Daniel Denton (born November 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Moka Only, is a Canadian underground hip hop artist. He has won 3 JUNO Awards, 5 MuchMusic Video Awards, and has been nominated for 11 Western Canadian Music Awards.
Originally from Langford, British Columbia, near Victoria, he is now based in Vancouver. He was previously part of the hip hop group Swollen Members, and briefly a part of Len. Moka has released albums through Feelin' Music, Legendary Entertainment, Battleaxe Records, Domination Recordings, Camobear Records, Wandering Worx and URBNET Records. Moka Only often works with different hip-hop artists and groups, and often works under his alias Ron Contour.
In October 2018, Moka Only announced via Instagram that he would be retiring from rapping. However, he soon returned, claiming he would be focusing on more jazz and instrumentals, in addition to rapping.
In 2020, a collaboration with Christopher Esx, titled Easy Street, was released. At the end of 2020, Moka released the EP Microphone Deflection under the alias Tank Gawd, produced by Kutmasta Kurt, and featuring appearances by Kool Keith and Del The Funky Homosapien
Discography
Studio albums
Upcoast Relix (1995) Dusty Bumps (1996) Durable Mammal (1997) Fall Collection 97 (1997) Apenuts (1998) Monsterpiece (1998) Mount Unpleasant (1999) Mr. Behaviour (1999) Everyday Details (1999) Beauty Is a Free Road (2000) Flowtorch (2001) She ran away to Mexico to join a circus (2001) Mokefluenza (2001) The Quick Hits (2001) Road Life (2001) Moka Only Is.... Ron Contour (2001) Lime Green (2001) Flood (2002) Lowdown Suite (2003) Martian Xmas 2004 (2004) The Desired Effect (2005) Desired Effect (2006) Dirty Jazz (2006) The Creepee Eepee (2006) The Station Agent (2006) Airport (2007) Vermillion (2007) Moka Only vs Numata (2007) (with Atsushi Numata) Dog River (2007) (with Def 3) Martian Xmas 2006 (2007) Martian Xmas 2007 (2007) Airport 2 (2008) Clap Trap (2008) Fall Collection 2005 (2008) Hotdog (2008) Psychodelic (2008) Carrots and Eggs (2008) Martian Xmas 2008 (2009) Lowdown Suite 2...The Box (2009) Airport 3 (2009) The Summer of Ron (2009) The Beach (2009) Summer Notations (2009) (with Nebz Supreme) Martian Xmas 2009 (2009) Saffron (2010) (with Factor) Rontario (2010) Airport 4 (2010) Dynamite Sandwich (2010) (with E.D.G.E.) Martian Xmas 2010 (2010) Airport 5 (2011) Barbecued Horse Contest (2011) Longmile Buggedness (2011) Martian Xmas 2011 (2011) Crickets (2011) (with Chief) Bridges (2012) (with Ayatollah) Airport 6 (2012) Martian Xmas 2012 (2012) Doctor Do Much Mixtape (2013) Mutant Mixtape (2013) Vintage Beats 2002 vol. 1 (2013) Martian Xmas 2013 (2013) Sex, Money, Moka (2014) Martian Xmas 2014 (2014) California Sessions Volume 1 (unreleased 2003) (2015) California Sessions Volume 2 (unreleased 2003) (2015) Chicken Wingz (2015) Magickal Weirdness (2015) Martian Xmas 2015 (2015) Martian Xmas 2005 (2015) Brutal (2016) São Paulo (2016) Re-Bent Twisted and Gnarled (2016) I'm Delighted (2016) Presents Malkin Jackson - Summerland (2016) #99 (2016) California Sessions Volume 3 (unreleased 2003) (2016) Milky State (2016) Martian Xmas 2016 (2016) To the Next Season (2016) Concert for One (2017) Martian Xmas 2017 (2017) Concert for One (Instrumentals) (2018) Martian Xmas 2018 (2018) Patina (2019) Patina (Instrumentals) (2019) Martian 2019 (2019) It Can Do (2020) She ran away to Mexico to join the circus (2001) (2020) It Can Do (Instrumentals) (2020) Martian 2020 (2020) Martian Xmas 2021 (2021) Summer 2002, Volume 1 (2022) Summer 2002, Volume 2 (2022) Martian Xmas 2022 (2022) In and of Itself (2023)
EPs
The Crystal Senate (1997) (with Sixtoo) Imagine Me (2000) Where's My Honey (2003) (with Wicked Lester) The Honey EP (2006) (with Wicked Lester) Creepee Eepee 2 (2007) EP (2008) (with DJ Motive) Run & Find EP (2008) Do Work (2009) Isn't Over EP (2010) Crickets Remixes Part 1 (2011) Crickets Remixes Part 2 (2011) Vibes EP (2017) (with Reckonize Real) Myopic Bubble (2018) Myopic Bubble (Instrumentals) (2018)
Singles
"Live from Rio" (2000) "Been There" (2000) "I'll Be Cool" (2002) "Once Again (2005) "Flaunt (2009) "Like That" (2012) "NO" (2015) "Love what we do" (2018) (with Sacx One)