9 Deadly Venoms is the debut album by Depth Charge, and alias of UK producer Jonathan Saul Kane

Jonathan Saul Kane

Jonathan Saul Kane is an English DJ, musician - releasing material since 1989 as Depth Charge and The Octagon Man, amongst others. He is also the owner of the record labels DC Recordings and Electron Industries....

. The album compiles several 12" singles released by Kane under the Depth Charge name in the preceding five years. Kane is often cited as a forerunner of Trip-hop and an influence on labels such as Mo'Wax and Ninja Tune

Ninja Tune

Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...

. The tracks on the album comprise instrumental hip-hop beats with dialogue and musical samples from films, particularly martial arts

Martial arts film

Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...

 movies, westerns and horror films.

Some sources have claimed that the versions of the tracks included on the CD version of the album are shorter edits, and that the vinyl contains the longer, unedited 12" versions. However, this is not the case. Initial copies of the CD version came with a bonus disc featuring extra tracks from the Hubba Hubba Hubba EP.

Samples

Shaolin Buddha Finger contains dialogue from the film Shaolin Vs Lama

Shaolin Vs Lama

Shaolin vs Lama is a kung fu film starring Alexander Lo.-Plot:Lo Jui plays Sun Yu Ting, a kung fu fanatic in search of a teacher. After five years of challenging masters but never being beaten he runs into Hsu Shi , a young Shaolin monk who stole money from a gambling match in order to acquire meat...

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Dead By Dawn contains dialogue from the film The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead is a 1981 horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, and Betsy Baker. The film is a story of five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in a wooded area...

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Bounty Killer contains dialogue from the film High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter is a 1973 American Western film, with a hint of the supernatural, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood and produced by Robert Daley for The Malpaso Company and Universal Pictures. Eastwood plays a mysterious gunfighter hired by the residents of a corrupt frontier mining town...

 and a musical sample from the track Fast Forward Into Dub by Mad Professor

Mad Professor

Mad Professor is a dub music producer and engineer known for his original productions and remix work. He is considered one of the leading producers of dub music’s second generation and was instrumental in transitioning dub into the digital age. He is a prolific producer, contributing to or...

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Depth Charge contains dialogue from the film Incredible Shaolin Thunderkick.

Bounty Killer II contains a musical sample from La Resa Dei Conti (Sixty Seconds to What) by Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...

, taken from the film The Big Gundown

The Big Gundown

The Big Gundown is a 1966 spaghetti western directed by Sergio Sollima and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian...

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Goal contains a recording of former Brazilian footballer and commentator José Altafini

José Altafini

José João Altafini, is an Italian Brazilian former footballer. He is the joint-third highest scorer in Italian Serie A history with 216 goals. He currently holds the record for the highest no...

. The same recording was later used in the track I'm Stronger Now by Definitive Two, which was used as the theme music for the UK TV programme Football Italia

Football Italia

Football Italia is an Italian football programme in the United Kingdom, known as Football Italiano for its final season. The first broadcasting of the show was in 1992 on Channel 4, the show is centered around live coverage of Serie A football, the top flight in the Italian league system...

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Hubba Hubba Hubba (What's In The Bag Man?) features dialogue from the film Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry is a 1971 American crime thriller produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan....

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Track List

Disc 1:

1. Shaolin Buddha Finger (6:47)

2. Dead By Dawn (5:05)

3. Bounty Killer (5:24)

4. Depth Charge (5:47)

5. Bastard Swordsman (4:39)

6. Bounty Killer II (3:50)

7. Daughters Of Darkness (5:29)

8. Goal (3:59)

9. Hubba Hubba Hubba (What's In The Bag Man?) (4:11)


Disc 2 (Limited edition):

1. Hubba Hubba Hubba (Knife In The Bag Version) (5:46)

2. Number 9 (5:50)

3. The Guide (3:41)