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The Mercy Cage

"through the pure design of light..."

About Me



Tauranga, New Zealand concept cyber-darkwave/beat-noir outfit. Formed in early 1999, numb/benign records released The Mercy Cage debut album Wire in January 2000. the bands 2nd album release, Rust: A Fiction - Stories From The Black Room was released on new zealands leading dark-end label Mediatrix in late 2001. A concept album melding a number of musical styles into a cohesive package. A series of successful festival gigs promoting the album throughout New Zealand followed in 2002-2003. Album number 3, the groups first north american domestic release on The DSBP label entitled "Scree: Transmissions" was released in May 2005. once again a conceptual affair on "communication, the media, sex, death & the politics of identity".

"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..."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/10/2006
Band Website: themercycage.com
Band Members:
josh

catherine AK

dean [underH20]

r.neale

Influences: probably irrelevant...
Sounds Like:
the mercy cage music videos:

hymn_01

(a)=arcsin

Record Label: DSBP
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Mercy Cage - hymn_01 music video

...is now online. click here for youtube link & xvid download:http://themercycage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=90...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:48:00 PST

TMC live in wellington 140907 & messageboard

quick note to remind anyone in or around the welington region that  you can catch the mercy cage, along with fantastic aussie futurepop act ANGELTHEORY live in wellington next friday night in our...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:46:00 PST

the mercy cage - new bulletinboard

after several requests for one, we've finally decided to set up a mercy cage bulletinboard/forum.  http://forum.themercycage.com/ for the mercy cage, other pH bands, & just general discu...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:02:00 PST

DSBP Compilation: Futronik Structures vol.5 out now

V/A -FUTRONIK STRUCTURES vol.5 is out NOW. ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTSTITLE: "FUTRONIK STRUCTURES VOL.5"FORMAT: CDLABEL: DSBPCATALOG #: DSBP#1084RUNNING TIME: 77 minutesRELEASE DATE: MAY 17th, 2007DISTRIB...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Tue, 22 May 2007 05:58:00 PST

Lost (& Found)

featuring the mercy cage doing the headless chickens expecting to fly, & melody fallen with a version of the chills Pink frost. more below:-------------------------------------------------- 'she's...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Fri, 18 May 2007 06:53:00 PST

The Mercy Cage Online - version 3.0

check out the shiny new version of themercycage.com here: http://www.themercycage.com/...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:08:00 PST

Angelspit - Krankhaus & Remix CD

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... Krankhaus Special Edition(...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:14:00 PST

(a)=arcsin - music video online

music video for (a)=arcsin from the album scree: transmissions is now online. check it out @ youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKeQz4OByZQ stay sane._______________________________[the|mercy|cag...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:45:00 PST

The Mercy Cage joins Crash Frequency

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: AngelspitANGELTHEORYCrystalline EffectDazyCha...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:11:00 PST

DOSE magazine interview

a quick (belated) note to check out an interview with The Mercy Cage in online cyberpunk mag The Dose: myspace.com/dosemagazine  currently holed up in the v.e.t_labs bunker writing for the next r...
Posted by The Mercy Cage on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:37:00 PST