Ian Boddy and Chris Carter have announced details of the 25th anniversary
edition of their underground classic Caged. Out on 28 November 2025 on The
Grey Area of Mute, the album has been remastered and is expanded with two new
compositions reimagined from the original audio files: ‘Claustrophobia’, reworked by
Chris Carter, and ‘Uncaged’, reworked by Ian Boddy. Together, these new versions
revisit Caged’s DNA from opposite ends of the spectrum, one tightening its grip, the
other breaking free.
Chris Carter says, “I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since we got together in each
other’s studios and recorded Caged. It was such a laid-back process – no stresses
or dramas, just a good time making some cool music with some classic gear. It’s
been great revisiting that old material to come up with something new yet still
‘Caged’ for this Mute anniversary release. The new vinyl edition sounds even better
than our original incarnation.”
Talking about the collaboration, Ian Boddy explains, “They say opposites attract and
although Chris & I come from different ends of the electronic music spectrum Caged
just gelled, and I think we created an album with a timeless quality to it.”First released in 2000, Caged united two giants of experimental electronic music –
Throbbing Gristle’s Chris Carter, a pioneering force in industrial and electronic
music for over five decades, and Ian Boddy, composer, sound designer, analogue
synth aficionado, and founder of the ambient/electronic label DiN. Having known
each other casually for years, Boddy invited Carter to collaborate for his then-new
label; Carter immediately agreed, and together they produced a work of startling
power and textural depth. Across its shifting soundscapes, Caged plays with chance
and paradox, where a whisper swells into a crescendo, a beat dissolves into a tone,
and nothing remains still for long.
They say expectation is a prison. Here, being Caged is being free.
