Your Loving

This new album will transport the listener into a journey of introspection. 
I wrote this album during the pandemic lockdown. I was very much influenced by the raw energy that emanated from trap music. It was a dark time for me to go through and the lyrics I wrote on this album were very much in general a reflection of my state of mind and also a commentary on socio-political issues in the world we're living in.

Pick it up

Single Release on 4th August 2023.
This song is about accepting to let go of someone that was close to your heart.

Credits: 
Song &Lyrics written by Colin Crichton.
Co-Produced by Gauthier Matherat and Colin Crichton.
Mixed by Gauthier Matherat.

‘LET GO’ 
(Song &Lyrics by Colin Crichton a.k.a Canguru)

INTRO
Let go…
Let go…

VERSE
Let go, I wanna let go.
Mistakes were made, we gotta carry on.
From love to hate, gates left open.
The storm has passed, it is quiet now.

BRIDGE
I still dream about you at night.
I wish we didn’t have to get in a fight.
Your smile engraved in my memories.
It is there and always will be…
It is there and always will be…
It is there and always will be…

Let go…
Let go…

CHORUS
You are the only one, that made me feel this way.
You are the only one, the way you dance and sway.
You were the one I want, but we got lost again.
We could’ve had it all, but threw it all away.
…but threw it all away.

I still dream about you at night…
I still dream about you at night…

CHORUS
You are the only one, that made me feel this way.
You are the only one, the way you dance and sway.
You were the one I want, but we got lost again.
We could’ve had it all, but threw it all away.
 
Let go…but threw it all away.
Let go…threw it all away….
…threw it all away….

I still dream about you at night…
I still dream about you at night…

OUTRO

Let go

Let go (Single)

‘LET GO’
Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton
Produced by Colin Crichton &Gauthier Matherat

INTRO

Let go…
Let go…

VERSE1

Let go, I wanna let go.
Mistakes were made, we gotta carry on.
From love to hate, gates left open.
The storm has passed, it is quiet now.

BRIDGE

I still dream about you at night.
I wish we didn’t have to get in a fight.
Your smile engraved in my memories.
It is there and always will be…
It is there and always will be…
It is there and always will be…

Let go…
Let go…

CHORUS

You are the only one, 
that made me feel this way.
You are the only one, 
the way you dance and sway.
You were the one I want, 
but we got lost again.
We could’ve had it all, 
but threw it all away.
…but threw it all away.

I still dream about you at night…
I still dream about you at night…

CHORUS

You are the only one, 
that made me feel this way.
You are the only one, 
the way you dance and sway.
You were the one I want, 
but we got lost again.
We could’ve had it all, 
but threw it all away.
 
Let go…but threw it all away.
Let go…threw it all away….
…threw it all away….

I still dream about you at night…
I still dream about you at night…

OUTRO

“DIGITIZE” (REMIX)
Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton 
Produced by Gauthier Matherat

CHORUS 1

Feel the beat of your heart.
Let go, what’s holding you back?
Let’s digitise!
Zeros and ones and zeros,
Inside there are no heroes.
Break your prison chains, 
feel the love, the love of the people.
Let’s digitise!
Zeros and ones and zeros,
Inside there are no heroes.
Feel the beat of your heart.
Let it go, what’s holding you back?
Let’s digitise!
Zeros and ones and zeros,
Inside there are no heroes.
Zeros and ones and zeros,
Inside there are no heroes.

VERSE 1

We got so many ways to make our life’s progress,
The music of today is a step ahead.
Yeah! Yeah!

VERSE 2

Let’s all get in the wave before we all regress.
There is no yesterdays when we go ahead.
Yeah! Ya____Let’s digitise. Ya____ lets digitise.
Zeros and ones and zeros,
Inside there are no heroes.

MIDDLE 8

I got my money, questions keep coming.
I’m lost in a zone. I’m feeling alone.
You make me forget, some kind of human.
Homo electric, zeros and ones and ones and zeros.
There are no heroes, inside computing.
Only commuting, I’m lost in a zone.
You keep them coming, numbers keep on scrolling.
Building a new sound, zeros and ones and ones and zeros.

CHORUS 2

Break your prison chains,
Build the sound of the future.
Let’s digitise!
Feel the beat of your heart.
Let go, what’s holding you back.
Let’s digitise!
Zeros and ones and zeros,
Inside there are no heroes.
Break your prison chains, 
feel the love, the love of the people.
Let’s digitise!
Zeros and ones and zeros,
Inside there are no heroes.
Feel the beat of your heart.
Let it go, what’s holding you back?
Let’s digitise!
Zeros and ones and zeros,
Inside there are no heroes.
Yeah!

