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Hot Since 82 Interview
House | Monday 19th November 2012 | Tom
A stone’s throw away from Fabric, I go to meet Daley Padley, aka breakthrough UK deep house producer Hot Since 82 in his hotel, ahead of his set that night at Egg. A relaxed, genuine, down to earth guy, he is one who is not interested in the shallow sides of the DJ lifestyle. Instead, he is someone who refreshingly is focussed solely on the music and having a good time, “I’m not one to really mix with people” he tells me. “I just like to do my own thing, you know, I’m not in it to make loads of DJ friends or anything like that, or to kiss anyone’s ass, I just wanna do my thing, make good music and for people to enjoy it.”
Originally from Barnsley, Padley has been playing music for 12 years and producing on and off since 2004, under the name Daley Padley. However, a couple of years ago, he gave it all up, opting instead to try his hand at some D.I.Y. “I wasn’t really enjoying the gigs or the music I was making anymore, and I guess that if you’re not really enjoying the gigs, then there’s no point in carrying on. So I quit for 2 years and bought a house in Barnsley, renovated that, which took absolutely ages and swallowed all of my money. It was a good laugh.” It was his decision to move to Leeds shortly after the completion of his house’s renovation, which acted as the catalyst for the emergence of Hot Since 82. “As most people know, Leeds has got an amazing house scene. I started going out again, I started just really enjoying it, immersing myself in the club scene. So I thought fuck it, lets make some music and then out popped ‘Let It Ride’, purely by accident really. I didn’t make it and say right I wanna start playing again, I was just lucky to drop on a good tune.” It was the release of ‘Let It Ride’, his debut track, and one of the first on Noir’s label ‘Noir Music’, which helped Padley get to where he is today. With the track reaching number 3 in the Beatport deep house chart, this opened many previously unopened doors for him, and before he knew it “gigs were coming in, people were wanting remixes, and the rest as they say is history really”. His good relationship with Noir has continued to this day, with a four track E.P. called ‘The Hot Jams Volume 2’, due for release on the label at the end of December.
It is clear that Padley’s success is now coming on leaps and bounds, given that he has just returned from a successful tour alongside Guy Gerber in Brazil, has had his songs played by the legendary Richie Hawtin amongst others, and has also recently completed a remix of Friendly Fire’s new track ‘Why Don’t You Answer’. When asked about how this came about, he replies “they actually approached me. They emailed my manager, because they’ve been liking and playing a lot of my stuff. A couple of the guys in friendly fires are DJs, they’re really good actually. One of them, I think its Jack, plays loads of techno and played at a Moda night in Lincoln the other week, and people said that he was absolutely fucking amazing, he played for like 4 or 5 hours and was proper banging it out. So yeah, they just emailed my manager saying they wanted a remix for this new sampler thing they’ve got coming out. Annie Mac just played it on Radio 1. I’m lucky.”
Padley is definitely appreciative of his recent success and it is nice to hear how humble he is given the number of aspiring bedroom producers around today. “I have a busy diary and when you look at it, you just think how lucky you are and it’s nice to know that you really are making a difference”. When asked what advice he would give to help those aspiring producers become successful, he jokingly replies, “don’t make a wonky bassline! I don’t know really, don’t follow a trend, and just do your own thing, that’s the best thing. Try and be original, without trying too hard.”
The future? Padley has many things on the horizon, including more original releases on Defected and Noir, alongside releases for Get Physical and Moda. He also has plans for an album and eventually his own record label. “I’m too busy at the minute (to set up the label). We have got the name and the logo more or less done, but the manager said to leave it for another year first and then get your foot in the door so to speak.” With regards to the album, “it might be released as early as May. I’m thinking about doing it in January when I get back from South America. I’m a big hip-hop fan as well, so I’d like to do a few breaks and some really weird stuff too. I think it will be out by summer, definitely.” Despite having all of these plans, he still wants to provide as many opportunities as possible for people to see Hot Since 82 play, given that he views himself predominantly as a DJ rather than a producer. “I started as a DJ, so I prefer that to producing. It would be nice to be doing some festivals. Glastonbury would be good. I don’t actually know what I’ve been booked for, I think they’re just too busy cracking on with Ibiza, as it’s important to have a presence there.”
One thing’s for sure, the future looks bright for Hot Since 82. The release of his album, along with a string of E.P.s and an increased presence in Ibiza, will all combine to ensure that the basslines and beats that we have all come to know and love from this talented producer won’t be disappearing for quite some time. Remember the name.
The tracks ‘Forty Shorty’ & ‘Like You’ will be released together as an E.P. on 10th December on Get Physical Music.
By Tom Hart
@tomhartmusic
www.tomhartmusic.wordpress.com
