Dreamcastmoe Sound Is Like Water Red Vinyl Edition

dreamcastmoe is the recording project of singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ DavonBryant, a lifelong resident of Washington, DC. His music moves freely between moodsand modes, hypnotic, romantic, traversing electronic, R&B, funk, soul, and hip-hop _Resident Advisor dubs it "soulful, cross-genre dance music." This ability to adapt andfinesse, to twist in different directions while staying true and coherent in vision, canbe traced to his home city and its complex cultural history. "Most Black kids in DCdon't ever get to this point," he says. "This is what I am making this music for, in theDC tradition of soul and empathy and love that is rooted in this city. My music is forreal people dealing with shit every day." A versatile, modern artist and collaborator,dreamcastmoe has thrived in the underground since his first uploads to Soundcloudand Bandcamp in 2017 and subsequent releases with labels like People's PotentialUnlimited, Trading Places, and In Real Life Music. Bryant's laid-back personality,emotional honesty, and infectious energy shine through his work and how he talksabout it, as Crack Magazine notes in their 2021 Rising feature: "a steady combinationof confidence, creativity, and calmness." He grew up playing drums in church; he'sworked dead-end jobs, had ups and downs, even sold off all his gear one time, butnever stopped reinvesting in himself. He is quick to praise his co-producers, rattle offinfluences _ the visual feel of NBA 2K, the comedic timing of Bernie Mac, the savvylegacy of Duke Ellington, for starters _ and credit resourceful DC breakouts likeAnkhlejohn that showed him the roadmap. His voice, a steady instrument, seeminglyconnects it all, capable of slow falsetto flow, swaggering talk-rap, and outright croon.His storytelling style is choppy yet fluid, like a mixtape, which is how Bryant seesSound Is Like Water, his debut on Ghostly's International's freeform label, SpectralSound. The two-part project culminates as a full-length LP release in No...