MC Fokus appreciation thread

[Midnight FM]

MC FOKUS is a creative and versatile lyricist who knows the importance of letting the music breath, prefering to complement - rather than overpower- the DJ. With supreme timing, as opposed to constant chat, Fokus aims to weave his rhymes into the music, connecting with the crowd as both a host and a lyrical performer.

Since the start of his career, in 1998, Fokus has continued to receive a warm reception from audiences throughout the North and South of the UK, and has been able to hone his skills while working with some of the industries finest artists (including personal favourites;D Bridge, Commix & DJ Storm). .

He is a regular feature on the LONDON DnB circuit, where he is RESIDENT MC for London’s respected FUTURE THINKIN collective (promoters of the TRAFFIC events and Future Thinkin Recordings), and appears regularly at Bristols leading deep DnB event INTRIGUE.

FOKUS has also built up a strong reputation in EUROPE, where he continues to rock crowds in Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain and Belgium. Here he has performed alongside a diverse range of DJ’s including: SKITTY (Metalheadz/Bassbin), DJ INK (Renegade Hardware), NOOKIE (Strictly Digital), CALYX (Moving Shadow), VICIOUS CIRCLE (Hardware/DISC4), DOM & ROLAND, CONCORD DAWN, CATACOMB (Canada-ShadyBrain) and LOST SEQUENCE (Citrus Recs).

2008 is shaping up to be a busy year for Fokus, with some exciting studio collaborations planned with Skitty, MC System/Lazune, and Switzerland’s DJ/Producer combination Lost Sequence. With an obvious passion for both beats and rhyming, Fokus is keen to further his production skills and push his career to the next level, with aspirations to be involved in a live music project in the near future.

Fokus is an MC with experience and dedication, a new breed of MC whose lyrics have meaning, rhythm and substance, an MC who understands the music and the crowd.

In his own words:

" I think it’s important for an MC in the scene to constantly evolve and grow with the music. Our producers are at the cutting edge of dance music, and the MC’s need to reflect that. You gotta stay on your toes. Too many people stick to the tried and tested flows, but i like to come with something different, it could be in the lyrical content, the delivery, the syncopation......or all three of those things! "

" I like spending time on my written rhymes, but i also try to freestyle as much as possible, especially in a live club situation, because it is more spontaneous and the crowd can really vibe off of it. For me, a radio show is the perfect environment to chat some deeper rhymes, as people can hear every word your saying and can appreciate the message or story within the lyrics."

FOR BOOKINGS, MORE INFO & STUDIO MIXES contact:

fokusmc@hotmail.com

http://www.myspace.com/fokusmc

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VIDEO:

DJ Strife & MC Fokus live @ Liquid Charms, Philly
Nookie & MC Fokus 23-05-2008 @ Gewölbe, Cologne

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MUSIC:

Apex & MC Fokus - Live @ Asylum, Sheffield [März 2008]

Apex - Emo Funk
Ewun - Screw Up
Universal Project - Bleach (Unknown Error rmx)
Jade - Bitch (Audio rmx)
Evol Intent - Middle of the Night
Evol Intent & Arsenic - Real Talk
Bulletproof feat. MC Dino - Desperate Measures
Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch - More Like You (Unknown Error rmx) (Apex VIP)
Phace & Rawtekk - Stretch Pack
Apex - Nowhere to Run
Telemetrik - Cosmos
Noisia & The Upbeats - Mudslide
Apex - Hench
Absolute zero & Submorphics - The code (SKC rmx)
Apex - In Motion
Calyx & Teebee feat. MC Verse - Dual Processed
Sabre & Vicious Circle - Columbo
Concord Dawn - Morning Light
Spor, Apex, Evol Intent & Ewun - Dirge
Apex - Entrapment
Apex - Locked On
Apex feat. Ayah - Space Between
Apex - Breathe
Apex - The Yearning VIP
High Contrast - If We Ever
Spor - Resolute
Unknown Error - Fear No Evil
The Qemists - Stomp Box (Spor rmx)
Spor & Phace - Dying of the Light
Atom & Cell vs Catacomb - Pressure (Noisia rmx)
Dylan & Limewax - Cleansed by a Nightmare
Unknown Error - Hellraiser
Apex - Same Old Blues

