As a Bare Essentials and The Passage resident, James's sets are governed by the adage "familiarity and education". Offering a familiar musical foundation, James's sets are just as likely to transition from disco to Chicago classics as they are from party jams to techno. James approaches DJing as musical collection and is interested in tunes that won't be irrelevant come next month; he is in it for the long haul, gleaning tunes from the past as readily and passionately as those from the present.