Digitize (Remix)

“BOYS, GIRLS”
Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton
Produced by Colin Crichton &Gauthier Matherat

INTRO

Boys… 

CHORUS

Boys, get it right.
Girls, feeling left behind.
Boys, get in the fight.
Stop crying, get it right!
Girls, get in the scene.
Boys, acting out like queens.
Live your fantasies.
Just be who you wanna be!

VERSE 1

I’m trying to make sense of it all.
Justifying the rise and fall.
Again I need to put a smiley face.
Again, playing on the virtual game.
I may have lost all at once.
But I’m back to carry on.
I cannot see the finish line.
I’m getting ready for the climb.

CHORUS

Boys, get it right.
Girls, feeling left behind.
Boys, get in the fight.
Stop whining, get it right!

VERSE 2

The pain and hurdles on the way.
Makes you tougher everyday.
I’m looking forward to her smile.
I know it took us quite a while.
The little boy also had a heart.
But always got in a fight.
Let the boys be who they want.
Let them feel the love, be kind.

CHORUS

Boys, get it right.
Girls, feeling left behind.
Boys, get in the fight.
Stop crying, get it right!
Girls, get in the scene.
Boys, acting out like queens.
Live your fantasies.
Just be who you wanna be!

Left behind…
Get it right…

CHORUS

Boys, get it right.
Girls, feeling left behind.
Boys, get in the fight.
Stop whining, get it right!
Girls, get in the scene.
Boys, acting out like queens.
Live your fantasies.
Just be who you wanna be

Boys, Girls

“FALLING FROM SPACE”
Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton
Produced by Colin Crichton

INTRO-VERSE 1

Falling___I’m falling___.
Fall, fall from out of space.
Will, you make up your mind?
Come, come and see the show.
These crystals are shining brighter than the sun.
Your eyes blinded by the lights.
Your eyes are blinded by the Northern lights.
Your eyes are blinded by the Northern lights___!

CHORUS 1

Falling from space.
We will be, falling from space.
Falling from space.
Come hold my hand.
Falling from space.
We will be, falling from space.
Falling from space.
Come, follow me now!
Keep me.
Keep me from falling from space.
Floating in space.
High above the ground.
Falling from space.
Keep me from falling from space.
This world below my feet is not mine.
Not mine!

CHORUS 2

Falling from space.
We will be, falling from space.
Falling from space.
Come hold my hand.
Falling from space.
We will be, falling from space.
Falling from space.
Come, follow me now!
Falling from space.
We will be, falling from space.
Falling from space.
Come hold my hand.
Falling from space.
We will be, falling from space.
This world, below my feet is not mine.
Not mine!

Falling From Space

‘YOUR LOVING’
Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton 
Produced by Colin Crichton &Gauthier Matherat

INTRO/CHORUS

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I yearn for your loving
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You keep me going

VERSE 1

Give me my life back tonight,
I got colour blind, 
I see black and white
For good times, 
we had to flick the switch
Find our balance in the chaos in the kitsch
Your true colours, will show up
Friends are forever but lovers break up
Within the zone, between 2 homes
I’m flying high, smoking this cone

CHORUS

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I yearn for your loving
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You keep me going
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I yearn for your warming
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You keep me going

VERSE 2

We make up, the stories
We end up, believing
Can’t keep up with changes
We’re moving, through phases
Addicted to pleasures
I always want more
I wish I, could stop it
I wish I could give more

CHORUS

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I yearn for your loving
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You keep me going
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I yearn for your warming
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You keep me going

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I yearn for your loving
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You keep me going

I yearn for your loving…
You keep me going…

'CALL ME UP'
Music by Colin Crichton &Samir Bhassine
Lyrics by Colin Crichton
Produced by Colin Crichton

INTRO/SAX THEME

VERSE 1

You can ring me up anytime, anytime.
I wanna hear your voice across the line, across the line.
Babe, will you pick up the phone?
Babe, will you give me a call?
I know you wanna…and so do I…
So do I.

BRIDGE

Anytime you feel left alone.
I wanna hear your voice on the phone.

VERSE 2

Remember when we were king and queen.
King and queen.
The sun would always shine there for you.
There for you.

