Jam & Spoon

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Name = Jam & Spoon


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Origin = Germany
Genre = Techno
Trance
House
Ambient Techno
Electronica

Years_active = 1991 – 2005
Label = Logic Records, R & S Records, Epic, Sony DancePool, JAM!, Polydor/Island/Universal
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Current_members = Rolf Ellmer
Markus Löffel (deceased)
Plavka Lonich
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Jam & Spoon was an influential electronic dance duo from Frankfurt, Germany that consisted of composers and producers Rolf Ellmer (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.

Biography

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.Fact|date=July 2008 It was widely played, remixed and bootlegged in the dance club community for many years after its release. The pair had the remixed singles "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 Play chart. 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.

Discography

Albums

*"BreaksUnit1"
*"Kaleidoscope" 1997
*"Tripomatic Fairytales" 2001
*"Tripomatic Fairytales" 2002
*"Tripomatic Fairytales" 2003
*"Remixes & Club Classics"

ingles

*"Tales from a Danceographic Ocean" 1992
*"Right In The Night (Fall in Love with Music)" 1994
*"Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)" 1994
*"Angel (Ladadi O-Heyo)" 1995
*"Kaleidoscope Skies" / "I Pull My Gun..." 1997
*"El Baile"
*"Don't Call It Love"
*"Stella" 1999
*"Be Angeled" feat. Rea 2002
*"Cynical Heart" feat. Jim Kerr
*"Set Me Free (Empty Rooms)" feat. Rea Garvey
*"Vata" / "Mary Jane"
*"Butterfly Sign" feat. Plavka
*"Be Angeled" feat. Rea - Tribute to Mark Spoon (Loveparade-Mix 2006)
*"Age of Love"

ee also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jam+%26+Spoon Jam & Spoon Discography]