http://www.musicv2.com/direct.php?id=55016

http://www.dnbshare.com/download/Apex.mp3.html

http://beatplexity.com/music/dnb/Sab...0Sheffield.mp3


Dj Strife & MC Fokus - Live @ Concept DnB Phily - 2008/07/12

01. Zero Tolerance & Mosus – Run Time (Liquid V)
02. Submorphics & Kleer – Liberation Funk (Spearheard)
03. Stunna & Focus – Blackheart (dub)
04. Zero T feat. Steo – Walk Away (CIA)
05. Submorphics – Corruption & Lies (dub)
06. Dymond – Always You (dub)
07. Lomax – Come and See (Critical)
08. The Insiders – All the Way (dub)
09. The Insiders feat. MC System – Got to Maintain (Intrigue dub)
10. Substitutes & Trigon - The Roxy (dub)
11. D-Bridge – Creatures of Habit (Exit)
12. Random Movement – Opportunity (dub)
13. Atlantic Connection feat. Tali – Some (dub)
14. Macc – M.o.t.S.T. (Random Movement rmx) (dub)
15. Mutated Forms feat Tali - Blue Majik (SS rmx) (dub)
16. Lenzman – No more Tears (Phuzion)
17. D-Bridge feat. Calibre – Ponderosa (Exit)
18. Fluxem - Mojito (dub)
19. Mixmaster Doc – Ghostin (dub)

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Dj Strife & MC Fokus - A Tale of Two Cities [05/08]

01. Stereotype feat. Sopheye – Lost Weekend (VIP) (dub)
02. Submorphics – Lies & Corruption (dub)
03. Dymond & T Sound – Always You (dub)
04. RB – Run Away (dub)
05. Lomax & Focus – 5 Weeks (Bingo)
06. The Insiders feat. MC System – Got to Maintain (Intrigue dub)
07. Alex Pusher – We are space (Ruse dub)
08. Random Movement – A Quick Thought (dub)
09. Lenzman & Submorphics – Respirations (Phunkfiction dub)
10. The Substitutes – All in my head (dub)
11. Dan Marshall, Saburuko & Prime 8 – Bring it Down (dub)

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Dj Strife , MC System & Fokus live @ Intrigue, Bristol, UK [Oktober 2007]

1. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown) Mike & Ike rmx (dub)
2. Lenzman & Switch - No More Tears (Phuzion)
3. Stereotype – Lost Weekend (dub)
4. Qumulous – Bounce (Vibez dub)
5. Stereotype – Walk By August (dub)
6. Lenzman & Submorphics – Way Back When (Phunkfiction dub)
7. Mos Def – The Panties rmx (dub)
8. Bazeado - Segunda Feira - Bungle rmx (Mr Bongo)
9. Calibre – Waterfall (Signature)
10. Martino Ft Sascha - Piece of Heaven (Zinc Deepa Remix) (Bingo)
11. To-Sha – Gimme your boot (dub)
12. Kabuki feat. Jenna G – Rock This Style (Liquid V)
13. Stereotype – Torn (dub)
14. Operon feat. Manta Ray – Airports - Nookie rmx (Phuzion dub)
15. Commix – How you gonna feel (Metalheadz)
16. Atlantic Connection – Rocksteady (Westbay)
17. Fernanda Abreu - Bibolibido rmx (dub)

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The Insiders & MC Fokus live @ Intrigue, Bristol, March 2008

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The Insiders feat. MC System & MC Fokus - Oct 07

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Lost Sequence feat. MC Fokus - Deep Rising Part One

