for its deep, sweltering licks of low-end and string-heavy hooks, and the mid-tempo scorcher that is Cuts Shakes More Shakes" - surely a winner on the ol' PA!
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GS 001
01 Sep 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Sep 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Debutant Devakuo has yet to make his mark in music, though last year he did provide some beats for a Spanish hip-hop album by Madrid-based MC Rayden. "Trippin" is his first solo single, and it's really rather good. In its original form, the track features a quirky, heavily accented male vocal riding a mixture of tipsy, drunken synth sounds, similarly woozy chords and dusty, head-nodding hip-hop beats. The "C'mon Mix" that follows re-casts the track as a bass-heavy, percussive chunk of eccentric house rich in jazz-funk flourishes, while the Alieto Destiny Flow Remix sits somewhere between chugging nu-disco and rushing neo-trance. To complete the packafe, Cloon re-imagines the track as a slab of quesy late night electro.
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GS 053
13 Jul 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Jul 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: From his turns on Good Stuff and Disco Volante through to the stellar work carried out on his own Golden Soul label, Spanish mastermind James Rod is no stranger to sexy, refined twists on classic disco tropes. This collection brings together enough essential jams to keep a dancefloor burning until the early light, running timeless tropes through a modern filter for a pristine vision of contemporary disco house. There's plenty of Moog-laden boogie business to devour on "Call Heart (Epic Love Rework)" while "Chance To Dance Rework" amps up the cosmic qualities, and there's another nine such gems to fill your boots with on top.
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GS 006
12 Jul 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Jul 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
XicagoEXCLUSIVE
Review: Last time we heard from Landerground, he was in cahoots with friend and fellow nu-disco explorer Rayko. Here he goes solo once more for a near 12-minute trip into swirling, slowly building dancefloor brilliance. "Xicago" is built around a chugging, relentlessly rising bassline, but owes much of its power to throbbing organ stabs and bubbling, high register synthesizer arpeggio lines. It's one of those Italo-disco influenced dancefloor epics that needs to be played in full in order to unleash its full potential. The obligatory remix comes from James Rod, whose "Hard Slow" version toughens up the arpeggio bassline and peppers it with trippy vocal samples in an audacious bid for Italo-disco-meets-nu-disco perfection.
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GS 013
08 May 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 May 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: JAMES ROD
Review: Debutant Dubhouser doesn't seem all that keen on offering up information, with the producer's slim online presence offering no clues to his or her identity. If the intention is to let his or her music do the talking, the "Ereh EP" certainly ticks all the right boxes. Opener "Avirt" is a pleasingly chugging, mind-altering affair where echoing electronic motifs and effects-laden noises bubble away above a heavy, locked-in groove. "Ereh" is a slightly trancey chunk of heady nu-disco rich in woozy synthensizer riffs, bass-heavy grooves and trippy electronic flourishes, while closing cut "Rolod" is a late night dub house shuffler full of hypnotic beats, flashing acid lines, gentle synthesizer riffs and dub-wise effects.
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GS 032
19 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Pato Watson and James Rod think that nu-disco has had its day. Instead, they've decided to champion "Disco Nu". So how does it differ to the shiny, synth-laden sound of nu-disco? Well, for starters its' dark and driving, with echo-laden spoken word snippets and trippy guitar sounds rising above unfussy drums and a bassline that's powerful, heavy, druggy and thrusting. There are synth riffs, too, though they're sharper than your average nu-disco workout. Tony Disco delivers the first remix, a low-slung affair that wraps breezy house pianos round a no-nonsense disco-house groove. In contrast, the "Deep Rating Version" is a delay-laden dub disco excursion rich in sustained synthesizer chords, crashing cymbals and elastic bass. All three versions are top-notch, though we probably prefer the latter.
