[THE|MERCY|CAGE] http://themercycage.com Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:18:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 re-construct (in for minor repairs…) http://themercycage.com/2010/09/holding-pattern/ http://themercycage.com/2010/09/holding-pattern/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:22:37 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=513

undergoing a spot of maintenance. things may be a little broken for a while. back soon.
for more on [the|mercy|cage] ——–> click me.

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]]> http://themercycage.com/2010/07/other-suicides/feed/ 0 Nocturne Interview http://themercycage.com/2009/06/nocturne-interview/ http://themercycage.com/2009/06/nocturne-interview/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:37:24 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=522 Continue reading →]]> Nocturne Issue #3issue 3 of nz dark-end print magazine nocturne is out now, featuring an in-depth interview with josh from the mercy cage. plus lots of pretty pictures, & the 411 on all things gloomy in the land of the long white cloud….

more info.

]]> http://themercycage.com/2009/06/nocturne-interview/feed/ 0 Killing Kitty http://themercycage.com/2009/03/killing-kitty/ http://themercycage.com/2009/03/killing-kitty/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:28:08 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=325 Continue reading →]]> Angelspit - Black Kingdom Red Kingdomthe internet sez: “Angelspit’s long awaited Blood Death Ivory Remix album features 13 tracks from leading Electro/Industrial artists. Black Kingdom Red Kingdom includes the remix disc, a CD inset and four 12cm x 65cm panoramic posters.   The CD wallet features deluxe spot UV printing on a matte laminated cardboard.”
includes the mercy cage destroying “kill kitty”. here for more. 
aaaand read Angelspit’s  ZOOG saying nice things here.

]]> http://themercycage.com/2009/03/killing-kitty/feed/ 0 something wicked… http://themercycage.com/2008/06/273/ http://themercycage.com/2008/06/273/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:43:13 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=273 Continue reading →]]> Something Wicked This Way Comes…is the title of a new compilation featuring an exclusive new track from the mercy cage, ‘The Jewellery Thief’. ‘something wicked this way comes’ release party @ kings arms, auckland NZ June 20th. featuring the mercy cage, N.U.T.E, this theory of static & nullity live. tickets $10 at the door.

]]> http://themercycage.com/2008/06/273/feed/ 0 Travelogue http://themercycage.com/2008/06/travelogue/ http://themercycage.com/2008/06/travelogue/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:58:36 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=337 australian synthpop act The Tenth Stage have a new album out, Grand Guginol. they’ve also released a remix album entitled Tales From The Casket containing a remix of the song “travelogue” by the mercy cage.

more info here.

]]> http://themercycage.com/2008/06/travelogue/feed/ 0 hymn_01 cathode ray transmissions http://themercycage.com/2007/09/hymn_01-music-video/ http://themercycage.com/2007/09/hymn_01-music-video/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:26:35 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=370
hymn_01 music video.

]]> http://themercycage.com/2007/09/hymn_01-music-video/feed/ 0 LIVE in wellington 14/9/07… http://themercycage.com/2007/08/live-in-wellington-14907/ http://themercycage.com/2007/08/live-in-wellington-14907/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:07:08 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=380 catch the mercy cage, along with aussies angel theory & more – live september 14th @ valve in wellington new zealand.

]]> http://themercycage.com/2007/08/live-in-wellington-14907/feed/ 0 diverje “stitched” out now http://themercycage.com/2007/08/diverje-stitched-out-now/ http://themercycage.com/2007/08/diverje-stitched-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:08:32 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=382 Continue reading →]]> the new album by diverje, which features contributions from the mercy cage is out now from DSBP .

http://www.awakenthedeadthemovie.com/


apparently this film has a bunch of diverje songs on the soundtrack, including some of my work with ‘em.

also, check out the diverje myspace page for some track from stitched, including “smell the blood” & “unleashed” which the mercy cage did vocal mixes & effect processing for, & a cover of j geils band’s “come back”, with an arrangement, sequencing, & guitars by yours truly.
http://www.myspace.com/diverje

]]> http://themercycage.com/2007/08/diverje-stitched-out-now/feed/ 0 lost & found http://themercycage.com/2007/05/lost-found/ http://themercycage.com/2007/05/lost-found/#comments Fri, 25 May 2007 17:35:43 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=298 Continue reading →]]> ‘she’s lost: an underground new zealand music recovery expedition’ is a unique free downloadable compilation CD featuring some of NZ’z finest dark-end bands performing cover versions of their favourite new zealand songs. includes the mercy cage covering the headless chickens ‘ expecting to fly’, & melody fallen’s take on the chills ‘pink frost’.

she’s lost – free download.
she’s lost in myspace.

