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Daniel Denton (born November 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Moka Only, is a Canadian hip-hop artist and producer. He has released music through Rapstar Records, Legendary Entertainment, Battle Axe Records & (currently) with URBNET Records.

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In 1995, along with Madchild and Prevail, the trio formed the hip hop group Swollen Members, Moka conceiving the name. Though, he left soon after to work on his own music (eventually re-joining shortly in the early 2000s). In June of 1995, he released his debut project titled Upcoast Relix with Rapstar Records. He continued making tapes under this label through the late 90’s and is known as a pioneer of DIY hand to hand distribution. In 2001, he partnered with Legendary Entertainment to reissue them on CD.

In 1999, he was featured on the song “Crypik Souls Crew” by LEN from their album You Can't Stop the Bum Rush. He also made a cameo appearance in the music video for the groups hit song "Steal My Sunshine”. Later in 1999, he paired with fellow B.C native Ishkan to create Nowfolk. Their first album together named Style Gangsters released in 1999, followed by The Moon in 2002. The duo recorded two more albums from 2001-2003 named Magnesium Opium & The Winter. From 2001. However, in June of 2003 Moka’s ADAT system was destroyed, effectively halting the projects release until 2016.

On April 3, 2001 he released Lime Green, his first album with Battle Axe Records, the same label as Swollen Members. Later in 2001, he returned to the group on the song “Fuel Injected”, which catapulted them from underground to Canadian mainstream. The next single “Bring It Home” reached #3 on the Canadian Singles Chart and helped the album Bad Dreams achieve Platinum status in Canada. In 2002, Swollen Members released Monsters in the Closet, a collection of B-sides, unreleased tracks and 3 newly produced songs. The album earned a Gold certification and peaked at #7 in Canada. The groups next album Heavy includes Moka on every song, for the first and only time. The album reached #14 on the Canadian albums chart. After this he returned his focus mostly to solo work.

On August 16, 2005 he released The Desired Effect, an album he would later describe as “The Not So Desired Effect”. Due to issues with the label Nettwerk his vision was not met. In October of the same year he released an alternate version titled Dirty Jazz, a Japan exclusive CD, with new tracks and a few from the previous album. A year later, Desired Effect was unveiled. In his own words, “THIS is what I really wanted The Desired Effect to be.. raw, continuous and to the point”. Finally, in 2007 he released Vermillion, which includes more songs that were initially intended for The Desired Effect.

In 2007, Moka started the Airport series, with a spring themed album. In the same year he released three winter-themed albums titled Martian Xmas. He continued the Airport series, releasing annually, for six years. The Martian Xmas series is ongoing and has totaled 21 releases. From 2007-2012 he released music through a number of different record labels. Mostly URBNET Records, which became his primary label by the early 2010’s. He has collaborated with a number of artists including Sweatshop Union, MF Doom, Del the Funky Homosapien and Kool Keith. Denton has also released music under different aliases, most notably Ron Contour. In addition to making music, he painted the cover artwork for his albums In and of Itself, AMALAMA & Spooky Beats n’ Other Treats.

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Moka has released over 1,900 songs in his career as a solo artist (including 367 songs in his Martian Xmas series, over 200 instrumental songs and over 100 songs as Ron Contour) and with various groups like Swollen Members & Nowfolk. In addition, he has appeared as a guest artist on over 200 songs and produced over 50 songs for other artists.

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As Ron Contour

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Collaborative work

Nowfolk (with Ishkan)

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Dominant Mammals (with Kirby Dominant)

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The Rappers (with Jeff Spec)

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Code Name: Scorpion (with Abstract Rude & Prevail)

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Perfect Strangers (with MadChild)

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Swollen Members

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with Def3

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The Nope (with Psy)

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Zzbra (with Evil Ebenezer)

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Mr Mista (with Mr. Brady)

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Spacesuits (with Mr. Brady, LMNO & Jules Chaz)

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The J.M.B's (with Jon Rogers & Mr. Brady)

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Tank Gawd (with Kutmasta Kurt)

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The Deli (with Baptiste Hayden)

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with pnwrk

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* All songs produced by Moka Only

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Western Canadian Music Awards

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Other Awards

2002 - Canadian Radio Music Awards Breakthrough Artist ("Fuel Injected")

2002 - West Coast Music Awards Best Urban Release (Bad Dreams)

2002 - The Georgia Straight Readers Choice Best Urban Act

2003 - COCA Campus Entertainment Awards Entertainer of the Year


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