URBNET Podcast

The Nope - Melba (Album Sampler), selections from the Moka Only and Psy collaboration album called Melba, now available on iTunes, Domination Recordings and URBNET Digital Store. http://www.itunes.com/thenope

Words from Moka: Seasons Greetings... This is my sixth edition of the Martian Xmas series. I feel that over the last few years of doing this annual project I have developed a certain continued vibe that is set apart from my other album releases. Martian Xmas was never intended to be a 'standard Xmas' album per se but more so an excursion into the sounds of north American winter during the holiday period... at least that's how I see it and intend it to be. The whole "Martian" thing originated on the first album of the series as the outlook of a displaced alien that arrives on earth during the holidays to learn and understand what the fuss is about and pledges to return annually to add his contributions. I think this concept may have been ignited by a little known Xmas cartoon special that I viewed as a child entitled 'a cosmic Christmas' In which three alien visitors arrive on earth to determine what the 'true meaning' of Christmas was and how they could "measure it". They befriend an outcast boy and his pet goose who shows the three visitors around town and eventually home to his lower income family. The aliens are sworn not to interfere with the human condition but have a change of heart when the opportunity to save a drowning neighborhood troublemaker occurs and thus discover the true meaning of Xmas in forgiveness, community and family.

Anyhow back to the music. I will say this: The Martian Xmas album series has evolved from a literal definition of a visiting Martian into a permant earth dweller who simply feels alienated and uses the music as his main means to even connect with the rest of the world. And that's me! And as I was touching on before, I'm not sampling from well known Xmas songs nor am I doing covers. This is something different altogether... And that's valid... because afterall, who is to really say what constitutes as Xmas music? And I use a secular approach with the words and content. Lyrically with this series I try to paint a patchwork of scenes, some abstract and some literal which entail everything from Xmas shoppers, last minute holiday preparations, family, friends, the weather and of course jazz and speaking of which, listeners who are accustomed to the Moka Only catalog will notice a heavier jazz presence on this years Martian Xmas as I have culled together a few talented and notable individuals whom originate from jazz backgrounds to add their touch to this project. Also I am very excited to help introduce the work of Sean O'Hagan of the incomparable British avant-pop group The High Llamas' to my audience. This group has been instrumental in partially reshaping my scope of music making. I am also pleased to introduce to the world a new talent on the boards, a beatmaker by the name of Jules Chaz of Victoria, BC who comes from a jazz drumming background. I foresee great things for his future. So to conclude my view on the project I would just like to say that I hope I have encapsulated a feeling of the holiday period that people from any background and/or walk of life or denomination can attain something from as this music is directly culminated from my holiday time experiences since childhood. I a very proud to bring you the 2009 edition of Martian Xmas. Special thanks to the forward thinking label Domination Recordings and URBNET Communications for taking a chance with a left-field release as such.

"Martian Xmas 2009" available December 15, 2009

Track Listing:
1. In The Jungle
2. West Coast
3. One Way Ticket
4. Around The World (feat. Slim Twig)
5. Ken Park
6. 1974
7. Boom Baba Boom
8. Believe
9. They Got Guns (feat. Muneshine)
10. The Elephant Dance
11. The Truth Is...
12. One Way Ticket (moss:rmx)

Grand Analog - Take It Slow (Spaces and Places), from the album Metropolis Is Burning
http://www.itunes.com/grandanalog
Directed by Marc Andre Debruyne for The NE
© 2009 URBNET Communications Inc., Produced in co-operation with MuchFACT.

Kae Sun - Lion On A Leash, first video single from the album Lion On A Leash.
http://www.itunes.com/kaesun
Directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly for 3 Legged Dog Films.
© 2009 URBNET Communications Inc.
Produced in co-operation with VideoFACT, A foundation to assist Canada Talent.

