Put it out on Phonetic, and a year later it was still being played in cars, I heard driving by. Then I met Stella Attar at a conference, she wrote some incredible vocals for it, and we put it out again. New life. All over again.

Hot Since 82 has had some incredible success as a DJ/Producer. I first met him outside a record shop in Ibiza as a budding youung producer. Here's what I heard in his demos that made me sign him to Phonetic 🧵

Your average A&R person probably would have passed. I called him and said let's work together. I could hear he had the magic. He grafted for years. Sessions, remixes, DJ gigs at my Pacha events. Nailing it every single time. You know the rest...