Motion Potion (Robert Kowal)

Background: Motion Potion (Robert Kowal), called alternately “the Dj for people who hate Dj’s” (SFWeekly) and the "Swiss Army DJ", MoPo seems to have something for everyone. MoPo is a funk impresario, mashup enthusiast, and live collaborator with such bands as Parliament-Funkadelic, the Mutaytor and Galactic. His career has been defined by an attempt to break down genre and scene barriers, playing every conceivable kind of music in the course of a night, a set, or a seven-minute mash-up. His own mix CD's range wider than most label's catalogs; live mixess that range from underground hip hop to electronic breaks to world fusion to rare southern rock.

The common denominator seems to be "the funk" whether it be funky urban electronic breaks, funky underground hip hop, funky nu-school rock and electroclash, or just plain sho'nuff motherfunkin' FUNK. This versatility has gotten him choice assignments such as the Bonnaroo Music Festival, Xingolati, Jamcruise, Mid Atlantic Music Experience, Wegofunk Paris, and the Burning Man Festival. Other pursuits include Sunset Promotions (producer of over 500 shows and 3 festivals including SF Funk Fest), the 6-year-old music newsletter "WhatDaFunk", "Scratch n Sniff" a duo project with SJ ”SIMO” Littlewood, and "the Fringe" an artist collective aimed to push evolutionary music within the Burning Man community.

Motion Potion has performed alongside: Parliament Funkadelic (si-tin), Galactic (sit-in), the Mutaytor (member), Rebirth Brass Band (sit-in) plus openners for Isaac Hayes, Sheryl Crowe, Widespread Panic, Femi Kuti, Maceo Parker, the Meters, Dr. John, Karl Denson, String Cheese Incident, Soundtribe Sector Nine, Soulive, the Flaming Lips etc…