Khanoda
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| Khanoda | |
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| Origin | U.S./EU |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Alternative, Dance |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Label(s) | TSR Records, TSR/Creation, Ltd./Metropolis Muzik, Offset, Minx Entertainment, Kommunion Recording Company |
Khanoda, (born Augustus John Richard Squillace on October 30, 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American pop singer, composer, and producer.
Khanoda’s first single was a dance track entitled, Do What You Feel. Released worldwide in Spring 1988, the single failed to take off in the US, however, was a modest success overseas in Germany,[citation needed] and lead to Khanoda touring parts of the country for most of the summer that same year.[citation needed] While an eponymous debut was released in Europe in the fall of 1988, which compiled songs recorded during his time in Germany, Khanoda had returned to the states and co-founded the thrash metal band, Armed n Dangerous, who released an album in January 1989 titled, SCUM, before disbanding shortly after the album’s release.
Following the demise of Armed n Dangerous, Khanoda returned to solo work and released the secular hymn, Say A Prayer in March 1989. In addition to “Say A Prayer“, a pair of alternative influenced pop singles, Something To Shout About and That’s My Desire followed; all finding their way to college radio. Without major label backing, and mostly through word of mouth, Khanoda won approval from the college radio crowd by the early ‘90‘s—labeling the singer an “Unsigned Hero.”[1]
It would take over six years before Khanoda would release his second studio album, 1994‘s Lessons Learned on Leithgow St. Lyrically, the album dealt with topics that were considered too controversial at the time such as rape, abortion and homosexuality with fearless veracity, while musically, Khanoda, with the help of producer Larry Murray, further distanced himself from dance pop by way of celtic and hard rock music. Nevertheless, the album fell upon deaf ears for the most part, selling a humbling 5,000 copies.[citation needed]
In 1997 Khanoda released the cryptically titled, 603 muv to the UK. An EP of mostly cover songs, “603” marked Khanoda’s return to dance music, somewhat, by experimenting with both techno and electronic music to produce barely recognizable renditions of classics by Bruce Springsteen (“I’m On Fire”) and Madonna (“Burning Up”).
To acknowledge the ten year anniversary of the release of “Do What You Feel,” in addition to his decade of recording, in 1998, Khanoda released klosure. DISPOSABLE KLASSIX AND OTHER POTENTIAL FAILURES (1988 – 1998)—a sendup of greatest hits albums—at year’s end, which compiled previously unreleased tracks and remixes from both Khanoda’s first album and “Lessons Learned on Leithgow St.,” along with two new tracks recorded specifically for the album, “Twister/Farley Pinapple” and “Slowly.” As of January 2006, the mock hits collection has sold more than 100,000 copies independently and has become an underground favorite amongst the IDM and new music set throughout the United States and Europe.[citation needed]
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[edit] Khanoda + Cyberland
In 1999 Khanoda launched khanoda.com, his official website. In 2002 khanodasugar.com launched as a component to “Sugar” the lead single from Khanoda’s forthcoming album, “Fever +Fetish.” The site was the first of its kind to include an audio biography.[citation needed] On May 28, 2003 several mixes of “Sugar” were premiered on khanodasugar.com for one day from twelve in the afternoon to midnight. The site received close to 30,000 hits during its 12 hour run.[citation needed]
As of February 2007, all Khanoda sites, including khanoda.com, were taken down at the request of Khanoda, until further notice.[citation needed]
[edit] Trivia
- According to his official eZine, Krowns + Khaos, Khanoda got his name from the song, "Khanada," which appeared as a B-Side to the single, "Careless Memories," by Duran Duran.
- Before music, Khanoda’s only aspiration was to become a priest.
- Khanoda attended Adelphi University in Garden City, New York in 1990 and was a member of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity.[citation needed] He dropped out of Adelphi and turned in his TEP letters a year later.