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Lost Sequence feat. MC Fokus - Deep Rising Part Two

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Lost Sequence feat. MC Fokus - Deep Rising Part Three

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Concord Dawn & MC Fokus live @ Nautilus Lucerne (15.03.2008)

01. Hive - Neo (VIP)
>> Concord Dawn - Morning Light
02. Apex - Hench
03. Michael Sembello - Maniac (D.Kay Remix)
04. Cause 4 Concern - Peepshow
05. Mindscape, Chris.SU & Rymetyme - Planet X (Vicious Circle Remix)
06. Vicious Circle - Welcome to Shanktown (VIP)
07. Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes (Marky & Bungle Remix)
08. Matrix & Futurebound - Skyscraper
09. Concord Dawn - Man for all Seasons
10. Keaton & Hive - The Plague (Hive VIP)
11. Concord Dawn - Broken Eyes
12. D.Kay - Serenade
13. ?
14. Concord Dawn - Raining Blood
15. The Whitestripes - Icky Thump (The Upbeats Remix)
16. Concord Dawn - Take it as it comes
>> Concord Dawn & Tiki - Don't Tell Me
17. Body & Soul - Monster Walk
18. Pendulum - Vault (VIP)
19. Concord Dawn - Morning Light (looped)
20. State of Mind - Sun King (Chris.Su Remix)
21. Optiv & Bulletproof - Camouflage 2007
22. Phobia - Just A Nod (Vicious Circle Remix)
23. Concord Dawn & Chris.SU - Scream to the Stars
24. High Contrast - Racing Green
25. Brooke Brothers & Futurebound - Dawn Theader
26. Matrix & Futurebound - Womb
27. Dylan - Spasm
28. Noisia - Façade (VIP)
29. Justice & Simian Mobile Disco - We Are Your Friends (Silver Remix)
30. Computer Club - Load rocket (Gridlok Remix)
>> C4C - Never Acid Again
32. C4C - Dropout
33. Concord Dawn - Fly away home
34. The Upbeats - Poison
35. John B - Redsky

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DJ XS & MC Fokus live @ Nautilus Lucerne (15.03.2008)

1. Icicle – Minus (Shogun Audio)
2. Logistics – Divide (Hospital)
3. Commix – Strictly (Metalheadz)
4. Break – Surroundings (Symmetry)
5. System - Belief System (Dubplate)
6. Logistics - Glitch (Hospital)
7. Break – Authentic (Quarantine)
8. D.Kay – Waxed (Metalheadz)
9. System - Near Miss (Digital Soundboy Dubplate)
10. SP & Breakage – Lurgie (Shogun Audio)
11. Nolige - Hunted (Architechture Dubplate)
12. Ed Rush & Optical – Watermelon (Virus)
13. Skitty - Rot (Dubplate)
14. Digital & Lutin - Phantasy (Function)
15. Break & Fierce & D Bridge & Nico - Galleon (Quarantine)
16. Spirit - Scrabble VIP (Inneractive)
17. DBR - Straight thru your heart (Vampire Dubplate)
18. Apex & Spor & Ewun - Dirge (Lifted Music)
19. Icicle - Late Nights (Critical)
20. Commix - Emilys Smile (Metalheadz)
21. Amit - ??? (Commercial Suicide)
22. Usual Suspects - The Code Remix (Renegade Hardware)
23. Commix - Satelite Type 2 (Metalheadz)
24. Unknown Error - The Yearning (Horizons Music)
25. Break & Silent Witness - Don’t rush it (Metalheadz)
26. Calyx & TeeBee - ???
27. Ewun - Screw up (Lifted Music)
28. Outrage & Resound - ??? (Function)
29. Icicle - Weak Moments (Subtitles)
30. Concord Dawn - Morning Light (Timeless)
31. ??? - Spacedust Remix (Timeless)
32. Lynx - Disco Dodo (Creative Source)
33. Phace - Fingerfood (Subtitles)
34. Chris.SU - Costello (Inneractive)
35. ??? (Dubplate)
36. Spor - ???
37. System - Headache (Vampire Dubplate)

