Hot City is an anonymous electronic dance music producer from England whose commercial recording debut in 2008 generated considerable buzz. Citing influences that include hardcore rave (e.g., the Prodigy's Charley), British garage/2-step, and New York garage/house, the twentysomething producer made his commercial recording debut in 2008 with the Yeah!/Head Work EP on the London-based Highpoint Lowlife label. Yeah! became something of an underground sensation, and Hot City was spotlighted on Mary Anne Hobbs' influential Radio 1 show in November 2008. The following year Hot City contributed a freely downloadable DJ mix to FACT magazine's podcast series and released a couple more EPs: Ike Release vs. Hot City (2009) on Infrasonics and Hot City Bass (2009) on Ramp Recordings. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi