in 2009 koning signed with the new york city based independent label coffee&cheesecake records and commences his solo-career in 2010 with "man enough to be a woman", on eden records. in 2011 koning released his coffee&cheesecake-debut, "wake up in l.a". in 2012, koning was one of the musicians performing during the election campaign for dutch political party groen links. with his third album "industrial city in the clouds", koning focused on a more commercial sound. the album contains songs about the history of his birth town and was highly appreciated.