Jam & Spoon
Duo credited by some as the originators of the trance style of dance music. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, the faces behind the team were producer Jam El Mar (b. Rolf Ellmer) and DJ Mark Spoon (b. Markus Lffel, 27 November 1966, Frankfurt, Germany, d. 11 January 2006, Berlin, Germany). Their groundbreaking work on a 1992 remix of Alex Lee's "Age Of Love" was the first track to set the ball rolling, followed in quick succession by work with Moby ("Go"), Cosmic Baby and Frankie Goes To Hollywood ("Relax"). The latter was a difficult but rewarding project, as it had been this band and the production work of Trevor Horn in general which had originally inspired Jam El Mar into music. Another key reference point was the soundtrack recordings of Tangerine Dream. Only one single under their own name, "Stella", preceded the release of their classic 1993 double album Tripomatic Fairytales 2001. This time they had moved away from the fast, pumping backbeat and acid house tones which had flavoured their remixes, opting instead for a much more commercial slant with American vocalist Plavka Lonich to the fore. A sleevenote written for R&S Records label boss Renaat wryly declared: "I hope this is not too commercial for your uncommercial label". Perhaps not, but it did see them crossover into the pop charts proper. Other 45s like "Follow Me!" were considered to be bona fide trance classics.
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Albums
- (1993) Tripomatic Fairytales 2001
Top Tracks
- Right In the Night
- Right In The Night (Fall In Love With Music)
- Stella
- Find Me (Odyssey To Anyoona)
- Stella (Nalin & Kane Mix)
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