OK Cobra - I Quit (I Give Up), from the album Delirium Tremens.
http://www.itunes.com/okcobra

The countdown has begun. Alternative hip-hop recording artist, D-Sisive, has just released 'Four': the first installment in a serious of pre-release singles in anticipation of his November LP, Jonestown. 'Four' features the instrumental 'Alley Spying', hijacked from Slim Twig's critically acclaimed album 'Contempt!'. Watch out for D-Sisive's forthcoming digital only release entitled 'Jonestown', available on November 18th, 2009 - The 31st anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre. http://www.urbnet.com/dsisive

OPOPO - Computer Menace, song from the OPOPO (EP). Video directed by Zack Dulmage for G-Section Productions. http://www.itunes.com/opopo

D-Sisive - Mr. Daydream, from the album Let The Children Die. http://www.itunes.com/d-sisive Video directed by: Miles Davren. Song produced by: Bird

Kae Sun - Lion On A Leash (Live), from the forthcoming album "Lion On A Leash". Single now available on iTunes digital single. www.urbnet.com/kaesun

D-Sisive - Wonderful World, from the CD version of "Let The Children Die", or digitally on "Nobody With A Notepad (Plus Three). Video directed by TJ Derry.
http://www.itunes.com/d-sisive

Grand Analog - Her Daddy (Don't Like Me), from the 2009 album Metropolis Is Burning. http://www.itunes.com/grandanalog

Grand Analog is a raw collective created in 2006. Its members are seasoned record collectors, musicians and self described beat junkies from around the way. You can easily find each of these characters honing the role of DJ at various local pubs and clubs in Toronto or Winnipeg. Band leader and creator, Odario Williams, describes the Grand Analog sound as a beautiful mess of rap’n’roll, dub and soul. “Grand Analog is unbalanced and dirty; never clean. Grand Analog is fuzzy with three coats of dust and reads like an old manual no longer in use”. Calligraffiti, the debut album, has an array of soundscapes you can travel through: ‘Touch Your Toes’ boasts James Brown style drums, rock guitar and a New Orleans style horn break. ‘Around This Town’ can only be described as a ska-pop-hip-hop joint. The new album titled “Metropolis Is Burning” keeps these traditions alive by fine tuning what is now the Grand Analog sound. Singles include ‘Her Daddy (Don’t Like Me)’ - a southern style romp that meets old school hip-hop, ‘I Play My Kazoo’ and the soulful ‘Stir Crazy’ featuring Martin Perna of Antibalas (also sax player on TV On the Radio’s latest disc). Other guests include Canadian rap favourites Shad, Cadence Weapon and Len Bowen. Metropolis Is Burning is available in Canada on May 26, 2009.

D-Sisive - Let The Children Die
Available Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

D-Sisive - Let The Children Die Available Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

D-Sisive - Let The Children Die Available Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

D-Sisive - Let The Children Die Available Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Grand Analog - Electric City (feat. Shad), from the album Metropolis Is Burning.

Moka Only gives a tour of his collection of boards with keys, sampleworthy vinyl and studio setup. Part of the Mixed Messages Project. Film courtesy of Matt Reed (filmed/editing) - http://www.youtube.com/user/biggiesmallz069

D-Sisive - Lights Out, from the album The Book. Video by Michael Lylloff (www.michaellylloff.ca)

D-Sisive - Nobody With A Notepad, from the Nobody With A Notepad (plus three) release. www.urbnet.com/dsisive

OPOPO - Blast Blast, from the OPOPO (EP). Directed by Alex Colthart.

Tru-Paz - Young Nation, from the Young Nation (EP).
http://www.itunes.com/tru-paz
Video directed by Marc-Andre Debruyne, for The NE Inc.
Produced in Co-operation with VideoFACT.

Toronto rapper D-Sisive has had a might busy year and, special to CHARTattack, he and DJ Grouch collaborated to put it all together into The Complete '08 Comeback Special.

1. DJ Grouch Intro
2. A Different Dance
3. Story Of An Artist
4. If You Don’t Know By Now
5. Kneecaps
6. Laundry Room
7. It’s Mine (feat. Muneshine)
8. Like This (feat. Guilty Simpson, DJ Grouch & Frankenstein)
9. Wayne Knight
10. Lucky Penny
11. ThisIsWhatItSoundsLikeWhenWhiteboysListenToHipHop
12. Brian Wilson
13. Tiny Girls (feat. Iggy Pop)
14. Mass Production
15. Dum Dum Boys
16. Dear Dad
17. Ambulance (feat. Tom Waits)
18. Lights Out
19. The Flintstones
20. Nightclubbing (feat. Iggy Pop)
21. Up
22. Don’t Be
23. Farewell (feat. Muneshine)
24. The Outro
25. I Shall Fly