hotlap is two people. Joris Mur is from the netherlands, Chris Mears is from the uk, and the records get made in a london studio. the international music summit newsletter dated 23 june 2026 put their working partnership at 2022, which matches the paper trail.

mears got here from somewhere unusual. he won britain's first olympic diving gold at rio in 2016, in the three metre synchronised springboard with jack laugher, and on 7 august 2019 he retired from the sport at twenty six to produce and dj full time.

the early hotlap catalogue is small labels and steady work. HighLife landed on selected. on 12 august 2022, Pinnacle with eli moon on nyx music on 24 may 2024, and Blue Moon on insomniac's interstellar recordings on 6 december 2024. then Shelter with uvita arrived on get physical music on 15 january 2025, and get physical handed them a radio mix on 30 january 2025.

Waitin' came out on 7cult on 10 october 2025. deep dish took it for global underground #49, the dublin edition released on 29 may 2026, and pulled Break Out onto the same disc. two tracks from one act on one gu compilation is not a small thing.

the I See U ep followed on siamese, the imprint Adriatique founded in 2016, on 12 june 2026. Pete Tong made the title track his essential new tune.

no upcoming hotlap bookings are published as of 2 august 2026. the run before that went bar americas in guadalajara on 30 may 2026, la clairière in paris on 26 june 2026, boris club in barcelona on 27 june 2026, and kkl lucerne on 18 july 2026 for luzern tanzt on a bill with marten lou. the next thing dated is Crossing, their track for global underground's thirtieth anniversary album, listed on beatport for 7 august 2026 with the full compilation set for 25 september 2026.