CHORUS 1

You can call me up, phone me now.
You can hear my voice, 
I can hear you smile.
Call you up, phone you now.
I can hear your voice, 
You can hear me smile.

BUILD-UP

You can call me up, phone me now.
You can hear my voice,
I can hear you smile.
Call you up, phone you now.
I can hear your voice,
You can hear me smile.


SAX THEME

BRIDGE

Anytime you feel left alone.
I wanna hear your voice on the phone.

VERSE 3

Remember when we were king and queen.
King and queen.
The sun would always shine there for you.
There for you.

CHORUS 1

You can call me up, 
You can phone me now.
You can hear my voice,
I can hear you smile.
Call you up, phone you now.
I can hear your voice,
You can hear me smile.

You can call me up, phone me now.
You can hear my voice,
I can hear you smile.
Call you up, phone you now.
I can hear your voice,
You can hear me smile.

Call me up

During the lockdown, I wrote a Trap/Conscious Hip-Hop album on which I rap about personal struggles...
Finding the right time for me to share these songs has not been easy, but I feel that now is the time. 

"West Goes the sun" 🌅

Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton
Produced by Colin Crichton &Gauthier Matherat
Guitar by Eric Renwart.

“WEST GOES THE SUN”

CHORUS

Caught in the sound and the music, my heart bounces every beat.
Making up for the lost times, I glorified my crimes.
Memories seem to be the same, again I’m lost in the game.
West goes the sun, wo___oh, I’m picking you up, let’s go!

VERSE 1

Obnubilated by the rise and falls,
Only a fool can pretend he knows it all.
Magnified by the gratitude, I have for living a life fully consumed.
I fell many times but rose back up again.
Again and again and again and again.
I’m living for those moments of steady rise and
Dread the times when I fall from the skies.
Got myself a seatbelt and a safety net.
For those dramatic falls, I can cope with it.
It happens less than it use to be, 
I guess I’m copying better than ever with the mechanism.
I venture now on these new avenues,
Avoiding those that left me there and played the goons.
I developed a defence mechanism.
Protecting myself from those criticism.

CHORUS

Caught in the sound and the music, my heart bounces every beat.
Making up for the lost times, I glorified my crimes.
Memories seem to be the same, again I’m lost in the game.
West goes the sun, wo___oh, I’m picking you up, let’s go!

VERSE 2

I guess I am more the wiser, elevated by desire.
I stop wasting like a loser, trapped in my imagination.
Need to find a motivation, draw the line, set boundaries
Between reality and dreams.
Looking forward to the moments, took for granted if you ask,
Mistakes are written in the past, feeling like a new beginning.
Hearts broken in the way, it wasn’t fair to run astray.
Wasn’t something to be proud of, now I look at it from above.
Young, fearless, careless, free. With addictive personality.
Today I look at life from a totally different angle.
I’ve grown into someone new, respectable that is true.
Respect myself first, then others around me second.

CHORUS

Caught in the sound and the music, my heart bounces every beat.
Making up for the lost times, I glorified my crimes.
Memories seem to be the same, again I’m lost in the game.
West goes the sun, wo___oh, I’m picking you up, let’s go!

West Goes the sun

West Goes the sun (Single)

Hi Fangurus! This is the second single from my new Trap/Conscious Hip-Hop Album.

Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton. Guitar by Eric Renwart.
Produced by Colin Crichton &Gauthier Matherat


"PICK IT UP"

INTRO

Starve the ego feed the soul…starve the ego feed the soul…

CHORUS

Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up…

VERSE 1

Contradiction of a nation, following the constitution.
I believe that you are not, aiming to live up your dreams.
Satisfied with the lies, you stop asking yourself why, but why? But why? But why? But why?
Am I living this way, but I am dying inside.
Just look around, can you see? 
Is this the place to be? I am stuck between the darkness and the light.
In a space in a dream, in a space in between.
In a space in a dream, in a space in between.
The darkness and the light.
Starve the ego, feed the soul.