]]> http://themercycage.com/2007/05/lost-found/feed/ 0 diverje remix & comp http://themercycage.com/2007/04/diverje-remix-comp/ http://themercycage.com/2007/04/diverje-remix-comp/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:14:52 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=390 the mercy cage remix of the diverje track “i walk alone” features on the new compilation “the vital terms of rupal records”.
info here. ]]> http://themercycage.com/2007/04/diverje-remix-comp/feed/ 0 futronik structures vol.5 out now http://themercycage.com/2007/04/futronik-structures-vol-5-out-now/ http://themercycage.com/2007/04/futronik-structures-vol-5-out-now/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:10:49 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=385 Continue reading →]]> the latest edition of DSBP’s compilation series ‘futronik strutures’, celebrating 10 years of the label, is out now. it contains an exclusive remix of the mercy cage track ‘prozac, god & the atomic bomb’ alongside tracks by penal colony, diverje, aghast view, testube, biopsy & more.
info here. ]]> http://themercycage.com/2007/04/futronik-structures-vol-5-out-now/feed/ 0 Angelspit remix CD http://themercycage.com/2007/02/angelspit-remix-cd/ http://themercycage.com/2007/02/angelspit-remix-cd/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:19:13 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=392 out now from fab oz-cyberpunks angelspit. includes two remixes of the track create desire by the mercy cage, one available for free download right now. aotearoa represent…
info here. ]]> http://themercycage.com/2007/02/angelspit-remix-cd/feed/ 0 (a)=arcsin music video http://themercycage.com/2007/01/aarcsin-music-video/ http://themercycage.com/2007/01/aarcsin-music-video/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:21:37 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=396

]]> http://themercycage.com/2007/01/aarcsin-music-video/feed/ 0 crash http://themercycage.com/2006/10/crash/ http://themercycage.com/2006/10/crash/#comments Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:31:23 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=292 Continue reading →]]> The Mercy Cage is now a member of Australian Industrial/Gothic collective crash frequency, home to some of the finest music to come out of the antipodes. read more on crash frequency, & check out the very fine compilation ‘crash frequency 02′ here:
crashfrequency.com
myspace.com/crashfrequency ]]> http://themercycage.com/2006/10/crash/feed/ 0 dose magazine interview http://themercycage.com/2006/09/dose-magazine-interview/ http://themercycage.com/2006/09/dose-magazine-interview/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:27:24 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=289 a quick (belated) note to check out an interview with The Mercy Cage in online cyberpunk mag The Dose:

http://www.thedosemag.com/
myspace.com/dosemagazine

]]> http://themercycage.com/2006/09/dose-magazine-interview/feed/ 0 reunion (remixed) http://themercycage.com/2006/06/reunion-remixed/ http://themercycage.com/2006/06/reunion-remixed/#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:20:37 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=286 in honour of nz music month, this is an exclusive remix . stream it from from the mercy cage myspace page, or support nz music by purchasing the digital download from new zealand music site amplifier. download:
amplifier.co.nz ]]> http://themercycage.com/2006/06/reunion-remixed/feed/ 0 Strange & Dangerous Times… http://themercycage.com/2005/10/strange-dangerous-times/ http://themercycage.com/2005/10/strange-dangerous-times/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:24:41 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=399 Continue reading →]]> another sporadic [& brief] update from the lab. strange & dangerous times. as ever. back onstage this weekend, just in time for halloween. if you’re in the area, be sure to check out the new & improved live maximum cybernetic rock & roll machine that is the mercy cage headlining this years halloween ball in auckland: details here: club bizarre

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recent releases involving the mercy cage:
have contributed songs/mixes/guitars for the latest record by new mexico’s diverje, the distortion chamber:

http://www.dsbp.cx/diverje/

cyborg resistance from NUTE, produced & mixed by yours truly is also out now:

http://www.cyborgresistance.com/

the angel theory black + blue E.P contains the mercy cage remix of ease the pain:

http://www.gup.net.au/angel.shtml

same remix also features on the fantastic australian comp crash frequency. this very definitely recommended:

http://www.crashfrequency.com/

& just in this month, the 6 disc(!) compilation CD from a different drum, state of synthpop 2005, featuring an exclusive remix of magnets coil [original version from scree:transmissions]:

http://www.adifferentdrum.com/artist.php?n=ADDCD1233

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reviews for scree:transmissions:

Virus Magazine
This Is Corrosion
DJIZ
ReGen

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check out print interviews in sideline #52 & virus magazine #1.
scree:transmissions available now from the lovely people @ the DSBP

]]> http://themercycage.com/2005/10/strange-dangerous-times/feed/ 0 back from the dead… http://themercycage.com/2005/05/back-from-the-dead/ http://themercycage.com/2005/05/back-from-the-dead/#comments Sun, 08 May 2005 19:30:55 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/?p=403 Continue reading →]]> nearly ten months & three record labels since it’s original release date, the new album from the mercy cage is officially available for purchase. much thanks to the fine folks @ the DSBP for putting it out. more info to follow soon, but for now…

click me.

]]> http://themercycage.com/2005/05/back-from-the-dead/feed/ 0 the mercy cage http://themercycage.com/2004/10/tmc/ http://themercycage.com/2004/10/tmc/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:18:18 +0000 themercycage http://themercycage.com/test/?p=1 Continue reading →]]> The Mercy Cage is melodic elektro-darkwave/cyber-noir from New Zealand. Formed in early 1999, debut album Wire in 2000. 2nd album, Rust: A Fiction – Stories From The Black Room released on Mediatrix in late 2001. Album number 3, the groups first north american domestic release on DSBP entitled “Scree: Transmissions” released in May 2005.

“Scree: Transmissions is a record about inter-personal relationships in the digital age. It’s about the ascendency of the cult of celebrity, and it’s about the search for a deeper meaning in an accelerated culture…”

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