"Now here’s a treat – screwed slow funk jams beamed from the purple dimension, where autotune crunk and Motown sup from the same sizzurp. Dreamcastmoe’s woozy mixtape waves rippled through PPU and Rhythm Section like nothing else, now he brings his talk-rap croon IRL with a full band realising some of the chillest shit around FFO: Thundercat, Kenny Segal, NxWorries, Dam-Funk."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Saturday 25th July. The event starts at 19:00.
Strange Brew presents
dreamcastmoe (w/ full live band)
+ the wind between (fka ELDON)
Friday 17th July 2026
19:00 - 22:00
We are really excited to have landed this - dreamcastmoe is one of our absolute favourite artists in contemporary soulful music. Tonight he performs a rare UK show with a full live band.
dreamcastmoe (USA)
Blending R&B, soul, jazz, funk, house and hip-hop with a refreshing, laid-back style. For fans of: Thundercat, Theo Parrish, Kenny Segal, NxWorries, Dam-Funk
dreamcastmoe aka Davon Bryant-Mason is a lifelong resident of Washington DC, formerly the chocolate city. He is the singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ who since 2017 has quietly been releasing some of the most hotly-tipped and underground genre-spanning music.
Traversing across R&B, funk, soul, jazz, and hip-hop, Bryant slickly moves between styles and tones. This ability to twist and turn in different directions — yet remain stylistically coherent — can be traced to his home city of DC and the makeup of the neighborhoods. 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.
dreamcastmoe’s beats are a mirror to his life lived and experienced there. “I would not be where I am today if I weren’t from DC,” he says. “You can hear DC in the way that I talk. Certain runs in my voice are rooted to the soul of DC because I listen to a lot of Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye. I would say DC has a role in my approach to my music and sets the tone. I’m one of those people that could work with anyone. I always try to bring the best out of people. That’s just how I grew up. I grew up in a smorgasbord of a city where one block could be hood shit and the next block could be the White House. You have to know how to move accordingly through all those spaces.”
In 2018, after a string of one-off projects and wax-only releases, dreamcastmoe shared The Lost Tape Vol. 2, his first full-length release. Showcasing his versatility as an artist and collaborator, he recorded the project with his live full band over the course of about a year and a half with stints in D.C., New York, Los Angeles, and London, and sessions both intimate (basement in D.C.) and lush (XL Recording’s studios in NYC). In the years since, he has put out several EPs with labels such as Trading Places, In Real Life Music Publishing, and People's Potential Unlimited.
In 2022, dreamcastmoe joined Ghostly International as the first signing in a new era for its freeform label, Spectral Sound. Part 1 of his new project, Sound Is Like Water, was released in summer 2022.
The Wind Between (FKA Eldon)
The Wind Between (fka Eldon) is an exercise in phosphorous poetry and integrative rhythm, combining sound, language arts, and more in an effort to explore spirit and spells
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Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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