CHORUS

Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…

VERSE 2

I woke up in a city, didn’t know where to go.
Lost within my thoughts, I was higher than the sun.
The peace we need, me, myself and I for first.
The next will come on and on in time.
Don’t rush, precipitate the moment divine.
Floating like a seagull, overlooking from high above.
I predict a storm, I predict a riot, I predict a lie, falsehood of mankind.
Your politics are selling the disease of a nation.
Swallow that pill, be a man ready to kill.
Wave your flag in the air and pretend that you mean it.
I’m lost for words for the stupidity of mankind.
One would hope that man will learn, from the past, the wars and the tribulations.
One would hope that man will learn, from the power of love we will build this nation.
From the power of love we will build this nation…

CHORUS

Starve the ego feed the soul…
Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up…
Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up. On the dollar telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up… on the dollar telephone…

Pick it up (Single)

“Nobody”

(Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton)
(Produced by Gauthier Matherat &Colin Crichton)

CHORUS

I think there is nobody, that cares enough anymore.
Masked, brainwashed, I’m lost in my thoughts.
I need to lift myself up, to keep afloat, stop my dreams.
From sinking this boat, should I get a vaccine?

VERSE 1

I think our society is lost in a motion.
 All moving too fast to express our emotions.
Alone with my computer, I wish I didn’t feel those dark force.
Distorting my mind, coming back all the time. 
Alone in a nutshell, in the darkest of hell.
I wish I could find my, Michelle ma belle. Yeah!
Loosing myself and my key, but I’m tired of walking alone, talking to myself home.
Alone in my bed with no-one else to hold.
Tight against my warm body, in the winter cold.
I am so close to ringing her back, even though she was jealous, 
unstable, high on prozac.
I tried to help her, get back on her feet, 
but she would go mad, confused, fucked up in the heat.
Now, it’ s just me and the music keeps me going, 
with a fix of vitamins that keep me flowing. 

CHORUS

I feel there is nobody, who gives a shit anymore.
Masked, brainwashed, I’m lost in my thoughts.
I need to lift myself up, to keep afloat, stop my dreams.
From sinking this boat, should I get a vaccine?

VERSE 2

I am a ticking bomb ready to detonate
Stuck in a society in dire straits.
Paranoia, fulled by extremes of desires
Masked, brainwashed with only a blink of the eye.
I’m glad I haven’t got a gun.
I could have surely ended all if I had one.
Still, alone in bed at night
I’m trying not to think about her.
Got no will to live, but haven’t got the strength to die yet.
Thank god for my mama and my sisters.
Without them it would be harder than ever.
Watching for each other, in the moments of needs.
Family values, we’ll keep planting the seeds.

CHORUS

I feel there is nobody, who gives a shit anymore.
Masked, brainwashed, I’m lost in my thoughts.
I feel, I need to lift myself up, to keep afloat, stop my dreams.
From sinking this boat, lost in my thoughts.

Nobody

“Pick it up”

(Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton)
(Guitar by Eric Renwart) 
(Produced by Gauthier Matherat &Colin Crichton)

CHORUS

Starve the ego feed the soul, starve the ego feed the soul…

Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…

VERSE 1

Contradiction of a nation, following the constitution.
I believe that you are not, aiming to live up your dreams,
Satisfied with the lies, you stop asking yourself why? but why? but why?
Am I living this way, but I am dying inside.
Just look around, can you see? Is this the place to be.
I am stuck between the darkness and the light in a space in a dream,
In a space in between, in a space in a dream, in a space in between.
The darkness and the light, starve the ego feed the soul…

CHORUS

Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…

VERSE 2

I woke up in a city, didn’t know where to go.
Lost within my thoughts, I was higher than the sun.
The peace we need, me, myself and I for first.
The next will come on and on in time.
Don’t rush, precipitated the moment divine.
Floating like a seagull, overlooking from high above.
I predict a storm, I predict a riot, I predict a lie.
Falslehood of mankind.
Your politics are selling the disease of a nation.
Swallow that pill, be a man ready to kill.
Wave your flag in the air and pretend that you mean it.
I’m lost for words for the stupidity of mankind.
One would hope that men will learn,
From the past, the wars and the tribulations.
One would hope that men will learn.
From the power of love we will build this nation…
From the power of love we will build this nation…

CHORUS

Starve the ego feed the soul

Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…
Now’s the time to pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…
On the dollar telephone, telephone, telephone…

“Closer to exctasy”

(Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton)
(Produced by Gauthier Matherat &Colin Crichton)

INTRO

In the back of my mind, I was deep in my thoughts.
There as I am, I wanted to find…It’s getting harder every time.
Loneliness creeping in, music keeps me going.
I will hit the jackpot, but can’t let it go…

CHORUS

Getting closer to ecstacy.
I feel…your love, L.O.V.E.
Some days, I’m bored.
It hits me within.

