Dream Cymbals DMMRI22 Dark Matter Moon Ride, 22"

Dream calls it the musical manhole cover: a 22" Moon Ride, unlathed and double-fired, all ping and articulation with essentially no wash and a huge bell. Unapologetic. Every note a distinct event — the ride for gospel chops, precision electronic styles, and mixes where wash is the enemy.

Dark Matter is Dream's re-fired series: micro-lathed by hand, then put back in the fire, which darkens the bronze and roughens the surface. Dry, dark, and trashy in the good sense. Hand-made, so no two are identical.

• 22" ride
• All ping, zero wash
• Huge bell
• Unlathed, double-fired