Artist profile
Indie Dance producer and DJ.
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James Rod is a moderate-energy with strong groove and a balanced bright/warm production artist.
Sits right in the typical Indie Dance pocket.
Across 20 analysed tracks, James Rod averages 43% energy — gentler than 68% of individual Indie Dance tracks.
Measured against 16,726 Indie Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between James Rod’s 20 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 628 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
60 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 16 different James Rod tracks.
Hit! → The Harbour - Extended Mix · 10B → 10B · +1 BPM · 88 chemistry
61 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 16 different James Rod tracks.
57 of the 720 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.1. They come from 18 different James Rod tracks.
Romantik Polifonie → I Ran · 8B → 7B · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
70 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 15 different James Rod tracks.
Hit! → Monteiro da Costa · 10B → 10B · +1 BPM · 89 chemistry
58 of the 540 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.1. They come from 14 different James Rod tracks.
Romantik Polifonie → States Of Mind · 8B → 8B · +2 BPM · 88 chemistry
61 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 18 different James Rod tracks.
Where the Thunder Met Lightning → Tecno Misogino · 12A → 1A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
78 of the 660 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.8. They come from 16 different James Rod tracks.
Heart Rock → Rope Dancer - Ron Basejam Remix · 7A → 7A · +3 BPM · 91 chemistry
72 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 15 different James Rod tracks.
Amazing Paradise - Olej Remix → The End of the Begining · 11B → 12A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to James Rod by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around James Rod, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
James Rod's tracks in our catalog range from 82 to 127 BPM, with a median of 120 BPM. Across 20 tracks, the most common range falls in the 120–125 BPM bucket.
James Rod's tracks are mostly in major keys (40% minor across 20 tracks). The most common single key is 8B (C Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between James Rod's 20 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 628 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Echonomist, Lauer, Moscoman are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Hit! into The Harbour - Extended Mix, 10B to 10B, 88 chemistry.
James Rod sits closest to Rayko, Fran Deeper, Kiu D in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