VERSE 1

Words and thoughts, they come and go.
I gotta create, keeping a flow.
Lift me up from the pain.
No pain, no gain, until I hit the Platinum.
I believe more than ever, the more I concentrate.
Writing my next cypher, I can only elevate.
Sometimes my motivation drops a low.
Gotta lift me back up with a smoke, or blow.
Now and then, I can’t fight anymore.
I deflate my inner strength, I let myself go.
The current situation, lockdown of a nation.
Gotta keep myself to myself only.
I wish I didn’t have to pay the price, 
for all the greedy ones, I rolled the dice.
Selling fake dreams to the underdogs.

CHORUS

Getting closer to ecstacy.
I feel…your love, T.H.C.
Some days, I’m bored.
It hits me within.

VERSE/RAP 2

Can I draw the line, without exposing my life.
In my words and music, in my after life.
We, the artists, we try to resist.
Fighting for justice and our ecosystem.
Fight the power to regain control,
over what belongs to us and cheaply sold.
So many thoughts come to my mind.
I can’t just put it down,
don’t wanna break my spine.
Many times, I thought of giving up.
But I’m addicted to the music,
the way it lifts me up!
It’s unexplainable and funny the way it makes you feel,
how it elevates you from your darkest dreams.
From the depth of darkness to the blinding sun,
I try to stay humble, keep my feet to the ground.
Sometimes I feel, the inner child in me.
Alienates me from the rest of society.
Well, fuck growing up, I wanna stay a kid forever.
But I’m never giving up, keep climbing, reach another level.
And the people around me don’t seem to understand at all,
but I’ll keep on going on and on until the break of dawn.
To the promised land, another level of a mountain plan.
I’ll keep on going on until I reach another level.
Should I let the grown-ups fight and argue for what they believe.
Maybe they believe I am a loser, but I am a lover inside!

CHORUS

Getting closer to exctacy.
I feel…your love, L.O.V.E.
Some days, I’m bored.
It hits me within. Yeah.

I’m a love inside, I need yeah… 
I’m a lover inside. I’m a lover inside…
I’m a lover inside, all comes from within. I’m a lover inside…
It’s all coming from the heart…


OUTRO

In the back of my mind, I was deep in my thoughts.
There as I am, I wanted to find…It’s getting harder every time.
Loneliness creeping in, music keeps me going.
I will hit the jackpot, but can’t let it go. Can’t let it go…

Closer to Ecstasy

“Blank”

(Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton)
(Produced by Gauthier Matherat &Colin Crichton)

INTRO

Yeah…black and white.
Back up in a fight.
Yeah…back up in a fight.

CHORUS

My mind was blank,
I saw black and white.
Almost knocked me out,
‘gotta get back in the fight.
I almost sank, but swam for my life.
Lost 3 friends, they were larger than life.
The more I drank, the more I lost control.
Awakening the demons that I buried in a hole.
Desperation, keeps knocking on my door.
Can’t let go, always asking more…

VERSE 1

The wind keeps blowing as you let go.
Gotta keep on going, sailing with the flow.
We aimed for the skies but got lost in the clouds.
Indulging in the victories, but partly not from histories.
Feel power, innocence. Living through our diffidence.
Little time to accept, too many secrets kept.
Loosen your tongue, let yourself speak from the mind.
Trip over your vitriol, nothing is that trivial.

CHORUS

My mind was blank,
I saw black and white.
Almost knocked me out,
‘gotta get back in the fight.
I almost sank, but swam for my life.
Lost 3 friends, they were larger than life.


VERSE 2

Had to get out of bed,
dig myself out of a hole.
I ain’t lost the desire,
to play with the fire.
Out of control in a whirlwind of my mind.
Her perfect body got me going crazy many times.
Alarm bells, kept ringing in my head.
Need to turn the page, go ahead instead. Yeah.
If I keep on thinking ‘bout the past and look over my shoulder.
I will miss out on what is in front of me as I go older…

BRIDGE

My mind is blank, black and white…
Almost knocked, knocked me out…
I gotta get, back in the fight…
Almost sank, swam for my life…
I lost 3 friends, larger than life…
The more I drank, I lost control…
Desperation at my door, 
Can’t let it go, asking more…

CHORUS

My mind was blank,
I saw black and white.
Almost knocked me out,
‘gotta get back in the fight.
I almost sank, but swam for my life.
Lost 3 friends, they were larger than life.
The more I drank, the more I lost control.
Awakening the demons that I buried in a hole.
Desperation, keeps knocking on my door.
Can’t let go, always asking more…

OUTRO

My mind was blank, yeah…
Yeah…Black and white…
Back up in a fight…Yeah…
Back up in a fight…
My mind was blank…
Get back in the fight…
I almost sank…
They were larger than life…

Blank

“West Goes the sun”

(Music and Lyrics by Colin Crichton)
(Guitar by Eric Renwart) 
(Produced by Gauthier Matherat &Colin Crichton)

CHORUS

Caught in the sound and the music, my heart bounces every beat.
Making up for the lost times, I glorified my crimes.
Memories seem to be the same, again I’m lost in the game.
West goes the sun, oh… I’m picking you up, let’s go!

