Cover art for Cronework / Katy Barrett / Instagram: @Katybarrett1468
Beltane Greetings, everyone! Very excited to announce the release of this compilation today, which is the culmination of a combined effort from musicians, artists and Difficult Art and Music Record label. A huge thanks to everyone involved, please read below for more information about this unique project and how to hear the release!
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“It is to the discovery of reasons and logics other than those of capitalist development that I refer when I speak of ‘re-enchanting the world’, a practice I believe is central to most anti-systemic movements and a precondition for resistance to exploitation.”Sylvia Federici, Re-enchanting the World (2019)
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Cronework – Re-enchanting the label is a compilation and a community project working with Magnetic Ideals and local record label Difficult Art and Music.
Brighton’s riot-grrrl-indie-femme-pop Fuck You and Your A-Sides have curated a feminist release by inviting self-identified women and gender-diverse* artists to submit tracks, and received a wonderful selection of both local and international artists.
The tracks engage with both traditional folklore, and modern interpretations of esoteric magical practice. Musical diversity ranges from chanting ancient verses to Eletronica, Indiepop and Industrial. As a listener you engage with the music as it manifests the spellwork. If you want to go deeper, instructions for each spell song are included, alongside unique artwork created for every artwork, in an accompanying spell book.
The artwork was either created by the musicians themselves or participants from community workshops run in collaboration with the Magnetic Ideals Reconnect programme. Interested participants were welcomed whether artist, musician, witch or just curious to step into our circle and contribute.
Through giving voice and a sense of community to marginalised groups and the still stigmatised practice of political magics, the compilation engages with Sylvia Federici’s practice of ‘re-enchanting the world’. This can be seen as central to anti-systemic movements and a precondition for resistance to exploitation present in today’s ever-isolated and isolating world.
*this definition of gender-diverse includes transwomen, trans men, people who identify outside of the man/women binary, including non-binary and genderqueer people, and self-identified women, includes all women.