dreamcastmoe Brings D.C. Soul to Radio/East

The Washington singer, producer and DJ plays the Montopolis Drive stage on Friday, Nov 13, with BoomBaptist and Dj Hot Donna.

Picture the covered outdoor stage at Radio/East on a mid-November Friday, food trucks on the edge of the lot, and a set that drifts from soul vocals into house rhythms without ever announcing the change. That's the promise of Friday, Nov 13, when dreamcastmoe comes to Montopolis Drive.

dreamcastmoe plays Radio/East on Friday, Nov 13, 2026, at 8pm, with BoomBaptist and Dj Hot Donna on the bill. Tickets are through Prekindle. The venue holds 800.

dreamcastmoe is the project of Davon Bryant, a D.C.-based singer, songwriter, producer and DJ who has been putting out music since 2017. His work moves across R&B, funk, soul, jazz and hip-hop, and Resident Advisor sums it up as "soulful, cross-genre dance music." Mixmag has noted how his releases fold soul and funk into house and old-school hip-hop, on labels including Ghostly International and Future Times.

The turning point for a lot of listeners was his 2022 signing to Ghostly's Spectral Sound imprint, announced with the single "RU Ready." That led to *Sound Is Like Water*, the 2022 album that DJ Mag called his second full-length project, which got a vinyl pressing later on. He's kept busy since: a collaboration with Los Angeles producer Real Bad Man and Detroit rapper Boldy James on the single "Come Back Around," and a monthly show on NTS. He's cited Donny Hathaway as an influence on the runs in his vocals, and you can hear that lineage even when the track underneath is built for a dance floor.

Soul vocals over house rhythms, from someone who sings, produces and DJs all of it himself.

Radio/East is a good fit for that mix. It's the second location of Radio Coffee & Beer, at 3504 Montopolis Dr., and it opened in October 2023 with live music built into the plan from day one. The covered outdoor stage has hosted acts including Santigold, Shakey Graves and The Damned, and the setup, with a full bar and food trucks, makes it easy to treat a show here as the whole night rather than one stop on it.

The support on this bill points the same direction. BoomBaptist and Dj Hot Donna round it out, so expect the night to stay moving between sets rather than going quiet while the stage turns over.

A few practical notes. The show starts at 8pm. Tickets are sold through Prekindle, so buy ahead. And Radio/East is an outdoor stage, so check the forecast and bring a layer if it turns cool after dark.

For Austin, this is a chance to catch an artist who sits somewhere between a soul singer and a selector, in a room that was built for exactly this kind of night. Grab a drink, find a spot near the front, and let him take it wherever he wants to go.

Sources: dreamcastmoe's music for the soul effortlessly blends genres and BPMs (Mixmag) (mixmag.net); The Mix 063: dreamcastmoe (Mixmag) (mixmag.net); dreamcastmoe signs to Ghostly International's Spectral Sound, shares "RU Ready" (The FADER) (thefader.com); dreamcastmoe releases new mixtape Sound Is Like Water Part 1 (DJ Mag) (djmag.com); dreamcastmoe Is Bringing Washington, D.C.'s Groove Back (Hypebeast) (view.ceros.com); Dreamcast on NTS (nts.live); Radio Coffee's New, Music-Focused Montopolis Location Opens Today (Austin Chronicle) (austinchronicle.com); Radio Coffee & Beer cranks up Radio/East (Daily Coffee News) (dailycoffeenews.com); Radio East (The Infatuation) (theinfatuation.com); Radio Coffee & Beer — Story (radiocoffeeandbeer.com); dreamcastmoe at Radio/East (Prekindle) (prekindle.com); dreamcastmoe at Radio/East (JamBase) (jambase.com)