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Hekate's Voices Ed Cooper (24712942) W300 - Music W390 - Music not elsewhere classified W350 - Musicology W371 - Sound design/commercial music recording J931 - Music recording experimental field recording field recordings sound art soundscape soundscape composition soundscapes Texas 'But when you see the sacred fire without form, Shining skittishly throughout the depths of the Cosmos, Listen to the voice of the fire.' — Hekate, Chaldean Oracles, fragment 148 HEKATE’S VOICES is the latest fruit of the collaborative partnership between composer Ed Cooper and pianist Kate Ledger. Sitting between ambient and experimental genres, this work is a meditation on transience and intimacy. The 40-minute piece uses witchcraft as its inspiration, attempting to invoke the powerful but ever elusive Hekate between its materials: recordings of Mother Shipton’s Cave and Pendle Hill, multi-tracked piano, distant vocals, and unexpected heartbeats. These materials often hover around and within each other, collapsing as they come into focus, as if the piece is a mediator between internal and external realities. Contorted, bittersweet expression is entangled with emotional blankness, making the two indistinct from each other. HEKATE’S VOICES is an exercise in deceptive catoptromancy and acceptance. Field recording by Ed Cooper at Mother Shipton’s Cave and Pendle Hill. Piano, voice, and heartbeats recorded by Ed Cooper at Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds. Mixed by Ed Cooper. Mastered by Miles Whittaker at Full Range Mastering. <a href="http://edcooper.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc">edcooper.org</a> 2025-04-11T00:00:00Z Dataset Media 10.24385/lincoln.33980668.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/media/Hekate_s_Voices/33980668 All Rights Reserved