Umbra | Techno Live Streams & Podcasts

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session on Mixcloud, Twitch and YouTube. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Driving Techno for an hour session. If you want to join the community and get a shoutout be sure to tune in during the live sessions and say hi.

📷 by the blowup: https://unsplash.com/photos/mS7NGQcjyGU

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session with an original VJ mix at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_2sZhpncAU&t=85s

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Coroner (Original mix) - Girls Of War
2. El Dorado (Original Mix) - Alex Stein
3. K-PAX (Original Mix) - Oscar Escapa, Peerk
4. Nothing Stops Detroit (Original Mix) - Robert Hood
5. Solid Plane (Original Mix) - 3Pod
6. Dor (Original Mix) - Juan Sanchez
7. Dress Code (Original Mix) - Valerio Bianco
8. Focal (Original Mix) - Corteza
9. Impact Theory (Original Mix) - Giuliano Rodrigues
10. Izabella - Mind Games (Original Mix) - Izabella
11. first/last (Carl Craig Remix) - sl0p0k
12. Craving Desire (Original Mix) - Monika Kruse
13. Teleks - SCB
14. Time On Table (Original Mix) - P-ben
15. Atmos (Original Mix) - Deepbass

Umbra Session #46 - March 18th 2021 [live]

To celebrate a year of weekly Umbra live sessions, I celebrated by playing a 3 hour set featuring new, unreleased and stream favorite tracks. This is the recording right off the rig before being streamed out. For more details, check out my profile for a list of upcoming sessions. Locked in at 130bpm!

📷 Craig Whitehead https://unsplash.com/@sixstreetunder

🎵Track List 🎵

1. ID - James Halon
2. Density Wave (Original Mix) - Sleepy & Boo
3. Ingredients (arketech Remix) - Lampé
4. No Drama (Chris Liebing Remix) - Marco Faraone
5. Labyrinth (Original Mix) - Subgate
6. Master of Potions - Mirage Island
7. Power Drop (Original Mix) - Chris Veron
8. Wildfire (Original Mix) - Marhu
9. Just a Game (Original Mix) - Nuss, Matias Stradini
10. The Code (Joel West Remix) - Ms.Fuji
11. Retroactive (Original Mix) - Elias. (DE)
12. Untitled - Ambivalent
13. Prenzlauer Dream (Original Mix) - Lee K
14. Tunnel Vision (Original Mix) - Pig&Dan
15. Francofonte (909 Resistance Remix) - Hyper Binary
16. Mercenary (Original Mix) - Sian
17. Scheuern - Mython
18. Gait (Original Mix) - Nino Pipito'
19. Forbidden Rhythms (Original Mix) - Pablo Caballero, Silvina Romero
20. ID - ID	
21. Mute (Farrago Remix) - Under Black Helmet
22. Snare Attack (Original Mix) - Jacks Menec
23. Slay (Original Mix) - Sian
24. Until the Early Light (Original Mix) - Tiger Stripes
25. Vertex (Original Mix) - Nuria Ghia
26. Like Forever (Monika Kruse Remix) - Patrik Berg
27. Message (Original Mix) - Mark Reeve, UMEK
28. Amelia (Original Mix) - JUBBA
29. Looking At U (Rosper Remix) - Malek Ales
30. Black On Black (Original Mix) - SRVD
31. Better World (Marco Freudenberg Remix) - Nik Wel
32. Overflow - ANNA
33. Your Love (Original Mix) - AGLR
34. Death Call (Original mix) - Girls Of War
35. Beatamines (Original Mix) - Drumcomplex, Frank Sonic
36. Mahia Madness - Chaos In The CBD & Jon Sable
37. ID - ID
38. Tempo (Original Mix) - FNTK
39. ID - ID
40. Antidote (Mix 018) - Hertz

Umbra (A Year Of Sessions) - April 8th 2021 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session on Mixcloud and Twitch. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Driving Techno for an hour session. If you want to join the community and get a shoutout be sure to tune in during the live sessions and say hi.

