Biography
British deep and tech-house DJ and producer Daley Padley built a substantial following by working under the alias Hot Since 82. His productions combine driving energy and subtle drama with a sleek, uncluttered finish that fits both intimate club rooms and expansive festival stages. After gathering early singles and remixes for the 2013 album Little Black Book, Padley launched Knee Deep in Sound in 2014 and kept issuing material on that imprint as well as Truesoul and Moon Harbour. Two further full-lengths arrived in the form of 2019’s 8-Track and 2020’s Recovery, followed by additional singles such as 2022’s “Out the Door.”
Born in Barnsley, England, in 1981—the year contradicting his stage name—Padley began attending clubs during his teenage years and started performing at a local venue at age 17, where he earned a reputation for marathon twelve-hour weekend sets. He first traveled to Ibiza in 2003 and secured a residency at Cream Ibiza in 2006. Although he also put out tracks under his given name, he eventually grew disillusioned with the prevailing commercial sound on the island and stepped away from both DJing and studio work.
His enthusiasm for house returned after he began clubbing again in Leeds in 2010. That same summer, at an after-party in Ibiza, the music suddenly cut out; Padley connected his phone to the sound system and played an unfinished track, prompting an immediate positive reaction from the crowd. His debut single as Hot Since 82, “Let It Ride,” appeared on Noir Music in 2011 and was soon joined by the Forty Shorty EP on Get Physical, two Hot Jams EPs on Noir, and several releases on Moda Black. He also supplied remixes for Pete Tong, Rudimental, David Lynch, and Green Velvet, among numerous others.
Padley’s profile climbed further in 2013 when his BBC Essential Mix aired and Moda Black issued his debut album, Little Black Book. The following year he appeared on the cover of Mixmag, topped the bill at the U.K. festival Creamfields, and opened his own label, Knee Deep in Sound, which focuses on emerging underground house talent. Through the label he released a mix CD bearing the same title along with singles such as “Time Out” and the Black Box-sampling “Somebody Everybody.” A second Essential Mix, captured live at Ibiza’s Space, was broadcast in 2015, and Hot Since 82 handled the second disc of the double compilation All Gone Ibiza 2015, split with Tong.
He maintained a busy schedule of worldwide club and festival dates, including sold-out runs across North and South America and an enduring residency at Pacha Ibiza. Among his single releases, “Damage” came out on Adam Beyer’s Truesoul in 2015 and “Evolve or Die” surfaced on Moon Harbour in 2017, the same year he received a Producer of the Year nomination at the first Electronic Music Awards. More singles followed over the next two years—“Buggin’” featuring vocalist Jem Cooke, “Bloodlines,” and “You Are the Light”—culminating in the 2019 album 8-Track. Recovery arrived the next year, described by its creator as a “healing record” and featuring Boy George, Miss Kittin, and Rudimental. “Heater” appeared in 2021, and both “Out the Door” and new remixes of “Buggin’” were issued in 2022.
Born in Barnsley, England, in 1981—the year contradicting his stage name—Padley began attending clubs during his teenage years and started performing at a local venue at age 17, where he earned a reputation for marathon twelve-hour weekend sets. He first traveled to Ibiza in 2003 and secured a residency at Cream Ibiza in 2006. Although he also put out tracks under his given name, he eventually grew disillusioned with the prevailing commercial sound on the island and stepped away from both DJing and studio work.
His enthusiasm for house returned after he began clubbing again in Leeds in 2010. That same summer, at an after-party in Ibiza, the music suddenly cut out; Padley connected his phone to the sound system and played an unfinished track, prompting an immediate positive reaction from the crowd. His debut single as Hot Since 82, “Let It Ride,” appeared on Noir Music in 2011 and was soon joined by the Forty Shorty EP on Get Physical, two Hot Jams EPs on Noir, and several releases on Moda Black. He also supplied remixes for Pete Tong, Rudimental, David Lynch, and Green Velvet, among numerous others.
Padley’s profile climbed further in 2013 when his BBC Essential Mix aired and Moda Black issued his debut album, Little Black Book. The following year he appeared on the cover of Mixmag, topped the bill at the U.K. festival Creamfields, and opened his own label, Knee Deep in Sound, which focuses on emerging underground house talent. Through the label he released a mix CD bearing the same title along with singles such as “Time Out” and the Black Box-sampling “Somebody Everybody.” A second Essential Mix, captured live at Ibiza’s Space, was broadcast in 2015, and Hot Since 82 handled the second disc of the double compilation All Gone Ibiza 2015, split with Tong.
He maintained a busy schedule of worldwide club and festival dates, including sold-out runs across North and South America and an enduring residency at Pacha Ibiza. Among his single releases, “Damage” came out on Adam Beyer’s Truesoul in 2015 and “Evolve or Die” surfaced on Moon Harbour in 2017, the same year he received a Producer of the Year nomination at the first Electronic Music Awards. More singles followed over the next two years—“Buggin’” featuring vocalist Jem Cooke, “Bloodlines,” and “You Are the Light”—culminating in the 2019 album 8-Track. Recovery arrived the next year, described by its creator as a “healing record” and featuring Boy George, Miss Kittin, and Rudimental. “Heater” appeared in 2021, and both “Out the Door” and new remixes of “Buggin’” were issued in 2022.
Albums
Sonedo
2024
Mixmag Presents Hot Since 82: Knee Deep in Mixmag (DJ Mix)
2021
Play The Room
2015
Knee Deep In Sound
2014
Little Black Book
2013
Singles
