Kristoff Krane

Christopher M. Keller (born November 2, 1983), better known by his stage name Kristoff Krane, is an alternative hip hop artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition to releasing a number of his own works, he has served as an emcee/vocalist for Abzorbr, Face Candy, Saturday Morning Soundtrack, Puppy Dogs and Ice Cream, and F to I to X. He has also authored a 200-page collection of poems/essays/thought exercises called "The Other," and has taught as a creative writing and musical instructor at numerous schools in the Twin Cities area.

Kristoff Krane's music is often experimental and highly introspective; his work frequently explores positivity and the common bonds human beings share with one another. When he was nineteen, he spent four-and-a-half-months in jail; he emerged newly focused on pursuing his lifelong interest in music, and began freestyling and collaborating with the notable hip hop artist Eyedea. In 2006, they formed the group Face Candy.

In 2010, he released the solo album entitled Hunting for Father. His fourth studio album, Fanfaronade, was released in 2012.

He released the 44-track compilation album, I Freestyle Life (2005-2013) via his Bandcamp page in 2014.

Studio albums

• This Will Work for Now (2008)
• Hunting for Father (2010)
• Picking Flowers Next to Roadkill (2010)
• Fanfaronade (2012)
• Fanfaronade Remixed (2013)
• I Freestyle Life (2005-2013) (2014)
• Moon Goddess (2015) (as Kadoka)
• Poor Man's Ritual (2017)

EPs

• Mixxy #1 (2007)
• Mixxy #2 (2008)
• Mixxy #3 (2010)
• Mixxy #4 (2011)

Collaborative projects

Albums

• Capable of Teetering (2006) (with Abzorbr)
• Saturday Morning Soundtrack (2006) (with Saturday Morning Soundtrack)
• Prey for Paralysis (2011) with (Sadistik and Graham O'Brien)

EPs

• EP1 (2005)
• See-Through Eyes (2006) split w/ Carbon Carousel
• EP2 (2007)
• EP3 (2009)

Singles

• "Fix" (2014) with F to I to X

Guest appearances

• Ecid - "Mud" from Biograffiti (2006)
• Sinthesis - "Meeting of the Lost Souls" from Movement 4:6 (2007)
• No Bird Sing - “Sparrows" from No Bird Sing (2009)
• Ecid - "Crawl" from 100 Smiles and Runnin' (2010)
• Graham O'Brien - "Recyclemaker" and "Query" from Live Drums (2010)
• Selbstlaut - "Clutter" from Lilacs Out of the Dead Ground (2011)
• Irenic - "A Savior's Shadow" from Wisdom Teeth: The Art of Pulling Roots (2012)
• Guante & Big Cats! - "Underground Sex Party" and "Break" from You Better Weaponize (2012)
• Jaq - "The Road" from Escape from Radio Prison (2012)
• Ecid - "Rock Stars Don't Apologize" from Werewolf Hologram (2012)
• Illogic & Blockhead - "Lighthouse" from Capture the Sun (2013)
• Cas One - "Never Runner" from The Monster and the Wishing Well (2013)
• Mixed Blood Majority - "Ritual" from Mixed Blood Majority (2013)
• Pseudoubt - "Archangel" from Where Nothing Grows (2015)