📷 by Kevin Mueller: https://unsplash.com/photos/NjjONA3K0-k

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com or my profile and watch the full replay of the session with an original VJ mix at https://youtu.be/SGwvD_Qmaq0

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Body Treatment (Original Mix) - MTD
2. Viper (Original Mix) - Djapo
3. Flexin (Blenk Remix) - Hertz Collision
4. H501 (Original Mix) - Paxtech
5. De Neel In Me (Original Mix) - Juan Sanchez
6. Exhale (Mark Broom Remix) - Nikola Gala
7. Zephyr - Momec
8. Title Still Irrelevant 3 (Original Mix) - Pablo Wesler
9. Kore (Alex Stein Remix) - Dusty Kid
10. X Modulation (Original Mix) - Rich Venom
11. Dark Moon (Original Mix) - Drunken Kong
12. Kronos (Extended Mix) - HI-LO
13. Morgenland (Original Mix) - Diode Eins
14. Carbon - Andørra
15. Constant Rising (Juheun Remix) - Dusty Kid

Umbra Session #55 - May 20th 2021 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session on Mixcloud and Twitch. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Driving Techno for an hour session. If you want to join the community be sure to tune in during the live sessions and say hi.

📷 by Siim Lukka: https://unsplash.com/photos/K6rjbT5P6wE

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session with an original VJ mix at https://youtu.be/zlSibGMqy7M

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Ghost Laugh - Akkon
2. Mantra (Original Mix) - Martin Kinrus
3. Neuron (Original Mix) - Lazar (IT)
4. Marudi (Original Mix) - Jens Mueller
5. Inception (Original Mix) - Transcode
6. Rocket (Original Mix) - Ignacio Arfeli
7. We Could Be (Ghost Dance Remix) - Sian
8. Transition (Original Mix) - Shaun Moses
9. High Tension (Original Mix) - Izabella
10. Expansion (Alexia K. Remix) - Lisa Oakes
11. Molly (Original Mix) - Joyhauser
12. Cryptic Speech (Original Mix) - UMEK
13. Opposite (EEEMUS's Witch Doctor Summoning) - Gabriel Moraes
14. Color Blind (Biomass Remix) - Breger

Umbra Session #60 - June 24th 2021 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session on Mixcloud and Twitch. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark, Funky, Banking & Driving Techno for an hour session. If you want to join the community be sure to tune in during the live sessions and say hi.

📷 by Jamie Hagan: https://unsplash.com/photos/jWLLzJ7S2tc

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session with an original VJ mix at https://youtu.be/i5UOPZ-BQ7s

🎵Track List 🎵
1. I Don't Know (Original Mix) - Pig&Dan [00:17]
2. Sonda (Original Mix) - Paul Di Gio [05:06]
3. Never Say Never (Andrea Ghirotti Remix) - Leaking Brain [09:30]
4. Deetroy (Original Mix) - Patrick Dandoczi [12:47]
5. Dangerous voltage (Original mix) - Extracto Molecular [16:48]
6. Psyclone (Original Mix) - Osiris Prospect [21:24]
7. Flmm (Original Mix) - Drathas [25:20]
8. Shadows (Original Mix) - Robert Hood [29:57]
9. Zascandil 1.2 (Original Mix) - Metrakit [33:18]
10. Charlatan (Ordin Air Remix) - Jason Laake [37:43]
11. Shimmer (Superstrobe Remix) - Soapy, Cassandra [41:42]
12. Push The Tempo (Original Mix) - Gabriel Moraes [46:21]
13. Face Off (Lowshape Remix) - Federico Sferra, Jurgen Degener [51:38]
14. Latex (Original Mix) - Monika Kruse [55:38]
15. Mover (Original Mix) - Mark Broom [1:00:23]

Umbra Session #65 - June 24th 2021 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session on Mixcloud and Twitch. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Driving Techno for an hour session. If you want to join the community be sure to tune in during the live sessions and say hi.