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DJ XS & MC Fokus live @ Perception FM 102,4 (25.05.2006)

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Masheen & MC Fokus - Live at Twisted Sessions, France (09.02.2008)

01.Evol Intent - 8 Bit Bitch (Spor Remix)
02.Phobia - Singularity
03.Jade - The Prey
04.Nphonix - Zed
05.The Dying Punks - Wednesday Wake
06.Limewax - He Will Find Us (SPL Remix)
07.Cooh - Noisy Sneaker
08.Limewax - Onkey (Audio Remix)
09.??? (fade out)
10.Masheen - Jet Lag
11.???
12.Raiden - Helium
13.Limewax - One of Them (Current Value Remix)
14.???
15.Masheen - Trash Bath
16.Pylon & Switch Technique - Quantum
17.???
18.???
19.???
20.???
21.Nphonix - Piranha
22.The Dying Punks - Love Your Robots
23.Masheen - Vertigo

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Jodabitch & MC Fokus - Live at Twisted Sessions, France (09.02.2008)

1/limewax-the attack-(tech freak)
2/the sect-zeroid-(offkey)
3/spor,evol intent,ewun & apex-dirge-(lifted)
4/audio-fallout-(freak)
5/noisia & phace-levitation-(vision)
6/no money-delirium ft mc coppa(proktah remix)-(have a break dub)
7/black sun empire-the end of me-(bse)
8/proktah-razorblade-(trust in music dub)
9/raiden-pinball(proket remix)-(offkey)
10/mindscape-the vulture-(citrus)
11/dose-eye to eye-(syndrome)
12/krone & malsum-genesis-(close2death dub)
13/malsum-teorema-(melting pot digital dub)
14/state of mind-flashpoint-(uprising)
------cut in recording--------
15/state of mind-barricade-(uprising)
16/jade-acid flood-(bse)
17/identity & zardonic-neurotica-(zrd014)
18/cooh-armeny-(obsessions)
19/counterstrike & eye d-the grind-(prspct)
20/katharsys-turbulence-(filthy sanchez dub)
21/katharsys-mute-(filthy sanchez dub)

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Sleeper Cell & MC Fokus @ Club UBU Rennes, France

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Jade & MC Fokus live @ Twisted Sessions Rennes, France (28.09.2007)

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DJ Skitty + MC System & MC Fokus live @ Massive Tunes, Germany (28.03.2008)

1.Gridlok-Weirdstep-p51
2.Morphy & Kiat-Strangers-Function
3.Gridlok-Sludge-p51
4.Loxy & Resound-Fall-X-agenda
5.Coolhandflex-Must feel(serum rmx)-mac 2
6.The untouchables & friske-Endangered species.
7.Loxy & Dylan-Evolution(firske rmx).
8.Jem ome-39 steps.
9.Goldie-inside soul-Headz
10.Outrage & Aperture-Love like blood-Whisper audio
11.Morphy-Put down ya gunz-function
12.Digital-to late-function
13.System-near miss-digital soundboy
14.jubei & tyrone-Tremor
15.universal circle-Rollers convention-Hardware
16.Mayhem & Gridlok-untitled
17.Gridlok-Labrat-p51
18.Bulletproff & Gridlok feat Mc Dino-Dark times
19.Uknown-Fugees bootleg
20.Apex-yearning vip-Horizens
21.D-bridge-Bellini-Headz
22.Pantys-bootleg
23.Spectra soul-unearthed-nu directions
24.Alex perez-crookly -soul r
25Spectra soul-seeing stars-nu directions

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Nick Dubz Studio Mix feat. MC Fokus

