Representative Songs: "Stella," "Right in the Night (Fall in L," "Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)"
Biography
Heralded among the pioneers of trance, the Frankfurt, Germany-based duo of producer Jam El Mar and Mark Spoon (aka Markus Loeffel) made an enormous impact in 1992 with their groundbreaking remix of the self-titled single by Age of Love. After the first Jam and Spoon EP, Tales from a Danceographic Ocean -- which contained their influential hit "Stella" -- the duo unleashed a barrage of remixed material for Moby ("Go"), Frankie Goes to Hollywood ("Relax"), Deep Forest and others, all to massive club play; the single "Right in the Night (Fall in Love with Music)" followed in 1993, the first of several of the duo's recordings to feature the American-born vocalist Plavka. That same year, Jam and Spoon issued their full-length debut LP, the two-volume Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 and 2002, which saw a move away from the pile-driving beats of earlier efforts towards a more commercial sound. In 1996, the duo returned with Disco 2001, an album recorded under the alias Tokyo Ghetto Pussy. Though the next Jam and Spoon LP (1997's Kaleidoscope) didn't cause much of a splash, a remix of "Stella" became a worldwide club hit in 1999. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Jam & Spoon was an influential electronicdance duo from Frankfurt, Germany that consisted of composers and producersRolf Ellmer (aka Jam El Mar - classically trained composer) and Markus Löffel (a DJ, stage name: Mark Spoon). They also worked under the pseudonyms Tokyo Ghetto Pussy, Storm and Big Room. Under these pseudonyms, the credits on the albums are listed as Trancy Spacer and Spacy Trancer.
Jam & Spoon's first album, BreaksUnit1, was released in 1991. They had their first hit with the 1992 song "Stella," considered to be a trance classic.[citation needed] In 1992, one British DJ on Radio 1 went as far to say that this song saved techno music. He stated that techno music was no longer fresh and new until this trance classic hit the scene. It was widely played, remixed and bootlegged in the dance club community for many years after its release. The pair had the remixedsingles "The Age of Love" and "Go". Their first international and commercial success in 1994 with the singles "Right In the Night" "Find Me" and "Angel". These tracks featured vocals by singer Plavka Lonich. The albums Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 and Tripomatic Fairytales 2002 were released in 1994, followed by Disco 2001 (1995) as Tokyo Ghetto Pussy, Kaleidoscope (1997), Stormjunkie (2000) as Storm, and finally Tripomatic Fairytales 3003 (2005).
In 2000 they remixed "The Chase," a 1979 Giorgio Moroder track. Credited to "Giorgio Moroder vs. Jam & Spoon", the song hit number 1 on the U.S.Hot Dance Music/Club Playchart. In June 2002 "Be.Angeled" hit number 4 on this chart.
Markus Löffel died of a heart attack in his Berlin flat on 11 January 2006 at the age of 39.
In September 2006, a two compact disc set entitled Remixes & Club Classics was released to celebrate Mark Spoon. It is the first compilation of the duo's collected works, and features an exclusive track "Be.Angeled - Tribute to Mark Spoon", performed live at the 2006 Love Parade in Berlin.
