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Check Out MOKA ONLY On The Playlist For Radio Mille Pattes – Nu Soul Food (FRANCE)
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Catch MOKA ONLY & TONYE AGANABA In A Town Near You!!! 17th,18th,19th,20th
***THURSDAY 17TH***
-Tracks Pub-
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***SATURDAY MAY 19TH***
– Rockwater Grill & Bar-
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***SUNDAY MAY 20TH***
-Buds Bar & Lounge-
722 13th St Invermere, B.C
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Moka Only & Ayatollah – Come Along (Official Music Video)
Two underground hip-hop heroes unite on “Come Along”, the first music video from Moka Only and Ayatollah’s new album “Bridges,” now in stores everywhere.
Video Directed, Shot and Edited by Colby O’Neill
http://www.lotuseaters.ca/
Get the album now at the links below.
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bridges-deluxe-edition/id516055570
Amazon: http://amazon.com/Bridges-Moka-Only/dp/B007APZ2EC/
Nature Sounds: http://bit.ly/mokatollah
UGHH: http://undergroundhiphop.com/moka-only-bridges/GSE740CD/
Bandcamp: http://naturesounds.bandcamp.com/album/bridges-deluxe-edition
Moka Only – Suck My Dick And Do Lunch
In just 24 hrs Moka shot this video as well one with Shaw Langley and Lion, recorded some music and had a performance. Talk about being on that super grind.
Moka Only: A Slightly Unconventional Interview
Canadian rapper extraordinaire Moka Only discusses his upcoming collaborative album with Ayatollah while doing the dishes, applying lotion, spraying himself with Febreze, writing on toilet paper…you get the idea. Moka & Tollah’s joint album Bridges hits stores on April 10th.
ZZBRA – Let’s Roll (LIVE on Exclaim! TV)
Canadian West coast rappers Moka Only and Evil Ebenezer teamed up last year to form hip-hop duo ZZBRA and they recently met up with Exclaim! TV to record a video session while they were on tour.
Check out the first clip, in which Moka and Ebenezer deliver feel-good hip-hop number “Let’s Roll” from their album ZZBRA: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Stay tuned to Exclaim! TV for another video from Moka Only and Evil Ebenezer’s session.
ZZBRA – Elephant (LIVE on Exclaim! TV)
West coast rap duo ZZBRA consists of Canadian hip-hop staples Moka Only and Evil Ebenezer and the team hooked up withExclaim! TV recently for an exclusive video session.
Live Vision MGMT. Presents -Moka Only – Hustle Hustle Lemonade
Moka Only
HUSTLE HUSTLE LEMONADE
Directed by Panayioti Yannitsos
Edited by Panayioti Yannitsos.
DOWNLOAD THE SINGLE HERE
http://www.mediafire.com/?9z6bzjubb3rzjbw
HUSTLE HUSTLE LEMONADE:
Tis the season for everyone in the world to pull their socks up, put their best foot forward and let their PIMP foot follow.
Dedicated to all those making that GWOP, stacking that dough, and making moves.
– Hustle Hustle Lemonade, MOKA ONLY
Krazy World-Young Kazh feat.Moka Only
Young Kazh presents “krazy world” Official video,featuring Moka Only.Directed By Big Shot Music Inc. Beat Produced by: Jasper, Makemdef, & Steps Neccesary
Ghettosocks, Muneshine, Timbuktu & Jeff Spec – The Mustard Station (feat. Moka Only)
Train of Thought is Jeff Spec, Ghettosocks, Muneshine and Timbuktu! They hooked up with their homie Moka Only to drop this tight little track on their last tour, and then they got loose with mcenroe to show it off.
Produced by Moka Only
Directed by mcenroe for downthedial.com
Shot by Phil Lanyon and mcenroe
Live Vision MGMT Presents: Moka Only – I’m Swanky.
Live Vision MGMT Presents:
Moka Only – I’m Swanky.
Directed by Panayioti Yannitsos and Ashley Mendoza.
Edited by Panayioti Yannitsos.
Live Vision MGMT. Presents Moka Only – I’m Swanky.
