Exclusive interview: New Dance Music Friday with Valentino Khan

We proudly present the New Dance Music Friday feature, your weekly update on all newly released dance tracks, brought together on one amazing Spotify playlist. Featured this week (among many others): Valentino Khan! He's releasing his new single 'Lick It' today, and talks about the creation of it in this exclusive interview.

Hey, you just released your new single 'Lick It'. How did you create this?
"'I really wanted to create something with a classic house sound that would be just as great to play at a massive festival as it is to drop it at a pool party.  It's the perfect time of year for this kind of record."

What does this record say about your musical evolution as an artist?
"I'm continuing to push forward a sound that I'm at the forefront of with this record.  At the same time, every song I'm putting out sounds completely different and has its own uniqueness to it.  All I want to do is continue to move music forward and push boundaries with my sound."

The track is featured on Spinnin’s New Dance Music Friday playlist. How important is Spotify to you?
"Spotify is incredibly important to me as we fully have embraced the age of consuming streaming music.  It's definitely a primary way that I and many others listen to music and I love being able to save stuff to my music library on the spot and have it remain there forever."

Which recently released dance tracks should definitely be added to New Dance Music Friday?

Tchami & Malaa - 'Kurupt'

What So Not & Skrillex - 'Goh'

Duke Dumont ft. Ebenezer - 'Inhale'

[Please note this playlist will change a week after this post]