Hecate (musician)

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Name = Hecate

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Genre = Breakcore
Darkcore
Industrial black metal
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Label = Zhark International
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Hecate is the performing name of American/Austrian hardcore/breakcore producer Rachael Kozak, currently living in Basel, Switzerland. She takes her name from the Greek goddess of sorcery Hecate. She has also worked with prolific electronic artist Venetian Snares, creating the controversial album "Nymphomatriarch" made entirely out of recordings of herself and Venetian Snares having sex on their two-week tour in 2003. This also shows her awareness and recognition as a female artist in a male-driven scene. She uses sex as a major topic in her music, as shown in "Hecate Jacks Off The Jackal" and "The Magick Of Female Ejaculation". She also deals heavily with death and the occult. [ [http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2006/05/breakcore-live-fast Breakcore: Live Fast] ]

Rachael Kozak is also involved with video production, graphic arts and writing.

With over 30 records released, she is the most prolific female producer in hard electronic music. She also runs her own record label Zhark International.

Influences

Kozak has indicated appreciation for the '80s metal once featured on "Headbanger's Ball", black metal, Bong-Ra, Xanopticon, Franco Battiato, Pain Teens, King Crimson and Urfaust. She has collaborated with Lustmord, Abelcain, Christoph Fringeli, and Michael Ford of Black Funeral. [Interview with USBMS, April 11, 2008. [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=97955403&blogID=376923457] Access date: August 30, 2008.]

Discography

* "At The Seven Gates" (Zhark International)
* "In The Bush" (Zhark International)
* "The Payback" (Zhark International)
* "Hecate Jacks Off The Jackal" (Zhark International)
* "Negative World Status" (Zhark International)
* "Summer Of Smoke" (Reverse Records)
* "The Magick Of Female Ejaculation" (Zhark International/Praxis)
* "Zod 02" (Zod)
* "Hate Cats EP" (Praxis)
* "Law Of The Battle Of Conquest" (collaboration with Lustmord) (Hymen)
* "Capricorn Connectrix" (Yb70)
* "Ascension Chamber" (Zhark International/Praxis)
* "Seven Veils Of Silence" (Hymen)
* "Technical Witch / Tech Bitch" (Sub/Version)
* "Seven Veils Of Silence" (Zhark International)
* "Wholesale Massacre Of All Identifiable Replicas" (Zhark International)
* "All That Glitters (Rachel Kozak remix)" for Le Tigre [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/127760] ]
* "Brew Hideous" (Sublight/Zhark International)
* "Nymphomatriarch" (collaboration with Venetian Snares) (IDM)(2003)

References

External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Hecate Hecate @ Discogs.com] - Discography
* [http://www.zhark.org/ www.zhark.org] - Zhark International record label