Well here we are at the end of 2016 and the Martian XMAS series is still rolling. It’s funny when I think back to when i did the first one in 2004, I had no plan on making it an annual custom but it has become just that and is always one of my more stranger efforts out of my catalog. This one definitely nods heavier to the nineties. The jazz is thick, the terminology and phrasing is to be noted as a bastion of that era as well. I don’t think we were done with that era, we moved on too quickly. Anyhow that’s the energy I’m from and I do stay connected to it. Pacific northwest winters are notedly different than winter anywhere else on the continent. At times it’s hard to tell if it’s really winter at all but on some years such as now it is extra soggy and dreary. Those are ingredients that seem to bring the best out of the martian editions. Umbrellas, Carhartt, Boots, Northface, Coffee, crosstown traffic, low clouds, grey beach scenes and more coffee, home studio, it goes on. I started this year’s martian a little earlier than normal because I wanted it ready for a late November release. No guests this time around with the exception of my man Chin who laced the best for ‘The Wish’. I added a little extra synth and some audio clips and singing vocals paired with his. The track ‘Bread and Butta’ is actually a leftover track from last year’s martian, but I felt it didn’t fit the format for that one. It works here perfectly. You’ll definitely note there is a healthy presence of upright bass samples. I’m back on that shit for real. All jazz all day, you know how i do. Anyhow in keeping this brief I hope you’ll enjoy and keep this rocking beyond the holidays. It’s for the winter on a whole. I’m off to the barbershop to get my baldy touched up. Straight blade. Thanks to URBNET for letting me be me. I am planning a ‘martian companion’ project of sorts to be released in December so these vibes can continue. Stay tuned and spread these tunes… I triple dog dare ya. – Moka Only

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