Landing on the 4th of September via his own imprint Knee Deep In Sound, ‘Obsessions’ is
less a traditional dance record and more a reckoning — with where Daley Padley finds himself
now, as an artist and as a person. Written across a period of constant movement, touring and
introspection, the album holds the push and pull between intensity and stillness that has come
to define his world.

This is an artist who started making music in Barnsley — long nights, small rooms, total
commitment to sound. Those early marathon sets weren’t a stepping stone to something else.
They were the foundation of everything that followed, a career built entirely on instinct rather
than expectation. Hot Since 82 has never followed a fixed path. He’s carved out a space that
sits somewhere between underground credibility and global reach — and it’s that same
restless, uncompromising approach that shaped this album.

The first single ‘Shaded’ from the album is released on the 12th June, takes a sample from
Shades Of Rhythm’s classic ‘Sound Of Eden’. The UK’s electronic trio were asked to make a
theme track for a rave called ‘The Garden Of Eden’, created by their old school friend Ziggy
Chowdary. It started out a simple deep house track but went on to form the base for the original
chord progression and vocal hook for ‘The Sound Of Eden’. Whilst the rave never went ahead,
Sounds Of Rhythm later heavily remixed the original; a new bassline, new drum breaks, and
an inspired vocal by Jo Middleton, this was the version everyone knows today. And Ziggy?
Well, he went on to manage four young lads, better known as ‘The Prodigy’.

“Moments like this don’t come around often. Taking a record you’ve loved for years, being
invited inside it, and then helping introduce it to a new generation of dancefloors is something
I’ll never take for granted” – Daley

For Padley, this is simply what making music has always looked like. Guided by feeling,
shaped by experience, resistant to formula. This first single has the power of a timeless record
and couldn’t be a better way to kick off the string of singles to come ahead of ‘Obsessions’
later this year.

Buy ‘Shaded’ here 
Pre-save ‘Obsessions’ here