{"id":20193,"date":"2016-05-12T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=20193"},"modified":"2016-05-12T15:24:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:24:14","slug":"introducing-mok-call-carlton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/introducing-mok-call-carlton\/","title":{"rendered":"INTRODUCING MOK : &#8216;CALL CARLTON&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20195\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/introducing-mok-call-carlton\/mok-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MOK-1.jpeg?fit=2480%2C1811&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2480,1811\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MOK 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MOK-1.jpeg?fit=640%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20195\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MOK-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MOK 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Future rap group, MOK have carved out a unique path for themselves in the three years of their existence. They&#8217;ve gained\u00a0support from BBC Radio, and 1 Xtra, and they&#8217;ve performed at festivals such as Blissfields, Shakedown, Brownstock, Forgotten Fields, and The Great Escape.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<br \/>\nThe opening track from MOKs &#8216;The House&#8217; VP, &#8216;Call Carlton&#8217; is highly emotive, multi-layered, and energetic, and highlights the band&#8217;s uniqueness and originality.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everything for &#8216;The House&#8217; &#8211; including the writing, recording, mixing, filming and editing &#8211; has been done in the studio the band built at the house they share. In effect, they&#8217;ve created a production team made of friends and family: working alongside videographer and editor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bezann.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bezann Productions<\/a>, and pulling together actors, artists, dancers and illustrators, they&#8217;ve produced &#8216;The House&#8217; on zero budget.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">MOK are self managed, self promoted, and self funded. They&#8217;re in full control of all their creative output, and their live shows are energetic and immersive, combining painstaking production with an effortless stage presence.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can see MOK:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">20th May, Fiddler&#8217;s Elbow, Brighton (Alt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greatescapefestival\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greatescapefestival\/?fref%3Dts&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1463136774304000&amp;usg=AFQjCNES_iu15QLPCTqF42K6-VuEOJPz1w\"><b>Great Escape<\/b> <\/a>show)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>BIG HEADLINE SHOW &#8211; 4th June &#8211; The Haunt,\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0Brighton<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/875184285923948\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/875184285923948\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1463136774304000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHxqRE4jCKh7HcaFX3c1N6qpAmT2g\"> (more info)<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">1st July, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1538590459800570\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1538590459800570\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1463136774304000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFQ4W_eo9_80Q8ZjMxb8zEvF6wBCg\"><b>Blissfields Festival<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;The House&#8217; VP will be released at the end of May. Check MOKs social pages (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mok_uk\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mok.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and their <a href=\"https:\/\/wearemok.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>) for further details.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F261118218&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=true&#038;show_comments=true&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future rap group, MOK have carved out a unique path for themselves in the three years of their existence. They&#8217;ve gained support from BBC Radio, and 1 Xtra, and they&#8217;ve performed at festivals such as Blissfields, Shakedown, Brownstock, Forgotten Fields, and The Great Escape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9],"tags":[5490,5491,5487,5486,77,5488,5489],"class_list":["post-20193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-bezann-productions","tag-call-carlton","tag-future-rap","tag-mok","tag-new-release","tag-the-house","tag-vp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-5fH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":95171,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2026\/04\/vanessa-carlton-gives-us-a-snapshot-of-times-past-with-great-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":20193,"position":0},"title":"Vanessa Carlton Gives Us A Snapshot Of Times Past With &#8216;Great House&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"20\/04\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Following on from our review of 'Animal', we bring another track from Vanessa Carlton's brand new album, 'Veils'. 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