Mophono, who set out to master the machines that threatened to be the masters of men, at an early age showed a strong passion for science, math & music. He was to be an inventor/engineer, but music had the greater gravitational pull. 
 While electronic & 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. Booked at many of the underground raves until April of 1998 when one Oakland warehouse dance floor collapsed during one of his epic DJ sets, ending an era and starting a new one. DJ Centipede aka Mophono then focused his attention on the growing bay area beat scene, perfected his production & beat juggling skills while promoting San Francisco’s most forward thinking events. 
 Since then Mophono has released two full length albums & a slew of singles giving birth to two new genre’s Thug Jazz & Dirt Wave & a new standard in the record indus­try called Skip on Beat. 
 Inspired by 60’s psyche & experimental electronic music, Mophono Is known for his destructive drum breaks & heavy & orchestral instrumental compositions. With his legendary “Change the Beat” party in San Francisco, Performing live on Boiler Room with long time partner Gaslamp Killer & sharing the stage with DJ Shadow, Flying Lotus, Amon Tobin, Edan, DJ Food, DJ Krush, Dabrye, Diplo & De La Soul with his Skip on Beat records, drum machines & moogs, Mophono intends to set a new standard in live electronic music performance.