Khotin

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Dylan Khotin-Foote, performing under the name Khotin, develops electronic music at the crossroads of ambient, slow house, downtempo and instrumental synth-pop with hazy contours. After early work under the alias Happy Trendy, he released Hello World in 2014, the first album signed Khotin, then refines a language made of melodic loops, soft rhythms and luminous textures on New Tab in 2017, Beautiful You in 2018, Finds You Well in 2020 and Release Spirit in 2023. Khotin's trajectory is part of a Canadian scene attentive to contemplative electronic forms, with a durable anchor in Edmonton, where he is also associated with the Normals Welcome label, of which he became co-owner. Khotin's music favors short or stretched formats depending on projects, but keeps a consistent clarity of writing, between discreet pulsation, transformed samples and synthetic motifs that evoke both slowed club music and domestic listening. Present in DJ sets contexts and in more transversal programs, Khotin has built a coherent discography, marked by a sober and tactile approach to electronics.