📷 by Pacific Austin: https://unsplash.com/photos/vJAIdCULvIc

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session with an original VJ mix at https://youtu.be/BoN4e1uhtb4

🎵Track List & Times 🎵

0:00 Intro
0:24 Botanic Sunset (Original Mix) - Mha Iri
4:50 Rant (Original Mix) - Uncertain
8:46 Infinity (Handsdown & Leigh Boy Remix) - David Phoenix, 8kicks
13:12 Angosto (Original Mix) - Imus
16:25 The Freaks Come Out (Original Mix) - TRF
19:10 What To Do (Original Mix) - Mark Broom
22:22 Aurora (Original Mix) - Mark Michael
26:08 Rocket (Original Mix) - Tiger Stripes
31:03 Can't Forget (Original Mix) - Sian
33:34 The Hymn (Original Mix) - Will Clarke
38:12 Actaris (Audio State (RO) Remix) - Cosmic Boys
42:52 I Don't Know (Original Mix) - Pig&Dan
48:00 Crypt (The Botanist Remix) - Rob Lewis
51:59 Spunk (Original Mix) - Maxor
57:02 Prism (Original Mix) - Anika Kunst
1:00:05 Heartbeat (Marcal Remix) - Vinicius Honorio
1:03:12 Outro

Umbra Session #75 - October 21st 2021 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session on Twitch. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Driving Techno for an hour session. If you want to join the community be sure to tune in during the live sessions and say hi.

📷 by Martin Adams: https://unsplash.com/photos/vBzJ0UFOA70

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session with an original VJ mix at https://youtu.be/kF0DPLEQ5Qw

🎵Track & Timestamp List 🎵

[0:00] Intro
[0:29] Techno Vibes (Original Mix) - Egor Shleger
[5:25] Forget (Original Mix) - Matteo Vitanza
[9:53] Grader F3 (Original Mix) - The Ripped
[14:17] Problem Child (Original Mix) - Alex Justino, Andre Arnaud
[17:51] Falling Down (Original Mix) - Sian
[22:01] Deviation (Original Mix) - Unknown Concept
[27:27] Synaesthesia (UMEK Extended Remix) - The Thrillseekers
[33:07] Damage Control (Otik Rework) - Eusebeia
[37:03] Oregano (Original Mix) - Ado (Col)
[41:29] Hype (Original Mix) - Thomas Schumacher
[46:24] Headless - Anml Mthr
[50:02] How Far Do We Go (Original Mix) - Drunken Kong
[54:15] Ghost House (Original Mix) - Paralictika
[59:10] Toxic (Original Mix) - Ronnie Spiteri
[1:03:15] Outro

Umbra Session #80 - December 2nd 2021 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session on Twitch & Mixcloud. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Driving Techno for an hour session. If you want to join the community be sure to tune in during the live sessions and say hi.

📷 by Przemyslaw Zientala: https://unsplash.com/photos/eFpdqHU_BAs

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session with an original VJ mix at https://youtu.be/giDAM3R0EYs

🎵 Track - Artist 🎵

Intro
Pressure (Original Mix) - Pig&Dan
Paradrum (Branch) - Stefan Weise
Pattern (Original Mix) - Uncertain
Passenger (Original Mix) - Alex Mine, Lazar (IT)
Black Box (Original Mix) - Filterheadz, Atroxx
Energy (Original Mix) - George Adi
Overflow (Original Mix) - NoNameLeft
Still Dreams (Original Mix) - Oscar Aguilera, Vikthor
Rebels (Original Mix) - Van Czar
Scanner (Tiger Stripes Remix) - FOLUAL
Segment (Original Mix) - Alessandro Grops
The Woffler (Original Mix) - Joyhauser
Rebirth (Original Mix) - Teenage Mutants
The Three Swords (Original Mix) - Mark Broom
Mediterranean Diet (Original Mix) - J. Cossio
Outro

Umbra Session #85 - January 13th 2022 [live]

Hello my friends! It’s Friday AM on the West Coast and Umbra Session #90 is available for the full replay of the session on SoundCloud. My Umbra sessions are an hour DJ livestream of dark, banging, driving, funky Techno with full audio reactive HD visuals generated on the fly by my custom HalonVison platform.