Directed by Panayioti Yannitsos and Ashley Mendoza.
Edited by Panayioti Yannitsos.
iTunes – Music – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Zzbra
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/zzbra-homie/id496439281?i=496439355&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Preview songs from The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Zzbra on the iTunes Store. Preview, buy, and download The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for $9.99. Songs start at just $0.99.
ZZBRA [Moka Only & Evil Ebenezer] : The Lost Trailer (1983) / The Lost Music Video “Elephant” (1993)
We have found it! Lost footage from the most epic movie to never be seen ZZBRA. While visiting an estate sale of a recent Hollywood elite to decease, we discovered the lost trailer for the film ZZBRA made in 1983. In the same box with the trailers reel was the music video made for the song “Elephant” off of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack produced a decade later in 1993.
ZZBRA: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Starring Moka Only & Evil Ebenezer
Directed by Stuey Kubrick
Available now from Camobear Records
http://www.CamoBearDigital.com
Moka Only and Evil Ebenezer ‘go wild’ as ZZBRA [Interview]
Vancouver, B.C. – In a chilly brick building in Gastown, the HipHopCanada team watches Moka Only and Evil Ebenezer ham it up for the camera. Between the quirky dance moves, the Gorilla on the ones and twos and the overly dark camera faces it becomes obvious that these guys are having some fun. The bonus is that they sound good while doing it – the ZZBRA album will be hittin the streets January 31st if you need proof – and in the meantime, the dashing duo talk to HipHopCanada’s Samantha Cairns about their buddy story, their international presence and just what a ZZBRA is anyways.
“We ain’t tryna be the king of the city. That doesn’t make any sense.”
HipHopCanada: What brought you two together?
Both: Love [Laughing].
Evil Ebenezer: That’s where it all starts is love. Love for the music, love for each other.
Moka Only: Ya we were friends, we were introduced through a mutual friend Stuey Kubrick, who, by the way, produced this album.
Evil Ebenezer: Ya it was easy like that. Stuey was the catalyst. I started goin’ to Mok’s house and we had an idea, and within a couple a weeks we had a good bulk of the album done. It is now just getting finished up, as we record the visuals, and get all the other fun stuff done.
Moka Only: On a side note, this album was recorded quite a few years ago. We wanted to let it age. After reviewing it we thought it might be…
HipHopCanada: Ahead of its time?
Moka Only: Well I dunno bout that. That’s a lil narcissistic to think that, but maybe we were just feelin like we needed the right situation business-wise.
Evil Ebenezer: Ya. I mean that is what it mostly had to do with. Back when we had just finished the album, both of us as artists wanted to show the end result off in the most effective way possible. We wanted to hit the audiences with a bang and show it off to the world. We had to suck it up at that point though and get over it, and wait for the opportunity for it to be put out in the right way, with the right business tip.
HipHopCanada: Moka, I know you like to play around with different instruments, did you experiment with any strange or unusual instruments for this album?
Moka Only: Ya I do like to play, I mean there is some additional instruments, but once again I’m not the beat maker on this album, Stuey and DJ U-tern are. Both are incredibly talented and they got their own experimentations happening with this album.
HipHopCanada: Are you two planning on keeping ZZBRA going or is this a one time type of deal?
Moka Only: We don’t know. We’ll see. I meant the truth is we have done songs since, and I don’t think that’ll ever stop, whether we put a ZZBRA stamp on it or not. It’s all music.
HipHopCanada: Tell me about the name ZZBRA.
Moka Only: We like the animal really. It’s a weird animal, like its part giraffe part slug, like how cool is that? It’s a cool animal man. It slithers around and eats chestnuts man. It’s the best animal I could think of. It wears socks on its head. So. Beat that kinda animal man.
HipHopCanada: Where in the community have you guys found a lot of support?
Evil: Stompdown Killaz hold my back as associates in the business. In the music community we for the most part all got each others backs when it comes to helping out with what we can
Moka Only: It’s the same with Red Dragon, and my associates. They’re really behind it, and supportive of the record too. Blastin’ it and tweetin’ it and whatever. Props to all the peripheral people that hold us down. For sure. But me and Evil first and foremost are concerned with CamoBear Records for the meantime.
