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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. He is well known for his pioneering use of samples, particularly from cult films in the martial arts, spaghetti western, and pornographic genres. Jonathan Saul Kane is often credited for inventing "trip-hop" and "big beat"; he used kung-fu film samples before Wu-Tang Clan. His other aliases are Octagon Man, Alexanders Dark Band, T.E.T and Grimm Death. .

There are at least two bands named Octagon: 1 - Octagon is a melodic black metal band hailing from Hattiesburg, Mississippi led by Thomas Mortigan of industrial / power electronics project RU-486. Their music revolves thematically around S&M and bondage, as well as other sexual perversions. Upcoming releases feature Pest from Gorgoroth on vocals. Releases out on Regimental Records and Mortigan's label, Destructive Industries 2 -Octagon was a doom/death metal band from Zwolle, the Netherlands. In their pretty short existence they released a demo and a mcd. The EP was more in the vein of atmospheric black metal. 3 -...

This New York band formed in 2003, leading to the recording of Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever. Full of sloppy and casually exuberant post-punk grooves, comparable to The Black Lips but not so psychedelic or contrived, Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever is packed with sixteen solid tracks, all but three sub-three minutes and a good half-dozen would be appropriate to place on a mixtape for a hip and coy romantic interest. All of the songs are imbued with a garage-style sense of limitlessness. .

Dr. Octagon is one of Kool Keith's many alter egos. His initial release as Dr. Octagon was 1996's Dr. Octagonecologyst, on which he collaborated with Dan The Automator Nakamura and DJ QBert. After the name was dropped in favour of Dr. Dooom, it was widely believed that it wouldn't be used again until the release of 2006's The Return of Dr. Octagon, which Keith maintains was changed and released without his consent. The original album achieved critical acclaim and was a springboard for Dan The Automator's young career, but Dan the Automator and Keith reportedly had a falling out over...