shadow work by leap

shadow work is an album centered on the element of air, chimes, and that of ourselves and others (as elements of ourselves) which is avoided, dismissed, feared and forsaken. as an abolition healing art, shadow work as a practice, and this album as a contribution to that practice, is toward the end of the world as we know it. as witches have always known, chimes have the power to banish and invoke. shadow work contributes to banishing that which upholds policing in all its forms, while invoking new and ongoing forms of care that imagine other possibilities and live multiple presencings.

shadow work was released at 5:05 EST on October 1, the time of the full moon. this full moon is in conjunction with Chiron, the wounded healer. this full moon illuminates that which has been in our shadows, that which is raw and vulnerable. we dance with our shadows, ready to transform.

all the chimes for this sound study were field recorded by us in storms of thunder, rain, and wind and in the stillness and gentle breezes. we are grateful to Roxanne for her immense chime collection – she is a witch that knows.

animals that were present during the making of this album in seen and unseen ways included loon, vulture, hummingbird, cardinal, owl, and butterfly.

The breath I breathe is in the wind
The chime that vibrates invites me in
To this shadow work I begin
In the service of abolition

A ritual for wind:
Stay still, breathe in and out in tune with the wind
You are wind

A ritual for air:
Be where you are, feel all parts of your flesh touched by air
You are air

A ritual for you:
Feel yourself evaporating
You are not you

Tracklist

1.	dispossession	13:31

2.	their face is a burning wind	11:13

3.	the haunted the hunted the hated	7:40

4.	messenger	4:33

5.	no body no cure	7:18

6.	sky burial	10:39

7.	a hex for the world's end	3:01

Credits

released October 1, 2020

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