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| Motion Potion (Robbie Kowal), called alternately the Dj for people who hate Djs (SFWeekly) and the "Swiss Army DJ", seems to have something for everyone. 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 mixes 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-X, Wegofunk Paris, and Burning Man. 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 Littlewood, and "the Fringe" an artist collective aimed to push evolutionary music within the Burning Man community. Website: www.myspace.com/motionpotion | ||