// EXHIBIT 09 — DIASPORA · THE SHOWCASE SAMPLER

Yiddish Radio

STEEL

“YIDDISH RADIO”
1-OF-1 COVER ARTWORK

An old mid-century radio left on in an empty kitchen at night. Soft static and a quiet head-nod groove. A woman's fragile voice sings a half-remembered lullaby, slightly behind the beat on purpose. The lag is the distance between memory and the present. Sparse, warm, and distant. Grief without anger.

// THE CONCEPT

An old mid-century radio left on in an empty kitchen at night. Soft static and a quiet head-nod groove. A woman's fragile voice sings a half-remembered lullaby, slightly behind the beat on purpose. The lag is the distance between memory and the present. Sparse, warm, and distant. Grief without anger.

// LYRICS

[Intro] (soft radio static and quiet groove)
[Verse] (soft, fragile, slightly behind the beat)
lai… lai…
mmm…
lai…
(long pause with static)
[Verse]
lai… lai…
(soft and distant)
mmm…
(long pause)
[Instrumental] (just the quiet groove and static)
[Verse]
lai…
(almost whispered)
lai…
[The full Intro / Verse / Instrumental sequence repeats two more times]
[Outro] (voice fades into radio static)

A half-remembered Yiddish lullaby, sung fragile and slightly behind the beat on purpose

STATIC — LULLABY, SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE BEAT · LONG QUIET SPACES

// PRODUCTION COMMENTARY

Soft Jazz. Old mid-century radio texture, soft static, a slow head-nod groove, and a woman's soft fragile voice singing a half-remembered Yiddish lullaby, deliberately slightly out of sync with the beat. Dry close recording, patient pacing, long quiet spaces. Memory and distance. Grief without anger.