📷 by Robin Vet: https://unsplash.com/photos/6H-Roi5ZYhQ

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/channel/UC_JQRjO6xGN3irT4_EFrNLw

🎵 [time] Track - Artist List 🎵
[0:00] Intro
[0:19] My Rules (Original Mix) - Bart Skils
[3:16] Fire (Original Mix) - Tiger Stripes
[6:43] You Belong Here (Busu Remix) - Thomas Schumacher, Caitlin
[10:54] Sometimes I Feel (Original Mix) - NoNameLeft
[15:34] Ghost Inside A Dream (Original Mix) - Balthazar & JackRock
[20:15] Channeling (Original Mix) - Magnetic Brothers
[24:38] System Active (Original Mix) - Dok & Martin
[30:16] Aurora (Original Mix) - Filterheadz
[34:22] Liquid Circle (JUBBA Remix) - Giuliano Rodrigues, DUBGIU
[38:53] Rawelodon (Original Mix) - Ween Greed
[43:19] Neptune (Original Mix) - Maksim Dark
[47:30] Phoenix (Original Mix) - Drunken Kong
[50:28] Folding feat. Pablo:Rita (KUSP 'After Dark' Mix) - KUSP (UK), Pablo:Rita
[55:38] Don't Touch (Original Mix) - Charles D (USA)
[1:00:04] Things Have Changed (Mark Broom Remix) - S-file
[1:03:42] Outro

Umbra Session #90 - February 24th 2022 [live]

Hello my friends, it’s Friday morning on the West Coast and Umbra Session #95 is available for the full replay of the session on SoundCloud. My Umbra sessions are an hour DJ livestream of dark, banging, driving, funky Techno with full audio reactive HD visuals generated on the fly by my custom HalonVison platform.

📷 by Leonardo Yip: https://unsplash.com/photos/NcWnJmeVtcw

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/channel/UC_JQRjO6xGN3irT4_EFrNLw

🎵 [time] track - artist 🎵

[0:00] Intro
[0:20] Madness (Maksim Dark Remix) - Carbon
[4:02] Celesta (Original Mix) - Stiv Hey
[7:44] Comète (Original Mix) - Sebastien Bouchet
[10:41] Simulation (Original Mix) - Andre Keller
[14:37] Meteorites Rain (Victor Santana Version two) - Code 701
[17:49] "Quo Vadis " - G-Man
[22:11] Zodiac (Original Mix) - Sebastien Bouchet
[25:35] Industria (Original Mix) - HI-LO, Eli Brown
[29:49] Black Pussy's Revenge feat. Tobell von Cartier (Original Mix) - Larry Tee, Radio Slave, Tobell Von Cartier
[35:00] DealBreaker (Original Mix) - NoNameLeft
[40:24] Don't (Original Mix) - VSK
[42:23] Step By Step (Instrumental) (Original Mix) - Christian Smith
[46:48] Error 909 (Original Mix) - The YellowHeads
[51:43] Betelgeuse - Mython
[55:25] One Day (Original Mix) - Drunken Kong
[59:36] Dark Market (Original Mix) - UMEK
[1:04:16] Outro

Umbra Session #95 - March 31st 2022 [live]

My friends, it's Friday morning on the West Coast and Umbra Session #100 is available for the full replay of the session on SoundCloud. This will be my last regular weekly show for the next few months. I am about to start the process of moving, which means my availability will be super sporadic and soon my studio will be boxed up. I’ll continue to stream here and there and I will post when I do. My plan is to be back in action late summer depending on how things go. Until then enjoy this session and of course all my previous ones! 

My Umbra sessions are an hour DJ livestream of dark, banging, driving, funky Techno with full audio reactive HD visuals generated on the fly by my custom HalonVison platform.

📷 by Norbert Tóth: https://unsplash.com/photos/_zUAcIvs-ME

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/channel/UC_JQRjO6xGN3irT4_EFrNLw

