For Immediate Release: January 2, 2009

“Art of Change Inaugural Ball – Los Angeles”
Featuring The Mutaytor at The Mayan
Presented by Wonderland adVentures
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

LOS ANGELES, CA – The “Art of Change Inaugural Ball – Los Angeles” brings artists and creative thinkers from all communities together to celebrate the swearing in of President Barack Obama on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The revelry will take place in Downtown LA at the beautiful Mayan featuring The Mutaytor as well as DJ Motion Potion, DJ Wolfie, a surprise special guest performer TBA, and others. Creative formal attire is encouraged! Located at 1038 S. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015, to learn more about the venue please call 213-746-4674 or visit http://www.clubmayan.com. Doors open at 7:00pm and guests 21-years old or older are welcome. Tickets cost $10 and an advance purchase is highly recommended as the event is expected to sell out the Mayan’s 1,500-person capacity. For more information or to purchase tickets please visit http://www.wonderlandadventuresinc.com.

The time-line for the evening is as follows:
– 7:00pm – Doors open. Tunes provided by SF’s DJ Motion Potion (www.motionpotion.com). Dine on healthy, organic fare catered by Carbon Grill (separate cost), a farmers market favorite.

– 8:00pm – Rebroadcast of President Obama’s Inauguration Speech in HD on six BIG SCREENS. DJ Motion Potion spins until 9:30pm

– 9:30pm – The Mutaytor takes the stage for their celebratory theatrical extravaganza, hot off the heals of their San Francisco New Year’s Eve show (with Thievery Corporation and Bassnectar) with extra special musical and visual surprises to salute our new President (http://mutaytor.com)

– 10:30pm – An “Extra Special Guest Artist” takes the stage and rocks out until we cant stand up anymore (around midnight)

– 12midnight – DJ Wolfie (www.djwolfie.com) brings it home for those who want to party into the wee hours (wrap up by 2:00am)

Visuals for the evening will be provided by VJ Victorious from Visual Symphony (as seen at Coachella), a multi sensory experience told through images, lights, and lasers set to music. He’ll be doing a commemorative audio/visual display unveiled for the first time at the Art of Change Inaugural Ball (www.myspace.com/evictor; http://visualsymphony.us).

Lighting designer extraordinaire Dan Reed, is on board to light the show for the evening. For the past 8 years Reed has served as an Associate Lighting Director for Bob Dickinson, Bob Barnhart, and Ted Wells at Full Flood Inc., coordinating the preparation and distribution of lighting designs for over 500 broadcast and special events, such as the Democratic National Convention in Denver, as well as Obama’s acceptance speech on November 4th in Chicago. Reed has also worked in key theatrical lighting positions on the Oscars, Grammys, Emmys and so much more (http://danreedlighting.net).

At the outset of his presidency, Obama may well be labeled ‘The Artists President.’ As the author of two best-selling books – Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama uniquely appreciates the role and value of creative expression. Observing that our nation’s creativity has filled the world’s libraries, museums, recital halls, movie houses, and marketplaces with works of genius, he agrees that the arts embody the American spirit of self-definition.

During their campaign, Obama and Biden ran on a platform in support of the arts and pledged to:
– Reinvest in Arts Education
– Expand Public/Private Partnerships Between Schools and Arts Organizations
– Create an Artist Corps
– Publicly Champion the Importance of Arts Education
– Support Increased Funding for the NEA
– Promote Cultural Diplomacy
– Provide Health Care to Artists
– Ensure Tax Fairness for Artists

The “Art of Change Inaugural Ball – Los Angeles” celebrates this new spirit in our government. The producers of the Ball purposely kept ticket prices low ($10) to encourage an inclusive celebration.

The Mutaytor is part hip-grinding electroinc-retro-funk, part audience-interactive post-modern circus. The act takes drastically advanced elements of the Grateful Dead, Parliament-Funkadelic, the Crystal Method, Louis Prima and Blue Man Group and throws them directly at the audience as riotous surreal entertainment notable for “turning Civilians into Rockstars.” The sound is tight, the show manic, the vibe all-inclusively friendly. They are on stage, above the audience, IN the crowd. There’s nothing like the Mutaytor in show business today and they’ll probably have to spin off parts of itself in order to have any competition in the future.

Motion Potion aka Robbie Kowal is one of the Bay Area’s hardest working, most innovative, and versatile DJs. Alternately called the DJ for people who hate DJs (SF Weekly) and the “Swiss Army DJ,” he 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. Legends such as Isaac Hayes, Dr John, and Maceo Parker have all called upon “Mopo” to open their shows and rock their set-breaks.

DJ Wolfie headlines parties from coast to coast, both in mainstream venues and the underground circuit. In 2008 he played at Coachella Music Festival on the bill with Prince and Roger Waters, at The Optimus Alive festival in Portugal with Rage Against the Machine, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young, and at The All Points West Festival in New York with Radiohead, Underworld, and Jack Johnson. His music features a broad range of funky tunes with ass shaking beats. He throws some of the wildest invitation-only events in Los Angeles, regularly packing in 1000 or more people to artistically fueled musical extravaganzas.

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For more information, images, or to set up interviews with the event producers or any of the talent, please contact Green Galactic’s Lynn Hasty at 213-840-1201 or lynn@greengalactic.com.