HipHopCanada: Do guys feel than that there is a good music community here in Vancity?
Evil: Yes and no.
Moka Only: I havn’t done a lot of shows out here lately just cause the touring schedule is whatever, but I don’t overanalyze. There are some great people here and there are some sucky people here, and it will continue to grow, which is what’s important.
Evil Ebenezer: At the end of the day…It’s home. I’m in the same situation where I’ve been touring all over pretty hard, especially for the last couple of years, and Vancouver isn’t as important to me to have a huge following here.
Moka Only: We aint tryna be the king of the city. That doesn’t make any sense. We are tryna do music for the people all over the globe. The people that like it.
HipHopCanada: Do you two have a favorite city to perform in?
Moka Only: Berlin, and Los Angeles are my two favorite.
Evil Ebenezer: In the last couple of years I would have to say that Montreal has been my favorite, but even small towns and places close to home are dope to perform. Nanaimo and Kamloops are fun.
Moka Only: I did a show in Mission and it was crazy, so. Where there is the most love is where is the best to perform.
Evil Ebenezer: It’s definitely about the energy.
Moka Only: F’real.
HipHopCanada: I can see you two are entertainers at heart after seeing you shoot a bit of this vid. Do you prefer the studio or the stage?
Moka Only: Aw. That’s a hard one.
Evil Ebenezer: You know what? It’s so fun man. Cause I mean more often than not, I have been playing a lot on my own or with Snak I guess too, but for the first how many years of my career I was alone. To have someone like Moka that is kinda like the same type of performer, has the same type of humorous tendencies on stage and as a performer is a real treat for me.
Moka Only: We are real serious on stage. (haha)
Evil Ebenezer: I mean we were rehearsing our dance steps fifteen, sixteen hours last night alone so, I mean we miss a lot a sleep due to our dance regimen.
Moka Only: I been on my own for a long time, so to have a group project is cool. It’s a lot of fun.
HipHopCanada: How many videos do you think you will be putting out for this project?
Evil Ebenezer: Well we have already released one for “Green.” But we are doin a lot. At least ten. And Stuey will be doin em all.
Moka Only: There might be exclusive stuff that won’t be even on the album. There are a few in the works.
Evil Ebenezer: For this year, this is probably going to be the album with the most visuals to go along with in the world. I would almost guarantee it.
Moka Only: It’s gonna be the best project coming out in the world.
Interview by Samantha Cairns for HipHopCanada
Photography by Jamie Sands for HipHopCanada
Moka Only and Chief: REMIXS PART 2 **AVAILABLE NOW**
More Crickets madness! Second remix Ep off Moka Only & Chief’s collaborative album “Crickets”, features remixes by TA-KU, DEHEB, MAGGZ and MOKA ONLY!
MOKA ONLY & CHIEF
Crickets Remixes Part 2
Digital Ep out now
http://feelinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/moka-only-chief-crickets-remixes-part-2
Moka Only on Exclaim
To call Moka Only a hard worker would be a serious understatement. Starting with his 1995 debut Upcoast Relix, the former Swollen Member has recorded over 60 albums, including solo efforts, collaborative albums and beat tapes. It all happens in Moka’s cramped Vancouver, BC home studio, where the man born Daniel Denton produces, records and engineers his own albums.
Moka has come a long way since his first recording in ’86, created by dubbing between two tape recorders. After recording off and on in other people’s studios for years, he began building his home studio in 1999 after scoring a publishing deal with EMI. “I’ve been collecting keyboards for the last ten years,” Moka confesses as he runs down his extensive keyboard collection: he has various models from Moog, Sequential Circuits, Korg, Roland and Yamaha ― dating to the analog sound of the mid-’70s ― as well as newer models like the Micro Korg 1 and 2, and a Rhodes ’73 electric piano. Moka also employs modules like the KAOS Oscillator and samplers like the SP-303, the SP-555 and the Korg Triton. The Triton is his mainstay (he’s already worn out three pads) along with the SP-303, which he favours for its distinctively gritty sound. He records everything on the Roland VS-2480 digital workstation. Moka also has an impressive collection of unconventional instrumentation scooped from music stores and pawn shops, including a Theremin, a banjo, and a pink toy piano. The rapper/producer is quick to dismiss any pretence of his musical mastery, admitting that he’s “not so crazy like I can play the flugelhorn in my sleep upside down underwater. I’m just super-obsessed with music, tones and textures.”
