Dance 2 Trance were a German

techno Techno is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally music production, produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central Drum beat, rhythm is typ ...

duo composed of Rolf Ellmer and DJ Dag Lerner. They had a small number of

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s in the mid-1990s and were associated with

Jam & Spoon Jam & Spoon were a German electronic music duo formed in 1991 in Frankfurt. The group consisted of composers and producers Rolf Ellmer (a.k.a. Jam El Mar, classically trained composer) and Markus Löffel (a.k.a. Mark Spoon, DJ). They also work ...

History

Musical career

DJ Dag and Jam El Mar met in 1990, when they decided to work together. Their first release was in the same year, a promo named "Dance 2 Trance" on the Suck Me Plasma

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, the release contained two tracks ("Dance 2 Trance" and "We Came In Peace"). They got their commercial break in 1992 with the release of " Power of American Natives" with vocals from Linda Rocco. The song sold 250,000 records and was awarded a

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. A

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was made for the song, and reached the mainstream networks such as MTV. The track later received

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es in 1997, 1998 and 2009. In 1992, they released their first

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, ''Moon Spirits''. Dance 2 Trance released another album in 1995 called ''Revival''. In 1995, both Dag & Jam El Mar decided to go their separate ways, with DJ Dag going solo and Ellmer concentrating more on his other side project,

. In response, the German label Blow Up released a CD

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in 1996, consisting of thirteen Dance 2 Trance tracks from their five-year career.

Discography

Albums

* 1992 - ''Moon Spirits'' * 1995 - ''Revival'' * 1996 - ''Works''

Singles

References

External links

Discogs entryWebsite of Dag Lerner
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