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GS 033
26 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: JAMES ROD
Review: Mexican produer Estuardo Flores, better known as Lusca, comes to Spanish label Golden Soul with the latest example of what his bio calls his "slower, darker acid disco". In its original form, 'Lost In Thar' (feat Mil Y Nadie) is a slo-mo chugger made up mostly of Italo-esque synths, and powered along by a hard-hitting kickdrum. The Jb Dizzy Remix ups the tempo considerably, and indeed could work in progressive/melodic house sets, while the final remix comes from James Rod, who takes us down an even more dark and apocalyptic path than the original. A track to dance to at the end of the days.
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GS 039
16 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: We're not sure who Hoochie Coochie Papa is - or are, as it may be more than one producer - but this first outing on Golden Soul is pretty darn good. "Work Me Body" is a deliciously sweaty and throbbing affair; a contemporary take on Italo-disco and mid 1980s Hi-NRG rich in arpeggio style synth-bass, spacey electronic melodies, sampled male vocal snippets and glassy-eyed chords. The first of two accompanying remixes comes courtesy of Spanish scene stalwart James Rod, who adds insatiable cowbells while stripping the cut back to its' muscular, arpeggio-driven core. To round things off, man of the moment Andy Buchan re-imagines "Work Your Body" as an ear-catching tribute to Giorgio Moroder's production work on Donna Summer's "I Feel Love".
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GS 038
09 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Dec 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
Various
Review: In normal circumstances, we'd be a little worried if someone served us "Golden Cream". We know we're safe in the hands of DJ/producer James Rodriguez though, with the compilation representing the cream of the crop from the Spanish producer's Golden Soul Records imprint. There's naturally much to enjoy across the 17-track collection, with Rodriguez opting for cuts that flit between kaliedoscopic nu-disco headiness (Italo Brutalo's remix of his and Disco Doubles' "White Sands"), Clavinet-happy acid disco chunkiness ("Crazy Bass" by The Players and DJ Steevo), elastic electrofunk with a Middle Eastern flavour (Dim Zach's remix of JB Dizzy's "Transistor"), driving late night intensity (Los Fugazi's "Afterglow (Flxxx Remix)", peak-time piano fun (Get Down Edits glistening remix of Slync's loved-up "Neon") and rushing disco goodness ("Tradlord" by Call Me Classic).
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GS 031
14 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Jun 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
Review: James Rod works with disco don Rayko a lot, often appearing on his Rare Wiri label. Now the favour is returned as Rayko brings the disco heat to Rod's Golden Soul imprint. On "Surrender" Rayko is found in full 80s mode, re-editing some prime FM-friendly synth-soul with added AOR guitar licks. Like stretching the instrumental break from a Lionel Richie b-side and turning into a cool Daft Punk jam. There are plenty of cool remixes too, highlights of which include Dim Zack's sleek Paradise Garage-style rework and Tulioxi's deep space disco version.
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GS 004
22 Mar 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Mar 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Fans of the Gigolo or Ed Banger years will love this new jam from James Rod & Disco Doubles. Recalling Black Strobe at their electro-house height, "Fucker Crazy" is a snarling acidic trip. Elsewhere "White Sands" is a melancholy Italo-disco pulse-a-tron and the always-great ItaloBrutalo turns in a blistering Euro-dance version too. Last but not least Autoven literally rocks it with guitar-riff driven banger of a rework.
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GS 011
28 Feb 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Feb 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Julian Sanza, Valique, Don Dayglow, Rayko, Limpodisco, JAMES ROD, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Sould Out
Review: Ukrainian Midnight Riot and Spa In Disco affiliates Limpodisco made their debut on Golden Soul with a slithering electro boogie bomb that's so authentically 80s you can smell the Old Spice and Filofaxes through your speakers. Slippery and wet and unrelenting in its sopping sense of funk, there's a sense of mischief in the Tom Tom Club style vocals while the bassline will drive every joint in your body crazy. Remix-wise James Rod adds a little late night toughness to the kicks, Rayko brings a psychedelic synth twist while Quakerman bubbles things right down to an illicit acid banger that's underground to its very core. Not just a clever title.
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GS 018
02 Apr 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Apr 18
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
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: 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
