Artist, in-demand producer and visual storyteller DWY has released his latest single “BMX” from his forthcoming debut mixtape and accompanying short film, 8-Bit Memories, set for release in early 2020 via Loud Robot, the subsidiary record label of J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions. PRESS HERE to listen to “BMX,” which explores how memories are never as good or as bad as we remember them to be and how reminiscing can be a roadblock to moving forward. With organic instrumentation and throwback production, 8-Bit Memories artfully distils the warm pre-Y2K whimsy of nineties flicks into the icy genre-blurring post-808s & Heartbreak generation.
“The mixtape is based off my life from the age of nineteen until now,” says DWY. “Telling stories is my main thing, and the project captures nostalgia in its many forms. That’s why it’s called 8-Bit Memories. You see memory through a prism-like an 8-bit Nintendo Gameboy. It’s hazy and not quite clear. That’s how I’m viewing the specific time in my life. I hope listeners find some solace in it.”
Signing to Loud Robot gave DWY an outlet for the stunning creativity that he draws from the visual side of his artistic palette. He co-wrote and produced the mixtape’s accompanying short film directed by Quran Squire, Director and Film Academy Alumnus of the Shawn Carter Foundation (Jay-Z’s scholarship program). Additionally, DWY has created a magazine to allow for a deeper dive into his world, featuring a series of thought-provoking poems, excerpts and images meant to offer a snapshot of his relationships and how he views the world and those around him.
Check out the tracklist for the mixtape below and in the meantime zone out to “BMX” below or here.
8-Bit Memories mixtape tracklisting:
- Flaws/Only Human
- Everytime I See You Again
- You & Me
- BMX (Feat. Robopop)
- Not Ready
- Purple Daffodils
- Over You
- Be Kind, Rewind
