07/01/2021
Mophono set out to master the machines that threatened to be the masters of men. Born in the Bay Area, from early childhood he showed a strong passion for science, math and music. Wanting to be an inventor/engineer, music having the greater gravitational pull, eventually devoting himself fully to electronic music.
Mophono aka DJ Centipede wanted “to take the mystery out of the legend that says electronic music is an art that is esoteric, exclusively reserved for a few initiates, an elite of avant-garde intellectuals and artists” and so Circuit studios was born in Lower Haight, San
Francisco for the experimental researches of Thug Jazz and Dirt Wave.
While electronic and sample based music matured In the nineties, so did Mophono’s career as the most successful experimental electronic dance music DJ in the bay area. Focusing his attention on the growing bay area beat scene, Mophono perfected his production and beat juggling skills while promoting San Francisco’s most forward thinking events.
Mophono has released two full length albums and a slew of singles giving birth to two new genre’s Thug Jazz and Dirt Wave and a new standard in the record industry called Skip on Beat. Inspired by 60’s psyche and experimental electronic music, Mophono Is known for his destructive drum breaks and heavy and orchestral instrumental compositions. With his legendary “Change the Beat” party in San Francisco, Mophono is so deep in the beat culture melting pot he is stirring it. Performing live on Boiler Room with long time partner Gaslamp Killer and sharing the stage with DJ Shadow, Flying Lotus, Amon Tobin, Edan, DJ Food, DJ Krush, Dabrye, Diplo and De La Soul with his Skip on Beat records, drum machines and moogs, Mophono intends to set a new standard in live electronic music performance.
Orphan is very excited to have participated in a powerful collaboration with and Mophono that is now printed onto 7”, blood red vinyl, with all artwork by Emily Ritz... out out out, very very soon🔥🎭🔥
