Name: Sound Is Like Water
Brand: Dreamcastmoe

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SPC150LP

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Colour

Black

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

804297715018

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

SPC150LPC2

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Purple

Grape Swirl

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Extended format: Yes

2022-11-18

804297715049

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / purple

Artist

Dreamcastmoe

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

Spectral Sound

dreamcastmoe is the recording project of singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ Davon Bryant, a lifelong resident of Washington, DC. His music moves freely between moods and modes, hypnotic, romantic, traversing electronic, R&amp;B, funk, soul, and hip-hop. His voice, a steady instrument, seemingly connects 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 sees <i>Sound Is Like Water</i>, his debut on Ghostly’s International’s freeform label, Spectral Sound. The two-part project culminates as a full-length LP release in November 2022. The first side, released as Part I, opens on the blurred beats of “El Dorado,” which dreamcastmoe dedicates to his journey. It’s a head-nodder, an off-kilter earworm co-produced by Max D (Future Times, RVNG Intl, etc.), with Bryant harmonizing hooks with synth jabs and a pitched-down presence. “Complicated” is the slow jam, delivered smoothly from a Saturday night crossroads. dreamcastmoe is contempla- tive and committed — gliding and locking ad-libs into skittering rhythms courtesy of co-producer Zackary Dawson — but also willing to let something go, “acknowledging that everything in life IS NOT easy.” “RU Ready” takes off from the jump as a tribute, challenge, and promise to his partner and his city (“The times you sat with me when I needed you the most / Told me the things that I needed to see / Young black man, really trying to be what I can be / And I’m really from DC). In its potent two-plus minutes, the sonics (co-produced by ZDBT) press the message, all cymbal crashes, breakbeats, and serrated synth lines. “Cloudy Weather, Wear Boots” is a blitzing dance-punk track made in collaboration with Jordan GCZ on Bryant’s first trip to Amsterdam. The album’s flipside opens on “Much More,” the first of two synth-and-beat ballads co-produced by ZDBT. Later on “Long Songz,” he claims, “I’m not writing love songs no more,” prioritizing the vibe with “all my day ones.” He calls it “a cry for more normal moments. Everything doesn’t have to be a fantasy love story, more time spent getting to the money, growing, and making a way.” He saves two of his most propul- sive cuts for the finale, co-produced by Sami, co-founder of DC dance label 1432 R. As their titles suggest, “Take A Moment” and “Make Ya Mind” operate as anthems for movement, with Bryant free-flowing commands above wildly-styled percussion. Per Bryant, the latter is both “wake &amp; bake jam” and a “dance floor bomb.” His parting line: “Action / You got to show me action / Reaction.” The world of dreamcastmoe straddles virtual reality and the realness of DC, images both imagined and lived-in. Bryant has a knack for unexpected melodies but what makes his music so exciting is his capacity to defy the expectations of genre and image. A fluid ingenuity and vulnerability bottled by Sound Is Like Water, and this is just the beginning.

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Sound Is Like Water

Music GB