Hello my friends! We are early into October and that means we have a Melodic Dreams #140 ready for your listening enjoyment! In this 2 hour session, I explored a bunch of new and some soon to be classic tracks. As always Melodic Dreams is a recorded DJ livestream with full audio reactive HD visuals generated on the fly by my custom HalonVison platform. Links to the streams and more information are available at https://jameshalon.com/

📷 by Daniel J. Schwarz: https://unsplash.com/photos/CQyVvsEclnY

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session with an original generated VJ mix on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@jameshalon

🎵Track Name - Artist 🎵

[0:00] Intro
[0:37] Carry On (Extended Mix) - Nhar
[6:24] Absolute (Original Mix) - Around Us
[11:23] Arts Mantis - Inherent (AU), Tristan Case, Covsky, FRAIS
[16:45] Reverie (Lovecraft Extended Remix) - Koelle, Reza Safinia
[19:38] Chasing Holes (Original Mix) - Oliver Koletzki
[23:50] Home (Original Mix) - Because of Art
[28:17] Tap Fly - M6F
[30:56] Forest Beast (Paul Deep Remix) - Forty Cats
[35:38] Hey Hey (AFFKT Remix) - Martin Eyerer, Ruede Hagelstein
[41:09] Caminando (Cioz Remix) - Yulia Niko, Sil Romero
[45:05] Devil's Hands (TAYA & Lunar Disco Club Mix) - Lunar Disco
[50:36] Shangri-La (James Halon Remix) - Michael Kortenhaus
[56:22] Piccolo (Konomo Remix) - Dott. Santafeo
[1:00:49] My Own (Original Mix) - CRi
[1:03:59] The Black Virgen (Inkfish Remix) - Cut Knob
[1:08:25] Seasons (Animal Print Remix) - Tokyo Fan Club
[1:12:36] Somewhere Beach (Original Mix) - Tibi Dabo
[1:16:57] Meditation (Pornbugs Remix) - Sascha Dive
[1:21:56] Pneuma (Volen Sentir Extended Mix) - Marsh
[1:26:54] High Places (Original Mix) - Tim Engelhardt
[1:30:15] The Regulator (Original Mix) - Booka Shade
[1:34:48] Veil (Extended Mix) - Marsh
[1:40:03] Club 33 - CCB
[1:45:01] Horizon feat. Keilimei (Extended Mix) = Chris Luno, CEAUS, Keilimei
[1:48:41] Unwritten Future - Gerardo Portilla
[1:55:31] Sleep feat. Jodie Knight (Wassu Extended Mix) - Marsh, Jodie Knight
[2:00:45] Moontanning (Dub Mix) - DP-6
[2:05:29] Totoro (Original Mix) - Soul Alt Delete, M-Sol DEEP
[2:09:42] Good Life (Pig & Dan Groove Extended Remix) - Pig&Dan, Inner City, Kevin Saunderson
[2:14:49] Outro

Melodic Dreams #140 - October 3rd 2023 [live]

💿 Labels & Releases
Sound Avenue, 3rd Avenue, Crossfade Sounds, Massive Harmony Records, ThreeRecords(UK), Session Road Music, Future Avenue, Polyptych Ltd, PDD Tamed, Analog Heart Records, Sounds and Frequencies, Another Life Music, Echoes From Past Worlds

🎧 Upcoming Live Streams

I live stream DJ sets every Tuesday (Breakdown Therapy) on Twitch.tv from 8pm - 9:30pm Pacific Time. Every session has paired VJ mixes using HalonVision, which is a custom built programmatically generative mixing system that creates a new and responsive experience each time it is turned on.

Melodic Dreams is now a monthly series streamed live the first weekend of the month on Twitch.tv. I record the session and the replay is available on YouTube and SoundCloud the following Monday morning.

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Promos: promo @ jameshalon.com
Contact & Booking: bookings @ jameshalon.com
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🌴 Based in Riverside CA, past residences in San Diego CA, San Francisco CA and Dallas TX.

Starting out under the moniker DJ3 circa 1996, James Halon was a resident at Record Resource and played events in Denton and Dallas TX. Moving to San Francisco in 1999, James started weekly events with For The Music & helped found the music side of False Profit.

James ran the sound system for False Profit at 43 Norfolk and put on many amazing nights at the warehouse. He has also joined forces and played with many crews and venues, including Dub Beautiful, Ambient Airlines, Space Cowboys, B-Family, Eklektic, Future Breaks, Tenderloft, Tags Trance Trip, GrooveTech Radio, Anon Salon, Trust, Wish, Mighty SF, DNA Lounge, 1015 Folsom, and many more.

2004, James co-founded Cedub Studios and moved away from DJing to focus on production and engineering for local artists. During this time he helped create and launch Fake Science as a podcast, then expanded to online digital music distribution and A&R. He produced tracks under the Cell Culture act with Chris Walcott. He also produced tracks as The Clockmakers with DJ Yap, under the moniker DJ Bespoke.

In 2009, James moved from the Bay and headed to San Diego. After taking a longer than expected break to settle into his new home, James is built out his studio and has returned to producing and DJing. Starting in 2020, James began weekly live streams, featuring new, classic and original tracks focusing on all things House x Techno. In the summer of 2021, James was invited to become a resident of the San Diego based collective Digital Cocoon.

In the summer of 2022, James once again packed up and this time moved to Riverside, CA. There he has been able to expand his music studio and streaming rig, allowing him more time to write, produce and play music. He still regularly travels to San Diego to support and participate in Digital Cocoon events and other area shows.

Continuing with his Father’s Legacy, being a lover of electronic music is something that he has been doing since he was 18 years old, being now one of the Mexican DJ´s and Producers with a great popularity in the current National scene.

He has shared the booth with great National & International Dj´s such as "Gepri, Mapiu, Karlos Elizondo, Tini Tun, Gabriel I, Frankie & Sandrino, Khen, BOg, Crisstiano", among others, being part of the most important label in Mexico, "Tenampa Recordings " and with residence in one of the most important Clubs in Mexico City, "Hookah Lounge " with more than 16 years of existence.

He was CEO of the "Triangles" project, focused on spreading and positioning great exponents from 2017 to 2019 such as "Audioholic, Neftali Blasko & Rodrigo Cortazar, Jesús Olvera, Omar Voussen, Frida Ruvalcaba, Argeniz, Jesús Lozano, Isaak Escamilla" and appearing at the best clubs in Mexico City such as "Terraza Catedral, AM Local, Hookah Satellite and Hookah Lounge" and generating parties with fresh and different musical proposals.

Everything is connected! 

'The darkest nights make the brightest stars..'

ILLIMANI is a DJ/Producer rooted in both the Andean Highlands and Germany. He started mixing with a desire for the perfect soundtrack to accompany his own bike rides and travels, but soon his mixes also resonated with other people. ILLIMANI's melodic blend of Organic, Progressive and Deep House offer a harmonious journey through realms of introspection and energy renewal. 

booking: illimanimusic@gmail.com