Breakage - Comeback (Bassbin)
Rufige - Is this real (Exit)
Unknown - Unknown - (Underground noise)
Silent Witness - Twin Town (Critical)
Spectrasoul - Tommorows Promise (Soundtrax)
Sabre - Gasoline (revolution)
Mindscape Ft Rhymetyme - Sickness (Citrus)
Dom & Roland - Deckards Theme
Seba - Warriors (Secret Ops)
Intalex - Lowlife (Soul:R)
Outro
Synopix - Rouge Soul

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MC Fokus presents: The Cataclysm Mixtape Winter 2007

1. Break & Fierce - Keeper (Quarantine)
2. Icicle & Nympho - Hand Rolled Cigarette (Renegade Recordings)
3. Nolige - The Hunted (Architecture)
4. Ed Rush & Optical - Watermelon (Virus)
5. Verse & SP - Surrender (Crunch)
6. Spirit & Digital - Gateman (Phantom Audio)
7. Randall & Vapour - Angels Warning (Mac 2)
8. Fierce / Break / D Bridge / Nico - Gallion (Quarantine)
9. Ed Rush & Optical - Mystery Machine (Virus)
10. Skitty - NLP (Unreleased)

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Midnight-FM & MC Fokus presents: The Ghostmachine Showcase Mix

01: Midnight-FM - Intro
02: Midnight-FM - (M)ars(ch)mensch
03: Midnight-FM - Unexpected Lifeform
04: Midnight-FM - Early Grey
05: Midnight-FM - Grindwinder
06: Midnight-FM - Bit and Bytes
07: Midnight-FM - The Others
08: Midnight-FM - The Bastard
09: Midnight-FM - Palladium

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The Sect & MC Fokus - Live @ Therapy Sessions (21.05.2008)

01. D.A.V.E. the Drummer - Hydraulix 9 (Proket remix) [SUBSISTENZ]
02. Raiden & Current Value - RM Bleeps [OFFKEY]
03. The Sect - Evolve [OFFKEY]
04. The Sect - Voices [POSITION CHROME]
05. Propaganda - Mercenary (React VIP) [OFFKEY]
06. Bias - Chrysalis (The Sect Remix) [KSS BLACK]
07. The Sect - Annihilation [FREAK]
08. Audio - Destroyed (The Sect Remix) [OBSCENE]
09. Current Value - Addict [???]
10. Hive & Keaton - The Plague (Hive VIP) [RENEGADE HARDWARE]
11. Raiden & The Sect - Caesium 137 (Audio Remix) [OFFKEY]
12. Propaganda - Hypothermic [OBSCENE]
13. Raiden & Current Value - Scrapyard [FUTURE SICKNESS]
14. Proket, Pyro & Kantyze - Antharas [OBSCENE]
15. Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul (Raiden Remix) [NO RELEASE]
16. The Sect - Patriarch [FREAK]
17. The Panacea - Burning Like Fire (The Sect Remix) [POSITION CHROME]

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anyone links? PM!

[YpsilonO]

[usories]

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Skitty + MC System & MC Fokus live @ Massive Tunes, Germany (28.03.2008)

war ne heftige Nacht ! vorallem das spontane mitkommen von MC Fokus. (war aber am 16.02.08 und nicht 28.03 )
hier Bilder als Beweis
http://dnb-futureworld.de/album_cat.php?cat_id=40


Und danke für die anderen Linkz, denn Fokus rockt !

[Midnight FM]

Update:
The Insiders & MC Fokus live @ Intrigue, Bristol, March 2008
The Insiders feat. MC System & MC Fokus - Oct 07

[d.rk]

thx

[Jay_mf]

thx!

[Midnight FM]

Update:
DJ XS & MC Fokus live @ Perception FM 102,4 (25.05.2006)
Jade & MC Fokus live @ Twisted Sessions Rennes, France (28.09.2007)
Jodabitch & MC Fokus - Live at Twisted Sessions, France (09.02.2008)
The Sect & MC Fokus - Live @ Therapy Sessions (21.05.2008)

[gmaagsta]

coole sache...