Valentino Khan


Valentino Khan is an American DJ and producer born and raised in Los Angeles. He is best known for releasing material through Diplo, Skrillex and Steve Aoki. His singles "Deep Down Low" and "Make Some Noise" peaked at number one and fifty respectively on the "Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists" chart.

Career

2012: Beginnings

He started his career as a hip-hop producer making music for artists like T.I., 2 Chainz and B.o.B.
In 2012, some of his remixes were released officially. Most notably, his remix of Gent & Jawns' song "Holler" which was released through Diplo's record label Mad Decent. He collaborated with Will Bailey for a song, "Rukus" and produced B.o.B.'s single "Play For Keeps" from the album Strange Clouds. He also co-produced Major Lazer's 2013 single "Bubble Butt". Musically, he is trap-oriented.

2013: Homage

On June 5, 2013, he released a song "Fahrenheit" for free as homage to old school electro.

2014: ''In Khan We Trust''

His debut extended play, In Khan We Trust was released on July 22, 2014 via OWSLA, featuring its first single "Make Some Noise".

2015: "Deep Down Low"

On April 20, 2015, Khan collaborated with Flosstradamus to release "MFU" as a single. On August 11, 2015, "Deep Down Low" was released as a single. It featured on OWSLA's Spring Compilation album and was described as a genre pioneer. The song was regarded the 'most popular song among DJs' in 2015 and was featured in Tomorrowland's 2015 compilation album titled The Secret Kingdom Of Melodia. Musically, the song incorporates elements of big room house and jungle terror and is often considered "hard house". A music video for the song was released. A remixes extended play of the song was released.

2016: "Tropicana" and "Slam Dunk"

He collaborated with Wiwek to release the song "Tropicana". On July 29, 2016, he collaborated with Skrillex to release the song "Slam Dunk". It featured vocalist Kstylis. He recognized Rihanna and Sia as his preferred female collaboration choices. Both tracks were released on OWSLA.

2017: "Bullseye", "Pump" and "Gold"

On April 7, 2017, he later collaborated with Anna Lunoe and Wuki for the single "Bullseye" via Skrillex's record label OWSLA. On May 26, 2017, Khan released "Pump" as a single via Mad Decent and Ministry of Sound which gained widespread popularity due recurring ads on social media platforms of the game Mafia City that samples this track. On October 20, 2017 Khan released "Gold" on OWSLA.

Discography

Extended plays

Charted singles

Singles

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;2019
;2018
2012
2013
2014
2015
2018
2020

Music videos