Name: Sound Is Like Water
Brand: Dreamcastmoe

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SPC150lp-C1

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Colour

Colour details

Fruit Punch Vinyl

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

804297715032

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Total Cap

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

SPC150lp

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Black

Extended format: No

804297715018

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

Artist

Dreamcastmoe

Genre US

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label US

Ghostly International

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 — Resident Advisor dubs it “soulful, cross-genre dance music.” This ability to adapt and finesse, to twist in different directions while staying true and coherent in vision, can be traced to his home city and its complex cultural history. “Most Black kids in DC don’t ever get to this point,” he says. “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.” 

A versatile, modern artist and collaborator, dreamcastmoe 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. Bryant’s laid-back personality, emotional honesty, and infectious energy shine through his work and how he talks about it, as Crack Magazine notes in their 2021 Rising feature: “a steady combination of confidence, creativity, and calmness.” He grew up playing drums in church; he’s worked dead-end jobs, had ups and downs, even sold off all his gear one time, but never stopped reinvesting in himself. He is quick to praise his co-producers, rattle off influences — the visual feel of NBA 2K, the comedic timing of Bernie Mac, the savvy legacy of Duke Ellington, for starters — and credit resourceful DC breakouts like Ankhlejohn that showed him the roadmap. 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 Sound Is Like Water, 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.

Sound Is Like Water

Music US