S:Cage, or Splinter cage, is a project of Stephen Seto. This is the second release on the Ant-Zen label and his music can best be described as a caleidoscopic dark ambient sound experience in which beats in all sorts and variations are combined with melodic synthesizer melodies, to which the rhythm patterns are constantly changing and do not only support the beats. Another nice part are the manipulated voices integrated in the music. You will hear the voice of Cordell Klier pass along in ‘Sprawling, Endless Cities’. The music of S:Cage sounds like a city awaking where everything starts to move, and millions individuals devote themselves to their daily lives. Yet all is played in ultra-speed modus. Dreamy sounds, and even some piano, create a soundscape that is constantly rudely disturbed by fast rhythmic assaults. The music of S:Cage is futuristic and post-apocalyptic in atmosphere, and reminds of Japanese animation movies such as Ghost in the Shell or like i earlier said, a recording of a megalopolis coming alive, played in high speed. Nice release!