🎵Track List 🎵

[0:00] Intro
[0:40] New Generation (Dubesque Remix) - Will Clarke
[4:22] FM Alchemist (Original Mix) - Haelix
[8:48] Osc Devotion (Original Mix) - Dario Caruson
[12:30] Universal Nation (Bart Skils Remix) - Push
[15:56] Paradoxon (Jean Agoriia Remix) - Daniel Blotox
[20:22] Liminal Space (Reprise) - Uun
[23:49] Get Up (Original Mix) - Agent Orange DJ
[26:16] Control (Original Mix) - UMEK, Popof, Space 92
[30:43] Nebula (Original Mix) - Stiv Hey
[36:07] Slush (Original Mix) - Mark Broom
[39:19] Foundation (Mark Reeve Remix) - Pig&Dan
[43:01] Brainporting (Original Mix) - Luca Marchese
[47:43] Halve (Original Mix) - George Adi
[51:31] Give Me Some Space (Lemonsoul Remix) - Jamez
[54:13] Rip The Cut (Dubfire Remix) - Planetary Assault Systems
[59:51] Gold Spark (Original Mix) - Procombo
[1:03:48] Outro

Umbra Session #100 - May 12th 2022 [live]

Three times a week I live stream a DJ session. On Thursday's @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Driving Techno for one hour. Every two weeks I record one of the week's sessions and post on SoundCloud.

You can watch the full replay over on YouTube with custom visuals by 
http://img819.com featuring a retro VJ mix: 

📼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe2T7-sdc0A&t=90s

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check my profile.

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Ultra Violence - Locked Groove
2. One Ghost Ruins The Bunch (Original Mix) - Lee K
3. Broken Shape (Tekkno Kind Version) - Viktor Gerk, Fidos Off
4. Coalescence (Original Mix) - Nense, Beavoid
5. Survival - SCB x Wehbba
6. Gait (Original Mix) - Nino Pipito
7. Construction (Original Mix) - Fred P.
8. Die Sucht (Bl.Ck Remix) - Bjoern Ohler
9. Meta (Original Mix) - Potesov
10. Dimension (Original Mix) - Mihalyz
11. The Void (Original Mix) - Arah
12. Raw (Original Mix) - Sacha Robotti, Who Is Hush
13. Contact (Original Mix) - Jay Lumen
14. Hurt You (Original Mix) - I Am Bam

Umbra Session #8 - May 22nd 2020 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session. On Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark Underground Techno for one hour. Every two weeks (or so) I record one of the week's live sessions and post on SoundCloud. In this session I also premiere “Nightfall”, a track off of my upcoming release “Strange Quarks”, available August 14th.

You can watch the full replay over on YouTube with an original VJ mix by Image8Nineteen: 

📼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTgsyOAs8Vg&t=120s

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check my profile.

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Impact Drivers (Hatewax Remix) - Kuniaki Takenaga
2. Forte 2 - Antonio De Angelis
3. Hypno Box (Original Mix) - Hollen, Uto Karem
4. Liebe I'm Detail (Original Mix) - Boris Brejcha
5. Nightfall - James Halon
6. Her Mind - Sylvie Maziarz
7. Universe Loop - Atonism
8. Rising Panel (Original Mix) - Chris Veron
9. Brighter Days - Analog Berlin
10. Until the Early Light (Original Mix) - Tiger Stripes
11. Slide Simulation (Original Mix) - Lampé
12. Slay (Original Mix) - Sian
13. Preference (Techno Dub Mix) - Alessio Di Stefano
14. Deep Learning - Florian Meindl
15. Black On Black (Original Mix) - SRVD

Umbra Session #15 - July 23rd 2020 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session. On Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Underground Techno for one hour. Every two weeks (or so) I record one of the week's live sessions and post on SoundCloud. The opening track "Deformation" is off my Strange Quarks EP available for purchase and download on Bandcamp: https://jameshalon.bandcamp.com

You can watch the full replay over on YouTube with an original VJ mix by Image8Nineteen:

📼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFM95X-5KA&t=136s

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check my profile.

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Deformation - James Halon
2. Shaman Flow (APHE Remix) - Moe & Melmixx
3. Adrenaline Rush (OriginalMix) - Hollen, Uto Karem
4. Seraphin (A. Mochi Remix) - Lars Huismann 
5. Taser Attack - Adrian Oblanca & Carlos Perez
6. Holofractographic - Atonism
7. Push the Button - Anfisa Letyago
8. Spiritual Syndrome I (Original Mix) - Sedated
9. Master of Potions - Mirage Island
10. Temple of the Snake (Original Mix) - Dekkai
11. Moscow (Original mix) - Thanatos
12. Spirit Temple (Leghau Remix) - Shekon
13. Baltic Sea (Eme Kulhnek Remix) - Anina Owly & Thomas Klipps
14. Half Life (Original Mix) - Shawn Rudiman

Umbra Session #17 - August 7th 2020 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session. On Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Underground Techno for one hour. Every two weeks (or so) I record one of the week's live sessions off the mixer and post on SoundCloud.

