Hecate (band)

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Hecate
Hekate in 2005
Hekate in 2005
General information
Genre (s) Neofolk , Medieval
founding 1991
Website hekate.info
Current occupation
Axel Menzer
singing
 Susanne Grosche
Dirk Diederich
Percussion
 Jörg Schwickerath
Achim Weiler
Hekate at the Nocturnal Culture Night Festival 2016

Hekate is a band from Koblenz named after Hekate , the Greek goddess of necromancy and spook . The band, influenced by Neofolk , was founded in 1991 and combines historical and modern style influences.

music

Hekate processed u. a. Elements from folk, classical music, songwriters and the Middle Ages and combines them with experimental, electronic sounds. The instrumentation includes percussion, drums, period instruments, guitars and synthesizers. The texts deal with myths and legends ( Barbarossa , the fairy Morgana le Fay , the Cathars or the Moors ). In addition to his own texts, Hekate also uses culturally significant texts from previous epochs and presents them in different languages ​​(French, English, Yiddish , German).

Band history

Hekate was initially founded as an experimental Atonal project. The first appearance took place during an art exhibition at the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. A first CD was created in 1996 while working with the ambient project Chorea Minor . The band had live performances at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig, at the M'era Luna Festival Festival in Hildesheim and in various clubs in Germany and abroad.

Discography

  • Sanctuary (1994; Krokodil Records), limited tape
  • The Seventh Sign (1996; Krokodil Records), with Chorea Minor
  • Hambach -1848- (1998; taos-records), limited record
  • Sonnentanz (2000; Well of Urd), CD
  • Temple Dances (2001; Well of Urd), CD
  • Ten Years of Endurance (2003; Auerbach), compilation CD
  • Mithras Garden (2004; Auerbach), EP, e.g. T. live
  • Goddess (2004; Auerbach), CD or double CD with remixes
  • The world of dark gardens (2011; Auerbach), CD
  • Dance of Death (2018; Auerbach), CD

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katja Spanier: Review: Hekate - Dance of Death. In: monkeypress.de. May 18, 2018, accessed November 7, 2018 .
  2. ^ Michael We .: Hekate - Dance of Death . nonpop.de
  3. ↑ WGT - artist line-up (1998,2001,2004,2005,2010,2012,2018)

Web links

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