VERSE 1

Obnibulated by the rise and falls, only a fool can pretend he knows it all.
Magnified by the gratitude I have for living a life fully consumed.
I fell many times, but rose back again. Again and again and again and again.
I’m living for those moments of steady rise and dread the times when I fall from the skies.
Got myself a seatbelt and a safety net, for those dramatic falls, I can cope with it.
It happens less than it use to be, I guess I’m copying better than ever with the mechanisms.
I venture now on these new avenues. Avoiding those that left me broke and played the goons.
I developed a defence mechanism, protecting myself from those criticism.

CHORUS

Caught in the sound and the music, my heart bounces every beat.
Making up for the lost times, I glorified my crimes.
Memories seem to be the same, again I’m lost in the game.
West goes the sun, oh… I’m picking you up, let’s go!

VERSE 2

I guess I am more the wiser, elevated by desire.
I stop wasting like a looser, trapped in my imagination.
I need to find a motivation, draw the line, set boundaries between reality and dreams.
Looking forward to the moments.
Took for granted if you ask, wasted, hiding with a mask.
Mistakes are written in the past. Feeling like a new beginning.
Hearts broken in the way, it wasn’t fair to run astray.
Wasn’t something to be proud of, now I look at it from above.

CHORUS

Caught in the sound and the music, my heart bounces every beat.
Making up for the lost times, I glorified my crimes.

VERSE 3

Young, fearless, careless free. With addictive personality.
Today I look at life from a totally different angle.
I’ve grown into someone new. Respectable that is true.
Respecting myself first, then others around me second.

CHORUS

Caught in the sound and the music, my heart bounces every beat.
Making up for the lost times, I glorified my crimes.
Memories seem to be the same, again I’m lost in the game.
West goes the sun, oh… I’m picking you up, let’s go!

The music…glorified my crimes…

“Daydreaming”

(Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton)
(Produced by Gauthier Matherat &Colin Crichton) 

CHORUS

Stop dreaming. Stop daydreaming.
Stop dreaming. Stop daydreaming.
Stop daydreaming.

VERSE 1

Time catches on, am I getting any wiser?
Young guns, out there living forever.
Our lives are so different you changed so much.
You shine behind upper-class attire I’m out of touch.
I try to stay humble, keep a fight without a fuss.
Not let my cookie crumble before I go crazy.
For sure, I could wear expensive flair.
I could show off, but do I really care?

CHORUS

Stop dreaming. Keep moving.
Stop daydreaming. Keep moving.

VERSE 2

Find yourself knee deep in the depth of hell.
I can’t remember sometimes, can you ever tell?
Got me thinking ‘bout our love, it was so deep.
I keep on reminiscing ‘bout your perfect body.
Your smile, your eyes, I’m stuck anti-clockwise.
Left me in a mess, I keep reaching for the stars.
I hope we meet again before my after life.
need to get you out of my head, before I go crazy.

Before I go crazy…

…keep moving… 
stop daydreaming…
keep moving…

VERSE 3

I wanna turn the page,
Step into my next phase.
I’m frozen in time, 
I reminisce about our lives.
We often take for granted, 
but in hindsight it was perfect.
I need to move on quick,
Find somebody else,
Get with it.

CHORUS

Stop dreaming. Keep moving.
Stop daydreaming. Keep moving.
My heart skipped a beat.
Stop dreaming. Stop dreaming.
My heart skipped a beat.
Stop daydreaming.
Need to readjust, put a cross on the past.
Stop dreaming. Dreams…
Keep moving. Keep moving man…
My heart skipped a beat.
Stop dreaming. Keep moving.
My heart skipped a beat.
Stop daydreaming.
Need to readjust, put a cross on the past. Past…

Daydreaming

“Loose Your Flame”

(Music & Lyrics by Colin Crichton)
(Produced by Gauthier Matherat &Colin Crichton)


CHORUS

Ah, Ah, Yeah. it’s never the same. 
When you loose your flame.
It’s never the same,
When you loose your flame.