This week premiers my track "Forgotten Paths" off of the Lost Elements EP, releasing on Sept. 4th on Bandcamp, and available everywhere Sept. 25th 2020. https://jameshalon.bandcamp.com

You can watch the full replay over on YouTube with an original VJ mix by James Halon:

📼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xqG5ivPiDY&t=128s

📷 Photo by Bartosz Wanot: https://unsplash.com/photos/_7OXDlCWoyA

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check my profile.

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Tranquility - KASIL
2. Mute (Farrago Remix) - Under Black Helmet
3. Circulation - Yotam Avni
4. Impression (Adrian Oblanca & Carlos Perez Remix) - Joseph Dalik
5. Tunnel Vision (Original Mix) - Pig&Dan
6. Dark Matter (Original Mix) - Ricardo Costa
7. Ricordo (Antonio De Angelis Remix) - Loris Grimaldi
8. Forgotten Paths - James Halon
9. Clap Down (Original Mix) - Mark Meino
10. Adrenaline Rush (Uto Karem Remix) - Hollen, Uto Karem
11. Darker Room - CSTS
12. Ingredients (arketech Remix) - Lampé
13. Surgence - Momec
14. Tenush (Original Mix) - Alessandro Grops
15. Your Love (Original Mix) - AGLR

Umbra Session #20 - August 25th 2020 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session. On Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Underground Techno for one hour. Every two weeks (or so) I record one of the week's live sessions off the mixer and post on SoundCloud.

This week features my track "Gh0st5" off of the Lost Elements EP, available now on Bandcamp, and everywhere Sept. 25th 2020. https://jameshalon.bandcamp.com

You can watch the full replay over on YouTube with an original VJ mix by James Halon:

📼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg-9mQXlcD4&t=120s

📷 Photo by Kelly Sikkema: https://unsplash.com/photos/D_5iQVxKkPY

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check my profile.

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Red Planet - SCB x Wehbba
2. Subterra - Rehmark
3. Radiophonic (Original Mix) - Hollen
4. Sketch - Ben Buitendijk
5. Weather, Pt. 02 (Original Mix) - Subtraum
6. Rise (Original Mix) - Sian
7. Fainting Goats (Spartaque Remix) - Oliver Moldan
8. Enter Sequence - Derek Pitral
9. Reversed - Jorg Rodriguez
10. Give Way - Mirage Island
11. Dog House - Rush Plus
12. Leipzig - Filipe Barbosa
13. Dirty Secret - Momec
14. Zerotonin (Original Mix) - Rony Golding
15. Gh0st5 - James Halon

Umbra Session #23 - Sept 18th 2020 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session. On Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Underground Techno for one hour. Every two weeks (or so) I record one of the week's live sessions off the mixer and post on SoundCloud.

This week features my track "Green Skies" off my upcoming Atmospheric Waves EP.

You can watch the full replay over on YouTube with an original VJ mix by James Halon:

📼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYxJbUju_HE&t=118s

📷 Photo by Chris Barbalis: https://unsplash.com/photos/sfOJS2EBkaw

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check my profile.

🎵Track List 🎵

1. 24k - E.R.N.E.S.T.O & datatab
2. Phantasma (Original Mix) - Zvrra
3. His Tension - Sylvie Maziarz
4. Irokumata - A Thousand Details & Stndrd
5. Valiant (Oscar Mulero Remix) - Arnaud Le Texier
6. Hidden Clicks (Truncate Remix) - Nuke
7. Carrier - Kelvin Celcius
8. The Banger (Original Mix) - I Am Bam
9. Legacy (BL.CK Remix) - Tony Romanello
10. Raw Materials - Uun
11. Confuse a Cat - Atonism
12. Plasma (Original Mix) - Jacknosis
13. Green Skies (unreleased) - James Halon
14. Colorinchis - KSNC
15. Lanibos (Original Mix) - Black Acid, Drzneday
16. Definition Of Black - Carlo Russo

Umbra Session #27 - October 15th 2020 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ set on Mixcloud, Twitch and YouTube. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Underground Techno for an hour session.

