// EXHIBIT 02 — DIASPORA · THE SHOWCASE SAMPLER

Shabbat Table

STEEL

“SHABBAT TABLE”
1-OF-1 COVER ARTWORK

// THE CONCEPT

This track comes from an unreleased album called Grief Without Anger — this is Jewish life lived in the unphotographed hours. The album refuses to perform Jewishness for an audience. It simply sits inside it. The table after the candles have burned low. The week is over. What’s left is the quiet presence of people who have chosen to stay. Rest without escape. Belonging without noise. Central theme of the track: Presence after performance. The decision to remain.

// LYRICS — WORDLESS VOCAL

Hummed phrases — no sung words
Room tone and vinyl crackle throughout
Soft bass and brushed snare, very quiet

Wordless throughout

INTRO — ROOM TONE · VERSE — HUMMED PHRASES · INSTRUMENTAL — BASS & BRUSHED SNARE · OUTRO — FADING

// PRODUCTION COMMENTARY

Chamber pop / folk / ambient, 3:09. A wordless vocal: hummed phrases over room tone and vinyl crackle, soft bass and brushed snare kept very quiet.