King Khan

Singer/songwriter/producer King Khan is proud to announce his own record label Khannibalism (in cooperation with Ernest Jenning Record Co.), which he will use as an outlet for all things Khan. To celebrate the announcement of the label, he's revealed a track that he created with Ian Svenonious (of Chain & the Gang) called "Hurtin' Class," which is on the soundtrack for the film The Invaders (all of which was composed by Khan). "Hurtin' Class" premiered via Noisey, who called it "a killer cut of funk-inflected punk... that will surely fit well on an experimental label like Khannibalism." New music from Khannibalism is available to pre-order.

"When I found out that John B. Smith, the founding member and leader of the Invaders, asked the director of the film, Prichard Smith, for me to do the soundtrack, I was floored," Khan said. "Here is a man whose militant black power group impressed MLK so much that he had personal meetings with him about how to get the militant civil rights groups into the poor people's campaign!"

Khan continued, "This was just the beginning... John B. adopted Prichard and I into his family and treated us like sons. Making the soundtrack for this film felt like a call to arms, especially considering what is going on now involving the police and race relations all over the U.S. The fact that it has taken so long for The Invaders tale to be told just goes to show you how the powers that be are as evil and crooked as 50 years ago. The struggle is the same and so I chose message music as my weapon, may it soothe your ears as much as light a fire under the collective ass that is pulling the strings."

The Invaders details the story of a Memphis-based "intellectual street gang" by that name who had their roots in the Southern Christian reformist scene but were tired of the passivity of nonviolence. They conducted the last meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King before his assassination at the Lorraine Hotel, and yet their story is mostly unknown. This film, with a soundtrack composed entirely by King Khan, aims to rectify that.

Expect more releases from Khannibalism in the coming months, including collaborations with actress Natalia Avelon, and "Let Me Hang You," a very special piece featuring contributions from Bill Frissell with unheard readings from the classic novel Naked Lunch by its author, the late William S. Burroughs himself.

King Khan - The Invaders - Original Score
August 18, 2023
Ernest Jenning Record Co. / Khannibalism
EJRC209/KK018
King Khan - The Nature of Things
March 10, 2023
Ernest Jenning Record Co. / Khannibalism
EJRC199/KK016
King Khan - The Infinite Ones
October 30, 2020
Ernest Jenning Record Co. / Khannibalism
EJRC179/KK014
The Sadies / King Khan - Split Single
January 24, 2020
Ernest Jenning Record Co / Khannibalism / Sadisks
EJRC172/KK013
King Khan - Blue Film Woman: Original Soundtrack
April 17, 2020
Ernest Jenning Record Co / Khannibalism
EJRC169/KK011
King Khan - Murderburgers
October 13, 2017
Ernest Jenning Record Co./Khannibalism
EJRC140/KK007
King Khan - America Goddamn
April 15, 2016
Ernest Jenning Record Co./Khannibalism
EJRC128/KK05
King Khan - Never Hold On
April 15, 2016
Ernest Jenning Record Co./Khannibalism
EJRC126/KK004
King Khan feat. Ian Svenonius - Hurtin' Class
October 16, 2015
Ernest Jenning Record Co./Khannibalism
EJRC120/KK02
King Khan feat. Natalia Avelon - Bandit Queen
August 12, 2015
Ernest Jenning Record Co./Khannibalism
EJRC119/KK01
William S. Burroughs - Let Me Hang You
July 15, 2016
Ernest Jenning Record Co./Khannibalism
EJRC122/KK003
King Khan & The Shrines - Three Hairs and You're Mine
November, 23 2018
Ernest Jenning Record Co./Khannibalism
EJRC152/KK009

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