dreamcastmoe: sound is like water
Francisco Espregueira
Hailing from Washington D.C., dreamcastmoe is the recording project of singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ Davon Bryant. As a versatile, modern artist and collaborator, he has thrived in the underground since his first uploads to Soundcloud and Bandcamp in 2017 and subsequent releases with labels like People's Potential Unlimited, Trading Places, and In Real Life Music. Moving freely between moods and the genres of r&b, futuristic soul, funk and electronic, his storytelling style is choppy yet fluid. Sound Is Like Water, his debut on Ghostly's International's freeform label, Spectral Sound just dropped and is ready to make its rounds conquering listeners of different genres.
Hypnotic, romantic, traversing, stepping on different approaches to dance music, dreamcastmoe’s laid-back personality, emotional honesty, and infectious energy shine through his work. His unmistakable vocals seemingly connect it all, capable of slow falsetto flow, swaggering talk-rap, and outright croon. As showcased in previous releases, 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. Available on vinyl, don’t sleep on this one.
“Most Black kids in DC don’t ever get to this point. This is what I am making this music for, in the DC tradition of soul and empathy and love that is rooted in this city. My music is for real people dealing with shit every day.”