“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.

Pick it up

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…

West Goes the sun

“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

“Many Times”

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


INTRO/THEME

Hey, put your worries back aside.
Hey, many times I lived and died.
Hey, I don’t seem to care too much.
Hey, hey…about your politics, your fuckups.

VERSE 1

Put your worries back aside,
Many times I lived and died.
I don’t seem to care too much,
about your politics, your fuckups.
Watch life on the street,
here, I won’t miss a beat.
I’m not here to cause a fuss,
many times I think too much.
I wanna keep those juices flowing,
reach a climax, keep me going.
From the deep thoughts of hell.
I’m living life in a shell.
I’m not here to fight and argue,
but I’m here to win this game.
I ain’t the loudest extroverted,
I ain’t either introverted.

INTRO/THEME

Hey, put your worries back aside.
Hey, many times I lived and died.
Hey, I don’t seem to care too much.
Hey, hey…about your politics, your fuckups.

CHORUS

Now is the time to let the light shine.
Resource myself with your positivity.
I feel free from expectations,
I vanquished my inner demons.
Behind scenes of sanctum dreams
and from the depth of inner beings.
I can’t stop the motion going,
Writing my next rhymes and poems.

VERSE 2

Look at how the people look at their feet walking down the streets.
I’m never giving up, ‘cause I was born a winner not a looser.
Getting closer all the time reaching  the tip of the top.
I’m ready for the big bellyflop in my ‘jams and flip flops.


INTRO/THEME

Hey…
Hey, put your worries back aside.
Hey, many times I lived and died.
Hey, I don’t seem to care too much.
Hey, hey…about your politics, your fuckups.

CHORUS/OUTRO

Now is the time to let the light shine.
Resource myself with your positivity.
I feel free from expectations,
I vanquished my inner demons.
Behind scenes of sanctum dreams
and from the depth of inner beings.
I can’t stop the motion going,
Writing my next rhymes and poems.

Hey, put your worries back aside.
Hey, hey (I vanquished my inner demons). Many times I lived and died.
Hey, I don’t seem to care too much.
Hey, hey… (writing my next rhymes and poems). Many times I lived and died.

Many Times

“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

“Elevated”

(Music &Lyrics by Colin Crichton a.k.a Canguru)
(Produced by Gauthier Matherat &Colin Crichton)

CHORUS

I feel elevated…
Let light shine in my eyes…

VERSE 1

I learn to respect myself, find a balance in my life.
Choosing moderation, between pleasure and excess.
I feel elevated in a sphere of positivity, 
that elevates to a higher level of integrity.
I gravitate, in a vacuum cushion I create.
Comfortable space in between many dreams.
I magnetise, opposites of polarity.
Surfing net streams in a magnetic field.

CHORUS

I feel elevated…from the depths of darkness…
Let light shine in my eyes…fill me with warmth…
I held the hand of an angel…reaching from the skies…
I will follow the way…fill me with love…

VERSE 2

I see myself dance, in this giant field of energy.
For so many years, I was searching for my synergy.
Balance, equilibrium, I find it in my idiom.
I fear, still in moments, gravitating back to the past.
Those demons I repress arouse me back again like a pest.
Through temptation of the flesh, I counter-balance with the rest.
But now I seem to know the game will never be the same again.
Moments I should listen to the voices in the distance…

CHORUS

I feel elevated…from the depths of darkness…
Let light shine in my eyes…fill me with warmth…
I held the hand of an angel…reaching from the skies…
I will follow the way…fill me with love…

Oh…….
Oh…….

VERSE 3

Across possibilities, developing abilities.
I believe through creation, I expand my many visions.
Give back into the world, our land, humanity is heard.
Mistakes are written in the past, I start a new beginning.
A power above me is set to let me free,
I keep moving in trajectories of positivity.
I was given a chance to get back in the dance.
Give back into the world, what was lost in a whirl.

CHORUS

I feel elevated…from the depths of darkness…
Let light shine in my eyes…fill me with warmth…
I held the hand of an angel…reaching from the skies…
I will follow the way…fill me with love…

Oh…
I feel elevated…from the depths of darkness…
Let light shine in my eyes…
Oh…
I held the hand of an angel…reaching from the skies…
I will follow the way…fill me with love…

Oh…….
Oh…….

Elevated

CANGURU: Reboot for the Saxophone Virtuoso of Alt-Electro-Hop Music. 

“…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.

CANGURU is the alias of the multi-talented Colin Crichton: whether as record producer, rapper, saxophonist, or painter: he is the embodiment of the DIY spirit. A canguru with a big bag of surprises! 

His single "Party in the Empire" reached over 36,700 listeners on Spotify and in total he collected around 180,000 streams. His music videos also managed to reach 349,209 views on YouTube. In 2022, the music video for his single "Winner Today" was also nominated for the Silver Awards at the 2022 Berlin Music Video Awards. 

As a producer, singer, rapper and saxophonist, 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, Colin wrote a Trap/Conscious Hip Hop album in which he raps about personal struggles: Now Colin aka CANGURU wants to act as a motivator/ role model and encourage other people suffering from depression to get their lives back on track.

His new album entitled “Pick it up” is out now.

New tracks tagged #Introspection