Based in San Diego, past residences in SF and Dallas.

Starting out under the moniker DJ3 circa 1996, James aka [ h a l o n ] was a resident at Record Resource and played venues/events in Denton and Dallas TX. Moving to San Francisco in 1999, James started running weekly events with For The Music and helped found the music side of False Profit.

In 2004, James help co-found 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, online digital music distribution and A&R. He produced tracks under the Cell Culture act with his Cedub co-founder Chris Walcott. He also began producing tracks as The Clockmakers with DJ Yap, under the moniker DJ Bespoke.

In 2009, James moved from the Bay and headed to his now home, San Diego.