Hecate
Hecate in 2006.
Background information
Birth name	Rachael Kozak
Genres	Breakcore Darkcore
Labels	Zhark International

Hecate is the performing name of American/Austrian 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. 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.^[1] In the middle part of the decade, she has become increasingly involved in the extreme metal scene, particularly industrial black metal.^[2] She eventually formed Treachery, a black metal group.^[2]

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.

Contents 1 Influences 2 Discography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 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.^[3] She also teamed up with the Austrian metal band Belphegor on their last two LPs, Pest Apokalypse and Bondage Goat Zombie. She has written lyrics for two of their songs on the upcoming - WALPURGIS RITES - HEXENWAHN, as well as doing some more spoken work and screaming contributions.

[edit] 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^[4]
• Brew Hideous (Sublight/Zhark International)
• Nymphomatriarch (collaboration with Venetian Snares) (IDM)(2003)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hecate at Discogs
• www.zhark.org - Zhark International record label
• MySpace Page

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