Lust is the second 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....

. After five years with very little activity under the Depth Charge name, Kane returned with two albums almost at once (Lust 2

Lust 2

Lust 2 is the third album by Depth Charge, and alias of UK producer Jonathan Saul Kane. It was released only a month after Lust and was originally conceived as a remix companion to the previous album. To date, Lust 2 is the last full-length studio album recorded under the Depth Charge name.-Track...

 followed only a month later). 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...

 and tracks on the album continued to reflect his interest in B-movie

B-movie

A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....

 culture, many tracks containing samples from comprise instrumental hip-hop beats with dialogue and musical samples from films, particularly martial arts

Martial arts

Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....

 movies, westerns and blaxploitation

Blaxploitation

Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. It is considered an ethnic sub-genre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the genre's audience...

 flicks.

There were some noticeable differences from the debut Depth Charge album, however. The tracks 21.3.1993 and Desire are much closer in sound to the electro records Kane makes under the pseudonym The Octagon Man. Harley Davidson is a cover of a song written by Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...

, and features vocals by Louise Prey. Sex, Sluts 'n' Heaven features a vocal contribution by Blowfly

Blowfly (artist)

Blowfly is the stage name and alternate persona of Clarence Reid , who was a songwriter for many hit R&B acts in the 1960s and 1970s. As Blowfly, he has recorded numerous albums, mostly of sex-based parodies of other songs, as well as original raps themed around sex...

. The album also contains a spoken word introduction by Hrönn Sveinsdóttir.

Track list

1. Hronn's Intro (1:17)

2. Harley Davidson (4:40)

3. TDA (5:59)

4. Streets Of Gold (1:56)

5. Blue Lipps (3:51)

6. Bounty Killer III (6:09)

7. Dreaming Of The Jungle (4:37)

8. Sex Sluts'n'Heaven (4:20)

9. The Snare (4:53)

10. 21.3.1993 (5:45)

11. Desire (5:45)

12. So You Want To Be A Secret Agent? (5:05)

13. Genius Of Sci-Fi (4:28)