Artwork, recorded, written, mixed and mastered by Duke Keats / Connor Blundell 

Banjos, slide, acoustic & electric guitar, vocal layers, synths, samples. 

This song is about always coming back for more even when you know you shouldn't. or should you ? 

Marigolds are on the fold


a watery cannon mist 


introverted apple core 


compare it to the alcohol 


you always really want to play 


And the angels are all that's owed 


Blue sky suit and waltz


For she gives another glass stained kiss 


She's riding on the edge of a wisp


The boots are over bed of ice 


Fingers touch the leopard print


Love letters in a basket hold


A lover lends in letraset 


It really makes me get involved 


You always really want to play yeah 


And the angels are all that's owed 


You didnt really want to stay yeah


But the angels are all that's owed

The Angels Are All That's Owed

"Change Of Heart" is our first modern style genre after releasing all of our old music ideas into a few albums. It's the sophisticated style of KVJ after gaining some production experiences from the previous 3 albums. Raw, Fearless, Melancholic, this tracks defines the new direction we're going to take for the following years to come. Enjoy this badass while it's still hot!

Change Of Heart

Atardecer en la Arena

Rolling

IT’S HERE! My brand-new single Highway Maintenance, and I’m beyond pumped to share it with you!  This mid-tempo pop-rock anthem is packed with gritty punk-rock energy, soaring male vocals, and an uplifting vibe that’ll have you cruising with the windows down and the volume UP!  

The lyrics tell a story of freedom, responsibility, and the bittersweet highs and lows of life on the open road. From foggy mornings on the A56 to silver skies and burning tarmac, Highway Maintenance is about chasing dreams, facing consequences, and finding your way. It’s raw, it’s real, and it’s ready to light up your playlist!  

Stream it on streaming services (beginning May 1st)  and let this energetic track fuel your day! Whether you’re speeding toward your destiny or just vibing, this song is your new road-trip companion.  

Tag your friends, share the love, and let’s get Highway Maintenance trending!  Who’s ready to rock?!  

#HighwayMaintenance #NewMusic #PopRock #PunkRock #RockVibes #NewSingle #MusicRelease #IndieRock #RockAndRoll #UpliftingMusic #RoadTripVibes #MusicLovers #NowPlaying #SingerSongwriter #RockGenre #StreamNow



Highway Maintenance

Iluminación Súbita

Iluminación Súbita (feat. Marina Vázquez)

drachen

I'm told it's brilliant
Layers, motifs, counterpoint
A little bit of Latin in the second verse
Very... "award season"
I hate myself in high fidelity
But it sounds profound, doesn't it?

Painted in silence, a canvas of doubt
I sculpted the shadows the critics write about
My heart was a rumor I never could prove
But the rhyme-scheme's elegant, the modulations move

Ars gratia artis, but what is a self?
A mirror I sing to, with nobody else

You said, "This line's genius, it's post-modern pain"
But I wrote it drunk on a Tuesday, for fame
Every metaphor's hollow, but wears a disguise
A top hat of trauma, a monocle of lies

Tell me it's timeless, tell me it slaps
I looped the cello 'til I collapsed
I hated the bridge, but you called it sublime
So I added a reprise-well, five times

Am I a fraud if the work is good?
If it makes a woman cry in Amsterdam
and a reviewer use the word "visceral"
does it matter if I meant nothing?
(Or less than nothing?)
Am I just the casing around the bomb?

Three-four sorrow, spun in silk
A sip of envy, a dash of guilt
I laced my shame in major thirds
The strings were weeping, not my words
Spoke in symbols, dreamed in code
But woke to find I'd overflowed
A masterpiece of self-contempt
Curated, clean, irreverent

The cat walked across the MIDI keys
And that became the hook, with perfect ease
Critics said it echoed Mahler's grief
She was just hungry. That's the motif

Raise a glass to the tortured chord!
To the melody forged in a metaphysical war!
To the line that sounds just like despair
Though I wrote it in line at the DMV’s chair

We are patrons of the hollow hall
Where echoes win the curtain call
I gift you this: a soul on tape
Wrapped in theory, sealed in fate

I don't like me
I don't think you would either
But here it is
Six movements
Key changes
Time signatures that would make a metronome cry
Please, clap

Art for art’s sake, and me for no one's
Praise the mask that sings when the man has gone
The ink is dry, the curtains close
The ghost you loved... never composed

Ars Ex Nihilo

Back in the Arizona

Are we all guilty of contributing to global pollution?

Lyrics
Guilty, a crime we  all commit, without thinking  
Poison, the sea, the land, our selves, nowhere to hide

Guilty, as charged, I know I played  my  part 

Throw away, don't do it
Throw away
Throw away, don't do it
Throw away
Don't do it

Drifting, shadows lost and cold, trapped in a  heart of 
Poison, the waves pass round and round, nowhere to hide

Guilty as Charged

Some truths keep resurfacing no matter how deep you try to bury them. This track is about facing what won’t stay quiet — even when it hurts.

#acoustic #singersongwriter #acoustichiphop #acousticsession #emotional #raw #independentartist #alternativeacoustic #indieacoustic #acousticemo #storytelling #introspective #melancholy #underground #forfansofmacmiller #forfansofhawthorneheights #forfansofcityandcolour

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Can't Ignore It

back off, ten toes down on the concrete.


—

we drillin' from the shadows

2025
Buch: "Schwellenwind" 
Die poetische Reise 
durch Wildnis und Verfall.

2023
NISA - Mit Wem (NISA + Florentina)
Text und Komposition: Kolkhorst
Universal Music
59 Wochen Top 100 Germany
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMAm759ofi8&list=RDTMAm759ofi8&start_radio=1

2015
Raufazer: "Kopf an Kopf" Video
Komposition: Wolle, Eike, Carsten, Kai-Uwe
Text: Kai-Uwe

2010 
Kolkhorst - Alles verrückt
NBC / Serie GRIMM Folge
 "Leave it to beavers"
Sony BMG
link: https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt2356209/soundtrack/

2009 
Deutscher Musikautorenpreis
GEMA / Adlon Berlin
link: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher_Musikautor*innenpreis

2007
Kolkhorst "Mensch ärgere dich nicht"
NDR Titelmusik "Ina's Nacht"
Universal Music

2006
Live mit Camouflage
"Relocated" support 17 venues

2002
besser: "Bi" Album TR001
Universal Publishing

2002
besser: "NDR Jahresrückblick 2002 "
Regie: Horst Königstein, mit Peter Lohmeyer 
"Maria", "Schön" und "Liebeslied" live TV mit besser

1996
DAS DASEIN Album weltweit TIS / WARNER
Komposition / Text: Kolkhorst

"Denn selbst die echten Dinge wirken unwirklich, wenn die Scheinwelt applaudiert, ohne hinzusehen."
 





kolkhorst 2025