Moka is entirely self-taught and prefers to play his instruments live, with the exception of the sampler. “I usually start with the sampler, because I like to establish drums first,” he clarifies. When starting a beat, he usually brainstorms a lyrical idea or theme and works from there. Ideas typically arrive while skateboarding, and Moka dashes home to record the keyboard or guitar figure, possibly even sampling his initial recording to create a beat. He often writes on a keyboard, seeking a main melody and a bridge piece that deviates from the main groove for variation. Rather than waiting for inspiration, Moka quickly decides whether a song will be an instrumental or have lyrics. The average song takes him an hour to record, from making the beat to mixing the vocals.
Moka’s efficiency is even more striking considering his affinity for older technology; he remains an analog soul in a digital age. Moka splits his recording 50/50 between digital and analog processes, even going as far to export his digital recordings to cassette and then export them back to digital; he claims the process “changes the character and tone” of the music. Digital recording certainly makes editing easier; “physical tape splicing with two inch tape, I don’t really miss that,” Moka says with a laugh. Yet Moka values the historical value and sound of tape, and retains the masters for his older catalogue on cassette. He’s even experimenting with recording vocals to eight-track for the dusty, hazy sound it produces.
Though he loves his home studio, the physical space is unimportant, says Moka. He’s certainly aware of the importance of microphone positioning and the like, but as he points out, “You could put me in a log cabin and it’d be essentially the same thing.” Modern technology also helps blur the line between physical and auditory space: “With digital gear and compression, a lot of background noise is buried in the mix so I don’t worry about [space] too much.”
After a little prodding, Moka begrudgingly reveals a few production secrets. He disdains computer-ordained timing, and chooses to keep his drums unquantized, partly inspired by the sound of departed Detroit beatmaker J Dilla. It’s not done to sound intentionally sloppy but rather to preserve the music’s human element. “I make a lot of mistakes but I keep those mistakes, so when I go back and listen to older recordings, I’m always pleasantly surprised,” Moka says.
Even with four releases under his belt this calendar year, the Vancity beatmaker has more he wants to accomplish. “I want to try some heavier punk, thrash stuff. I want to make some real aggressive, horrible-sounding stuff. Or maybe something different like thrash-jazz.”
NUTV: Moka Only
A short segment on Moka Only.
From the Mar. 09, 2012 Edition of Full Frontal NUTV
Reporter: Zarif Alibhai
Camera: Aleks Kukolj
Editor: Ryan Drescher
Host (intro): Sasha Krioutchkova
Moka Only – Love Affair – HIP HOP VANCOUVER
Moka Only stopped by HHVtv before heading off on his European Tour. He performed ‘Love Affair’ a track off his album Airport 5 available on itunes.
Big Noise Radio Interview With Moka Only!!
Soulful recording artist Moka Only has been on the move, dropping hip-hop gems across the internet for your listening pleasure. We recently caught up with this multi-talented producer and emcee to speak with him about his history, ongoing projects and his perspective on hip-hop music.
Q. Big Noise: What’s going down… how did you come up with the name Moka Only?
A. Moka Only: My homie P came up with Moka.. cus I’m Moka and I’m the only one. That was back in 1990.
Q. Big Noise: What can you tell us about your first hip-hop experience?
A. Moka Only: My first hiphop experience was not documented. It was like the universe..it jus always ‘was’…at least from the mid 80’s on.
Q. Big Noise: How is the hip-hop scene in Canada?
A. Moka Only: I don’t know what the scene is like in Canada. Its a huge country. Ive been there a few times tho. That’s kinda like asking “what is the scene like “in America”..sounds funny, right? Most ’scenes’ are regional ,not national…at least when it comes to hiphop. Anyhow, I dwell in Vancouver.. its near Seattle– for those who are geographically disabled.. haha. Im not sure what idiot wouldn’t know where Vancouver is but I’m here to help those that don’t. ..cus I’m special like that and girls adore my scent.
