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COUNTDOWN: Just a reminder for people still using Monaco that the final switch to the new skin is due on Nov. 3. After that, it will no longer be offered as an option. Sorry. Nothing to do with me.
(This page is about Spider, the alias name of Jonathan Saul Kane. For the punk band of the same name, see Spider(2). For the hard rock band of the same name, see Spider(3)).
Jonathan Saul Kane (26 January 1969 - 12 July 2024[1]) was an English DJ, musician who has released recorded material since 1989 as Depth Charge and The Octagon Man, amongst other noms de disc. He was also the owner of the record labels DC Recordings and Electron Industries.
He was well known for his pioneering use of samples, particularly from cult films in the martial arts, spaghetti western and pornographic genres. He had also made tracks celebrating his favourite football team (Brazil on the 1990 single "Goal") and player (on the 1998 single "Romário"). Kane is often credited for inventing "trip hop" and "big beat"; he used kung-fu film samples before Wu-Tang Clan. His other aliases include Alexander's Dark Band, T.E.T and Grimm Death.
As a confirmed kung-fu movie fan, Kane was involved in setting up the company Made in Hong Kong, which licensed Chinese movies, particularly those made by the Shaw Brothers. Many of these movies are examples of the heroic bloodshed genre (The Killer, A Moment of Romance). Made in Hong Kong was the first company to release Stephen Chow films on VHS in the UK.
Peel played much of Kane's tracks in the late 80's and early/mid 90's, including a session in 1991, but by 00's and beyond, JP seemed to have lost interest in his new material.
