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"Wooo, disco bus!"

The vehicle idling by the manicured white lobby of the SLS Beverly Hills Hotel is nothing special, but Hot Since 82 is easy to please.

Daley Padley is a rakish 30-something Brit wearing a white graphic tee and an unflagging smile that persists despite his present exhaustion. A rigorous tour schedule has seen Padley jet from London to Chicago to Los Angeles in as many days, with another cross-continental flight to New York looming tomorrow.

"I don't know what planet I'm on," he admits. "I don't know if I'm jetlagged or in England or what."

Joined by his manager James Drummond, we pile aboard the disco bus for the drive to San Bernardino, where Padley is set to play Insomniac's Escape from All Hallows' Eve on the ENTER-curated Cannibals' Tea Party stage. The traffic is typical L.A. gridlock, so we take solace in overpriced sandwiches and classic hip-hop while slowly inching our way through the bumper-to-bumper malaise. It's a far cry from the Yorkshire moors that Padley calls home.

"Could you ever live in L.A.?" I ask.

"I couldn't," Padley replies. "Even in Leeds you never get shit like this. Have you ever been to Yorkshire? It's the country, quiet and full of nature. I wouldn't live anywhere else in the U.K."

The topic of conversation turns to hip-hop. Padley is a massive 2Pac fan who plastered his childhood walls with posters of the California rapper after watching Juice. Wu-Tang Clan comes on to the delight of all in attendance.

"Now these guys can fucking rap!" Padley exclaims. "I like that 'Triumph' song, it's a proper story."

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On the Road & Backstage With Rising British DJ Hot Since 82