Q. Big Noise: Has living there influenced the way you bring your sound to the table?
A. Moka Only: Living in the pacific northwest probably HAS colored my sound.. I’m not sure exactly how..everyone knows the coast up this way is an incredible place and can be inspiring, minus the cities and all they dramas.
Q. Big Noise: If you had to compare, what’s the biggest difference between hip-hop in Canada and the States?
A. Moka Only: Once again I really see differences in regionality so I’m not sure how to answer that one. In every region in north America you’ll find different vibes and styles poppin. I’m a west-coaster but early on was probably more influenced by the New york sound.
Q. Big Noise: You like to experiment with different instruments on your projects, got any favorite instruments?
A. Moka Only: My fave instrument is probably my samplers, honestly.. other than that I go fairly heavy on the minimoog – it delivers.
Q. Big Noise: Can you let us know who are some of your favorite Canadian emcees?
A. Moka Only:I’m really not sure.. I don’t listen to rappers anymore. Um, I’m my favorite, i suppose. Sounds like an asshole thing to say but its true.
Q. Big Noise: If you had your choice to work with any artist who would that be?
A. Moka Only: I would like to just work by myself. I don’t desire to chase people down.. if they really wanna do somethin they know how to reach me. I’m just in my own world..I stays under a rock. I’m the only one who can make what I want to hear.
Q. Big Noise: Can you shout out any future projects that we should know about?
A. Moka Only:Here’s a few I have ready to pop or am working on. I have a full length LP with Ayatollah producing and its comin out on nature sounds late spring,its re tar tar!!!!! I have Airport 6 droppin spring sometime too. Have been building with Lil b,the based god about doin some wild shit.. we’ll see where that goes, I just completed an album with LMNO, Mr Brady and my man Jules Chaz.. and I’m working on a few mix-tapes and instrumental projects too. I also have about ten albums of unreleased material from the early 2000s that i would like to put out along with a coffee table book. We’ll see how that goes. its a monumental project…and of course ZZBRA just dropped..its an album with my man Evil Ebeneezer and we recorded it a few years back and have been letting it ‘ripen’ until it was ready. So check for that. Exciting times. There’s even more shit comin but I don’t wanna be a spoiler so you’ll have to wait and see!
Q. Big Noise: If you had to choose one song or album from your catalog that best describes you which one would that be?
A. Moka Only: Okay..this is an OLD album but I have to say Lowdown Suite…it came out in 2003 and i feel it really summed up what i was and am about. Its personal..i love it.
Q. Big Noise: Where can your fans get the scoop on any of your release or tour info?
A. Moka Only: My fans..I fuckin love them..they can keep locked to @moka_only twitter. Im wild active there plus ‘moka the real only facebook.. my incredible admins run that for me and keep the world posted on my every move. Peace to Live vision Macro Management. I also am starting a new business called Ten Thouzand Starz and will be helping up and comin artists connect with the world through that biz so you,ll be able to check for me there once the site is up. To be announced. Big things!!!
Q. Big Noise:Do you have any last words for our readers? Thanks for the connect!.
A. Moka Only: Word..id like to end this convo by just sayin thank ya for your time and interest and hopefully we can do it again soon.. And to the fans, I love you all. You guys give me the push and you all know I keep a good relationship with you.. I don’t try and look down on anybody. I keep it real. God bless North America.
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ZZBRA TOUR
MOKA ONLY – MARTIAN XMAS 2011
It’s finally here!!!
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Multitalented producer/rapper Moka Only delivers his yearly “Martian Xmas” treat. As always, it includes exclusive tracks only crafted specifically for this project, and IT’S FREE! Ho ho ho..
“Martian Xmas 2011” features 16 brand new tracks cooked up especially for this project, a real christmas treat for the listener! Expect the usual doses of ever-smoothly delivered witty raps, lo-fi samples, clever productions and other odd beats all tied together like only Moka can.
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