VERSE 1

It’s never the same when you lose your flame.
You talk too much and feel so out of touch.
We were lost in the game it was never the same, 
Moment’s of reason, lost in emotions.
I’ve searched for paradise in the world twice.
Lost in the ether together, forever.
A world of beauty the synergy of you and me.
A synchronisation of our heart’s pulsation.
For a nano-second we felt the vibrations. 
Faster shooting stars in the skies.
We made up stories to our own demise.
Never got home that night without a fight.
I opened my eyes to a new dimension.
We lost our reason to believe in this nation.
Love brought us together but tore us apart.
I had to let go, you felt less than a zero.

CHORUS

Less than a zero.
It’s never the same.
When you loose your flame.
When you loose your flame.

VERSE 2

I can’t look back at the past anymore.
My Carpe Diem makes me stronger.
Love is a fleeting game that we played.
I wish it didn’t hurt so bad, it was lame.
I create my visions on a daily basis.
The lord has given me a chance to be gracious.
I let him in, into my heart.
Writing my next song will set me apart.
Descartes played with shapes of geometry.
I turned the story into an allegory.
I ain’t a genius but nurture my knowledge.
Everything’s better when I climb up the ladder.
Love will find me, can’t waste my time.
Juliet awaits me at the end of the line.
Fights were won from the power of the mind.
Work hard, play hard, keep up the grind. Yeah!

CHORUS

It’s never the same.
When you loose your flame.
It’s never the same.
When you loose your flame.
It’s never the same.
When you loose your flame.
It’s never the same.
When you loose your flame.

Loose Your Flame

“Awake”

(Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton)
(Produced by Gauthier Matherat &Colin Crichton)


I feel awake when the sun goes down, 
the sun goes down…


CHORUS

Woke up naked from the truth,
Light headed waiting for the sundown.
I can see the night owl,
I feel awake when the sun goes down.
Woke up blinded by the lights,
Light headed waiting for the sundown.
The night owl has disappeared.
I feel awake when the sun goes down.

VERSE 1

I find it hard to concentrate,
days are shorter listening to Drake.
If I wanna catch a glimpse of daylight,
I gotta get up early, get back in the fight.
Night owl or not, I still feel the music.
Always on my mind, forever writing new lyrics.
Until I taste the grapes of wrath.
The books I read and read paved my path.
Some more than others, I guess that is normal.
Finding inspiration on my daily explorations.
I wanna be a true original, a criminal.
Committed to Public Enemy principles.
Can’t hide behind a facade of fakeness.
I am for real and not for slackness.
My words and music are a true expression,
of what I really am in an honest fashion.

CHORUS

Woke up naked from the truth,
Light headed waiting for the sundown.
I can see the night owl,
I feel awake when the sun goes down.

VERSE 2

Believing in a power reigning above us
Watching over us, every single speck of dust.
Besos cashes billions entire catalogue
Capitalist dreams of our day to day streams.
Ready to be ordered, delivered promptly.
At a click of a fingertip I’m ready to reorder.
Ding Dong, Amazon, reliable and prompt.
Material wealth never seems to be good enough.
Love oneself to stay balanced forever.
I am a trapezist in a world of ether.
Surprised again at the perfect couple,
We once knew weren’t so perfect after all.
All and all we’re humans with animal instincts.
You’re feeling judged and oppressed to admit it?
Your libido might eventually come in the way.
Causing conflicts in a complex society. 

CHORUS

Woke up naked from the truth,
Light headed waiting for the sundown.
I can see the night owl,
I feel awake when the sun goes down.
Woke up blinded by the lights,
Light headed waiting for the sundown.
The night owl has disappeared.
I feel awake when the sun goes down.
Woke up naked from the truth,
Light headed waiting for the sundown.
I can see the night owl,
I feel awake when the sun goes down.
Woke up blinded by the lights,
Light headed waiting for the sundown.
The night owl has disappeared.
I feel awake when the sun goes down.

I feel awake when the sun goes down.
I feel awake when the sun goes down.

Awake

In 2022, the music video for my single "Winner Today" was nominated for the Silver Awards at the 2022 Berlin Music Video Awards. 🎆 🥈

“Winner Today” 

(Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton)
(Produced by Colin Crichton)

INTRO

I’m a winner today, not a loser tomorrow.
But I’m never giving in, ‘cause I’ve got a tough skin.
When I fall over and crash, I will scrape off the boo boo.
Back on the treadmill, no matter how I feel.

