HALO has been a DJ/Turntablist for about 15+ years performing his special brand of turntabalisim and party rocking spots all over the country while touring with the MCs; The Metermaids, Grayskul, Sadistik, Ceschi and Sole to name a few. In addition to hip-hop tours also booking solo DJ tours across the USA, Canada and Europe most recently doing 13 dates in UK, France, Germany & Switzerland January 2015. A 5X official performer @ SXSW, HALO has held DJ residencies in NYC, Brooklyn, CT, ME and now holds 3 monthly and one weekly residencies where he currently resides in Oakland, CA. HALO has released emotionally thematic based mixes (Heart & Soul, Broken Heart BoomBox, COLD) via hand to hand sales and his website halodoesntsuck.com that are much different from his high energy live sets, which focus on moving the crowd, however both mix clever juxtaposition of context with sharp blends and cuts; keeping both the dance floors ...
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HALO has been a DJ/Turntablist for about 15+ years performing his special brand of turntabalisim and party rocking spots all over the country while touring with the MCs; The Metermaids, Grayskul, Sadistik, Ceschi and Sole to name a few. In addition to hip-hop tours also booking solo DJ tours across the USA, Canada and Europe most recently doing 13 dates in UK, France, Germany & Switzerland January 2015. A 5X official performer @ SXSW, HALO has held DJ residencies in NYC, Brooklyn, CT, ME and now holds 3 monthly and one weekly residencies where he currently resides in Oakland, CA. HALO has released emotionally thematic based mixes (Heart & Soul, Broken Heart BoomBox, COLD) via hand to hand sales and his website halodoesntsuck.com that are much different from his high energy live sets, which focus on moving the crowd, however both mix clever juxtaposition of context with sharp blends and cuts; keeping both the dance floors and headphone listeners happy.
Over the last 6 years HALO has become an excellent producer creating DJ friendly remixes and re-edits of artists such as Ghostface Killah & Danny Brown, Sage Francis, Serengeti, Aesop Rock, Brzowski, and even 50 Cent. HALO’s genre defying remix work runs that gamut of Drum & Bass and Jungle to Hip-Hop and Dub that always keeps the vibe high energy.
With the experience of a 4 year Audio/Radio Engineering degree, HALO has been producing a podcast, Subways & Sidewalks, once a month on Rapreviews.com for the last 4-5 years racking up about 30 episodes total and having call-in and in-studio guest such as Nighclubber Lang (Boombap Project RSE), Uncommon Nasa, Marc Stretch (Foreign Legion), Open Mike Eagle (Mello Music Group) and many more. When not DJ-ing or producing, Halo is Label Manager of Fake Four Inc, a critically acclaimed and world renowned independent label. If he’s not Driving the van on tour, he’s probably checking his email…
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