About Michael James
Michael James is my music name.
I’ve been a guitarist for about 15 years now and have created music with a few different projects to date.
I am currently starting my journey of electronic music production and DJing as well and provide electronic and ambient sound baths.
I like to blend the organic with the electronic—bridging worlds of house, dubstep and progressive sounds together for upbeat, down-tempo or ecstatic sets.
Take a look below to see some of my current and previous projects…
SoundCloud
I will be uploading all of my DJ sets to my Soundcloud. Head there to check them out and give me a follow if you like what you hear…
Ambient Sound Baths
I currently offer ambient sound baths for wellness classes at Altea Active, such as deep stretch, yin and vinyasa flow classes.
These offerings involve extended soundscapes combining both live guitar as well as electronic ambient sounds with the Ableton Push.
I like to create musical journeys that take people to different parts of their mind and ultimately leave them feeling uplifted and embodied. I take a lot of inspiration here from the likes of Jon Hopkins, East Forest and Days of Lavendar.
Previous Projects
Gentle Mind
A neo-soul band I started alongside Camille, Tobi and Abishek through the Blank Vinyl Project Build a Band program at UBC. We created a single and EP which can be found on Spotify.
Bass: Tobi Amoo
Vocals: Camille Brown
Drum: Abishek/Nick Jensen/
Manager: Kassie Edwards
Years: 2017-2019
Chill Clinton
I went down to busk for the first time ever at Kits Beach. I sat down and a random stranger approached and said “Hey, are you Michael?”, I said “Yes”. He said “OK perfect.” and he started taking out his saxophone. He was actually mistaking me for a different Michael that he was supposed to meet at the beach to play with. Turns out a group of young lads, including one of my close friends Navin, were meeting there to jam. We played that evening for 4 hours and I took home a couple hundred dollars. And so Chill Clinton was birthed.
Bass: Eli
Vocals: Robin Healy
Drum: Michael Wadham
Guitar: Oscar Paulson
Keys: Navin Sahjpaul
Saxaphone: Simon Roberts
Percussion: Alexander Litvinoff
Years: 2021-2022
