Hot Creations

Hot Creations is a London label founded by Jamie Jones and Lee Foss. most sources, including Wikipedia, Discogs' own dating of the first catalog number, and two separate anniversary features, put the founding in 2010. Resident Advisor's own Lee Foss biography page says 2008, a real disagreement between sources we're printing rather than resolving, though the weight of evidence favors 2010. the label's own soundcloud bio describes it as a "groundbreaking independent dance label" that "pioneered a new and unique sound born of its founders' deep affinity with old disco records and soulful beats."

Discogs files three sub-labels under Hot Creations: Hottrax, Hot Waves and Hot Natured, and Wikipedia adds a fourth sister imprint, Emerald City. Hottrax, launched december 2012 by Jamie Jones, a more underground-leaning outlet still releasing as of 2026, with its own profile on this site now. Hot Waves, a various-artists series for one-off contributors, but the last catalogued volume we could find dates to 2013, so we're treating it as historical rather than current. and Emerald City, corrected here: an earlier version of this page said no catalog under that name could be verified, but Jamie Jones's own Deezer discography carries 2 genuine releases labeled "Emerald City Music," found independently twice while researching Hottrax and Hellbent Records, so the imprint is real, its catalog is just thin and we haven't pinned down which specific releases beyond Jones's own. several artists, including Patrick Topping and wAFF, have released on both Hot Creations proper and Hottrax in the same year, so which specific imprint a given release sits on genuinely varies by title.

31 artists we track have released on it, listed below. the label is still actively catalogued as of 2026, with a seasonal "Hot Creations Sampler" various-artists series now running under its main HOTC prefix.