James Leon
@jamesleon1.bsky.social
Music/Acting/Writing/Radio-presenting
Kylie - Golden: A Retrospective Review (came across this review of her 2018 album that I never published at the time - have polished it up) open.substack.com/pub/jamesleon/…
https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesleon/…
January 14, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Kylie - Golden: A Retrospective Review (came across this review of her 2018 album that I never published at the time - have polished it up) open.substack.com/pub/jamesleon/…
Dad retold me his tale of seeing Bowie perform at Bournemouth Pavillian when he was still called ‘David Jones’ & was performing as Davy Jones and the Manish Boys - think circa 1964. Dad gave a detailed account of what Bowie was wearing - both he & Bowie were in there mod phase.
January 10, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Dad retold me his tale of seeing Bowie perform at Bournemouth Pavillian when he was still called ‘David Jones’ & was performing as Davy Jones and the Manish Boys - think circa 1964. Dad gave a detailed account of what Bowie was wearing - both he & Bowie were in there mod phase.
This track has now gone past the 2K mark for streams on Spotify which I am very chuffed with. Thanks so much to anyone who has / continues to listen to it.
open.spotify.com/track/75rhvZ...
open.spotify.com/track/75rhvZ...
I Was A Photograph - iammilan Remix Paris to Versailles
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January 10, 2026 at 12:08 PM
This track has now gone past the 2K mark for streams on Spotify which I am very chuffed with. Thanks so much to anyone who has / continues to listen to it.
open.spotify.com/track/75rhvZ...
open.spotify.com/track/75rhvZ...
Happy 5th birthday (last week) to my lockdown baby, the Rare & Remixed compilation- featuring previously unreleased tracks and remixes.
open.spotify.com/album/7HLGMH...
open.spotify.com/album/7HLGMH...
Rare & Remixed
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December 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Happy 5th birthday (last week) to my lockdown baby, the Rare & Remixed compilation- featuring previously unreleased tracks and remixes.
open.spotify.com/album/7HLGMH...
open.spotify.com/album/7HLGMH...
Reposted by James Leon
📌 #1 Added to playlist:
"I Was A Photograph - iammilan Remix P..." by James Leon
"I Was A Photograph - iammilan Remix P..." by James Leon
Hey there @listigeplaylists.bsky.social please do check out my latest track ‘I Was A Photograph’ - iammilan remix open.spotify.com/track/75rhvZ...
Spotify – Web Player
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December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📌 #1 Added to playlist:
"I Was A Photograph - iammilan Remix P..." by James Leon
"I Was A Photograph - iammilan Remix P..." by James Leon
Great to be added to this playlist.
Thanks @jamesleon1.bsky.social 💯
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I've now playlisted your post, see the details in the post below.
Please help out by following, listening, and sharing this playlist!
Post me more whenever you like 😀
🎵 AzureSky Harmonies 🦋 - Hourly Fresh Picks
Thanks to our latest contributor(s), choosen from 8 incoming post(s):
• @jamesleon1.bsky.social
• @rotebro.bsky.social
• @spirossoukis.bsky.social
🔁 to spread the word and help us reach more music lovers!
Thanks to our latest contributor(s), choosen from 8 incoming post(s):
• @jamesleon1.bsky.social
• @rotebro.bsky.social
• @spirossoukis.bsky.social
🔁 to spread the word and help us reach more music lovers!
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Great to be added to this playlist.
Hey there @listigeplaylists.bsky.social please do check out my latest track ‘I Was A Photograph’ - iammilan remix open.spotify.com/track/75rhvZ...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hey there @listigeplaylists.bsky.social please do check out my latest track ‘I Was A Photograph’ - iammilan remix open.spotify.com/track/75rhvZ...
Catch me live on Riverside Radio’s Drive Time show around 5.15pm this evening chatting about all things ‘ I Was A Photograph’ & #soundmundsuk
play.riversideradio.com
play.riversideradio.com
Play Riverside Radio
Local radio station broadcasting music, news, sport, arts and culture for Richmond, Wandsworth, Merton and Lambeth. Switch on SW London.
play.riversideradio.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Catch me live on Riverside Radio’s Drive Time show around 5.15pm this evening chatting about all things ‘ I Was A Photograph’ & #soundmundsuk
play.riversideradio.com
play.riversideradio.com
Now up to number 4 in this French radio station chart.
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Now up to number 4 in this French radio station chart.
I’m excited to have a brand new remix out today of my track ‘I Was A Photograph’ by Paris-based remixer @milanmusicuk.bsky.social who has transformed it into a Balearic-infused chilled dance banger. Out now on @filofxrecords.bsky.social & all digital outlets distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
I Was A Photograph (iammilan Paris to Versailles Mix) by James Leon
Stream and Save I Was A Photograph (iammilan Paris to Versailles Mix) - Distributed by DistroKid
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November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’m excited to have a brand new remix out today of my track ‘I Was A Photograph’ by Paris-based remixer @milanmusicuk.bsky.social who has transformed it into a Balearic-infused chilled dance banger. Out now on @filofxrecords.bsky.social & all digital outlets distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
It’s out in just over an hour now..
Next release on FiloFX is the amazing I Was A Photograph by @jamesleon1.bsky.social with the Balearic-infused iammilan remix
All proceeds from the remix goto Soundminds - a mental health charity out of London
Pre save this great track now such for a great cause
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
All proceeds from the remix goto Soundminds - a mental health charity out of London
Pre save this great track now such for a great cause
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It’s out in just over an hour now..
Reposted by James Leon
#EXCLUSIVES: @jamesleon1.bsky.social : @milanmusicuk.bsky.social Mix, #PlanetNeil & 3x #TestcardF
#Worldwide firstplays
#ColinSpencer Programme #180
🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧
Saturday 8 November 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)
Before then? #DiscoverAndRemember via www.mixcloud.com/ColinSp.../p...
#Worldwide firstplays
#ColinSpencer Programme #180
🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧
Saturday 8 November 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)
Before then? #DiscoverAndRemember via www.mixcloud.com/ColinSp.../p...
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#EXCLUSIVES: @jamesleon1.bsky.social : @milanmusicuk.bsky.social Mix, #PlanetNeil & 3x #TestcardF
#Worldwide firstplays
#ColinSpencer Programme #180
🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧
Saturday 8 November 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)
Before then? #DiscoverAndRemember via www.mixcloud.com/ColinSp.../p...
#Worldwide firstplays
#ColinSpencer Programme #180
🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧
Saturday 8 November 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)
Before then? #DiscoverAndRemember via www.mixcloud.com/ColinSp.../p...
A nice, unexpected surprise to have the Bossa Nova mix of ‘I Was a Photograph’ added to the Loud & Queer playlist.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zw...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zw...
Loud & Queer 🌈
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October 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A nice, unexpected surprise to have the Bossa Nova mix of ‘I Was a Photograph’ added to the Loud & Queer playlist.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zw...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zw...
I put together a playlist of tracks that remind me of this time of year - some obviously seasonally relevant, some less so. *Also features an old song by some guy called James Leon that was recorded October / November 2004.
spotify.link/lIFEzy05FXb
spotify.link/lIFEzy05FXb
Autumn vibes
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October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I put together a playlist of tracks that remind me of this time of year - some obviously seasonally relevant, some less so. *Also features an old song by some guy called James Leon that was recorded October / November 2004.
spotify.link/lIFEzy05FXb
spotify.link/lIFEzy05FXb
A shot of me performing at my gig at Nucleas Fest a couple of weeks ago.
September 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A shot of me performing at my gig at Nucleas Fest a couple of weeks ago.
Mullets and tache’s are de rigueur noe aren’t they for 20 something males.
August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Mullets and tache’s are de rigueur noe aren’t they for 20 something males.
Just casually eating a packet of Love Heart sweets on the tube (branded from my voluntary work - I didn’t actually buy them you understand) like the big retro gay I am.
August 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just casually eating a packet of Love Heart sweets on the tube (branded from my voluntary work - I didn’t actually buy them you understand) like the big retro gay I am.
I always feel sophisticated (or dream I am) when I listen to Bryan Ferry.
August 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I always feel sophisticated (or dream I am) when I listen to Bryan Ferry.
Fantastic to have my track ‘I Was A Photograph’ on the weekly New Music Playlist by @themusicnation.bsky.social
TMN's Weekly New Music Playlist is now available. 27 new tracks this week including new songs from Florence + The Machine, Doja Cat, Kings Of Leon, Cheap Trick, and more!
#NewMusic
#MusicSky
#NewMusic
#MusicSky
Weekly New Music Playlist
Playlist · The Music Nation · 27 items · 11 saves
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August 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Fantastic to have my track ‘I Was A Photograph’ on the weekly New Music Playlist by @themusicnation.bsky.social
The title ‘I Was A Photograph’ actually came from something the artist who inspired the song said when she was sharing her story of life growing up in Rio (where she knew the young woman who inspired another song - the famous ‘The Girl From Ipanema’).
open.spotify.com/album/3rNMls...
open.spotify.com/album/3rNMls...
I Was A Photograph
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August 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The title ‘I Was A Photograph’ actually came from something the artist who inspired the song said when she was sharing her story of life growing up in Rio (where she knew the young woman who inspired another song - the famous ‘The Girl From Ipanema’).
open.spotify.com/album/3rNMls...
open.spotify.com/album/3rNMls...
My track ‘I Was A Photograph’ (80’s Synthpop Mix)is featured on this cool playlist by @listigeplaylists.bsky.social - do check it out
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Pk...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Pk...
AzureSky Harmonies 🦋
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August 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My track ‘I Was A Photograph’ (80’s Synthpop Mix)is featured on this cool playlist by @listigeplaylists.bsky.social - do check it out
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Pk...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Pk...
Check out the ‘Bossa Nova Mix’ of my new single ‘I Was A Photograph’ @listigeplaylists.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/2VFR01...
I Was A Photograph - 80''s Synth Pop Mix
James Leon · I Was A Photograph · Song · 2025
open.spotify.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Check out the ‘Bossa Nova Mix’ of my new single ‘I Was A Photograph’ @listigeplaylists.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/2VFR01...
My latest single ‘I Was A Photograph’ was inspired by the experiences of an artist originally from Brazil who knew the young woman who inspired the famous song ‘The Girl From Ipanema’. There’s a Latin-inspired Bossa Nova Mix and an 80’s Synthpop take
open.spotify.com/album/3rNMls...
open.spotify.com/album/3rNMls...
I Was A Photograph
James Leon · Single · 2025 · 2 songs
open.spotify.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
My latest single ‘I Was A Photograph’ was inspired by the experiences of an artist originally from Brazil who knew the young woman who inspired the famous song ‘The Girl From Ipanema’. There’s a Latin-inspired Bossa Nova Mix and an 80’s Synthpop take
open.spotify.com/album/3rNMls...
open.spotify.com/album/3rNMls...