Hecate

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Head mistress of Zhark International, Rachael Kozak, lives to annihilate the constructs of the innocuous trends of modern music by confronting them with substance and emotion. Creating a portal to the unspeakable abyss on a multitude of allied labels, Hecate has released over 30 records which makes her by far the most prolific female producer in hard electronic music. Thoroughly immersed in the amalgamation of the esoteric arts, science fiction and nightmare landscapes, Hecate transgresses the boundaries of all known genres.

"Moody electronics that mutate into sinister atmospheres, underlined by breaks and broken  beats... " That pretty much sums up the musical stylings of Rachael Kozak - but to say that her only contributions to the "scene" are musical would be an understatement. Besides running things with the Praxis/ZHark labels, Rachael also helps put together Datacide (a magazine "for the grey zone of Noise & Politics" - it provides information on the cutting edge of technological subversion via sound and ideas.) and helped to form The Homewrecker Foundation (an all female label and ideology).