S:CAGE - We end in a beautiful Mess - CD

S:CAGE - We end in a beautiful Mess - CD

s:cage is the electronic music alias of producer Stephen Seto, known for blending atmospheric textures with experimental beats, fusing elements of ambient, industrial, and IDM. Emerging in the late 1990s, s:cage has gained recognition for his intricate sound design and emotional, immersive soundscapes. Drawing from a wide range of influences, his work combines organic and synthetic elements to create complex, thought-provoking compositions. With a focus on innovation and detail, s:cage has built a reputation as a forward-thinking artist in the experimental electronic scene.

When Stephen Seto released his second s:cage album “madness turns to glass” (Ant-zen) back in 2006, he didn’t anticipate that it would take almost 2 decades for the next album to be completed. Yet here we are, in the back half of 2025, and finally a new s:cage album is upon us. The aptly titled “we end in a beautiful mess” (weiabm) will be the third s:cage album. Even after all of this time, weiabm still unmistakably sounds like an s:cage album, with its ambient textures set amidst harsh rhythmic environments, intricate sound design and complex thought-provoking compositions. But with that time, also comes a maturity in expression, a growth in perception, and a clever confidence in technical prowess, that has evolved the s:cage sound. As you listen to the album in it’s entirety from start to finish, you will undoubtedly feel the weight of those 19 years gone by and maybe begin to understand why there was a huge gap between albums. There is no hiding on this album for Stephen Seto; it’s right there in the song titles. It is drenched in a heaviness, which can only be derived from personal experience. loss. sadness. denial. anger… so much anger. grief. process. acceptance. healing. resurfacing.

The hauntingly, lifeless, mechanical pulse of a life support machine; recorded on the last day Stephen would ever see his father, starts you off on this epic 10 track, 70 minute journey. Where will you let it take you?

Tracklist:

01 resurFACiNG 
02 primal (and we BREAK) 
03 we end in a beautiful MESS 
04 in a flower bed of lies we DiE 
05 into ASH 
06 suffer in SiLENCE
07 when it all falls APART 
08 this ember FADiNG 
09 penduLUM 
10 an uncertain time for DYiNG