Photo by Nima Izadi: https://unsplash.com/photos/p8Atd0ajLlE

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_Oa8EWuaQ&t=104s

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Cumulonimbus Incus [unreleased] - James Halon
2. Mantis (Damien Fisher Remix) - Paul Neary
3. Rent (Original Mix) - Alessandro Grops
4. Prenzlauer Dream (Original Mix) - Lee K
5. Untitled - Ambivalent
6. Evil Rising (Kleber Remix) - Dynamic Illusion
7. Kristal Large (Exium Remix) - Antonio de Angelis
8. Return To Nowhere (Original Mix) - Charlotte de Witte
9. Eclipse (Deep Mix) - Luca Maniaci
10. Never Look Down (Gabriel Moraes Remix) - Maksim Dark
11. Power Drop (Original Mix) - Chris Veron
12. Blue Whale (Original Mix) - Vincenzo Tedesco
13. Quattro - Fensterbilder
14. El Jefe - Carlo Russo

Umbra Session #30 - November 12th 2020 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session on Mixcloud, Twitch and YouTube. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Progressive Techno for an hour session. If you want to join the community and get a shoutout be sure to tune in during the live sessions and say hi.

Photo by zhao legs: https://unsplash.com/photos/3n_wShWcYPQ

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session with an original VJ mix at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgVzTRNeS5A&t=96s

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Dreams (James Halon edit) - Zhu & Nero
2. Kua (Rinzen Remix). - Fatima Hajji
3. Data (Original Mix) - Sian
4. Mindhunter - Florian Meindl X Anml Mthr
5. Dark Isolation (Original Mix) - Dave Krapf
6. Rain Wrapped - James Halon
7. Mind Of Alias - Derek Pitral & Rob Kipara
8. Ikigai (Original Mix) - Hybrasil
9. Rehab (Original Mix) - Luca Maniaci
10. Scissors Work - Atonism
11. Elements (Original Mix) - Antonio De Angelis
12. Talus - Ron S.
13. Understanding (Luix Spectrum & Cristian Glitch Remix) [Dolma Red] - Deborah de Luca & F-Rontal
14. Future (Original Mix) - Maks Henning
15. Eso (Original Mix) - Shifted

Umbra Session #33 - December 10th 2020 [live]

Two times a week I live stream a DJ session on Mixcloud, Twitch and YouTube. Thursday’s @ 5pm Pacific I focus on Dark & Progressive Techno for an hour session (this week was an extended 2 hour set). If you want to join the community and get a shoutout be sure to tune in during the live sessions and say hi.

📷 by William Daigneault: https://unsplash.com/photos/ju3eqN0gl6Y

For a schedule of the upcoming shows check out https://jameshalon.com and watch the full replay of the session with an original VJ mix at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Ew2GeLU-0&t=146s

🎵Track List 🎵

1. Overflow - ANNA
2. Primate - KONTAL
3. Timer (Original mix) - Girls Of War
4. Eternal (Original Mix) - Nuria Ghia
5. Mountrip (2020 Mix) - David Londono
6. PR1 (Original Mix) - Mark Broom, James Ruskin
7. Infinity (Original Mix) - Skober
8. Shade - Joaquin Ruiz
9. Forgotten Lands (Original Mix) - KASIL
10. Antilog (Original Mix) - JUBBA
11. Descent (Original Mix) - Pascual, Psyk
12. Outlying (Original Mix) - Sleepy & Boo
13. Boiling - Momec
14. Dal Tramonto All'Alba - Lehar
15. Mercenary (Original Mix) - Sian

Umbra Session #40 - February 4th 2021 [live]

🎧 Upcoming Live Streams 🎧

I live stream DJ sets every Tuesday (Breakdown Therapy) on Twitch.tv & Kick.com from 4:30pm - 6pm. 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 and Kick.com. I record the session and the replay is available on YouTube, SoundCloud and Mixcloud 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.