CHORUS

I’m winning all today, could loose it all tomorrow,
I’m never giving in, even if I’m low.
I’m loosing all today, could win it all tomorrow,
I’m never giving up, together we can grow.

VERSE 1

I’m a light heavy weight in a world of feathers,
braving the storm and the mighty heavy weathers.
No time for kidding or beat around the bush,
The clock is ticking, I only need a small push.
It’s killing me softly the kind of society, 
scotched to their phones, seeking comfort on the web.
A new like, a new tone, a new way of life
Hot-Hot, Japanese clash coming to town.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,
Mary Poppins flying high was very ambitious.
Open the doors to a new dimension, got a brand new vision of my imagination.
Clash of the clash, paper scissor stone,
hire a wife, a mother, a new like tone,
A new clash, a new tone, a new paper scissor stone
super khalifa capitalistic kind of zone.
…khali, khali.

CHORUS

I’m winning all today, could loose it all tomorrow,
I’m never giving in, even if I’m low.
I’m loosing all today, could win it all tomorrow,
I’m never giving up, together we can grow.

VERSE 2

Sometimes I feel like like I’m putting up a face
I’m searching for something new, up in the space.
Something wicked, state-of-the-art but sacred.
Colours morphing familiar shapes that faded.
My hands kept shaking uncontrollably,
I left you there with all but my history.
What you make of it is all but yours,
I can’t change my past but can end this curse.

OUTRO

I’m a winner today, maybe loser tomorrow.
But I’m never giving in, ‘cause I’ve got a tough skin.
When I fall over and crash, I will scrape off the boo boo.
Back on the treadmill, no matter how I feel.
No matter how I feel.

Winner Today

I wrote this song for a Ninja Tune competition. The guidelines for this was to use samples from a song in the Tracklib catalogue. I used a voice sample from a song called "Sunlight WARMTH Golden HOUR" by the artist The One I Ever Had. The song combines elements of Electronic and Classical. Its feel is energetic and upbeat with an emphasis on the use of synthesized sounds to create a unique sound that blends different genres seamlessly. The mood is relaxed as it encourage listeners to move their bodies in rhythmic motion while also providing lyrics that express feelings such as hope.

Sunlight

I wrote “The Good and the Bad” for a Ninja Tune competition, using a Tracklib sample from “Power” by the producer Swede. Expect deep Jungle and techno grooves, hypnotic vibes, and a nod to classic sampling culture. Don’t miss it!

The Good and the bad

This is my latest Can Guru? track.
Hope you enjoy it and share it with your friends!

Big love, Colin X

Produced and Composed by Colin Crichton at The Polygon Studios.

American Girl

This is the 1st track from my new E.P "Looking Beyond".

"God Bless America" "The absolute techno/electronica anthem of 2020 after 1.10 mark... 101% addiction!" 
(http://lastdaydeaf.com)

All Music Written and Produced by Colin Crichton
Original Artwork Produced by Colin Crichton

Looking Beyond

God Bless America

God Bless America - Extended Version

“…unique sonic identity” (Run The Trap), “…a signature sound that commands attention" (Magnetic Mag), "...unique force on the scene" (EDM Sauce), “Contemporary and timeless…a tour de force of electronic music”, “A rising star in the electronic music scene” (Goathead Records), “Canguru has crafted a masterpiece” (dailymusicspin.com)

These are just a few review highlights from the electronic artist.

As a record producer, singer, rapper, saxophonist, video maker or painter: CANGURU is the embodiment of the DIY spirit. A canguru with a big bag of surprises! 
In 2022, the music video for his single "Winner Today" was also nominated for the Silver Awards at the 2022 Berlin Music Video Awards. 

CANGURU serves up a unique idiosyncratic style. His many experiences, which led him to this project and its DIY implementation, he collected across various formations and bands, and later as a session player on the saxophone - for the latter instrument CANGURU even has a Master of Arts!

Besides releases with various projects, CANGURU is also known for his collaborations with Hayla, Sarah de Warren as well as session legend Herbie Flowers.

All of this did not come without obstacles, however: During the Corona pandemic, he wrote a Trap/Conscious Hip Hop album in which he raps about personal struggles.

His new single entitled “The Good and the bad” is out now.

Canguru

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