Jam & Spoon were a German electronic music duo formed in 1991 in
Frankfurt.
The group consisted of composers and
producers
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Rolf Ellmer (a.k.a. Jam El Mar, classically trained composer) and
Markus Löffel (a.k.a. Mark Spoon, DJ). They also worked under the pseudonyms Tokyo Ghetto Pussy, Storm and Big Room. Under these pseudonyms, the credits on the
album
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s are listed as Trancy Spacer and Spacy Trancer.
Biography
Jam & Spoon's first album, ''BreaksUnit1'', was released in 1991. They had their first
hit
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with the 1992 song "Stella", which was widely played,
remixed and
bootlegged in the dance club community for years after its release. The pair also remixed the
singles "
The Age of Love" and "
Go". Their first international and commercial success came in 1993, with the single "
Right in the Night
"Right in the Night (Fall in Love with Music)" is a song by German electronic music duo Jam & Spoon, released as the second single from their second album, '' Tripomatic Fairytales 2001'' (1993). It is a Eurodance song with elements from progres ...
", followed by "
Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)
"Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)" is a song by German electronic music duo Jam & Spoon featuring American singer Plavka, released in July 1994 as the third single from their second album, '' Tripomatic Fairytales 2001'' (1993). It was the follow-up ...
" and "
Angel (Ladadi O-Heyo)". These tracks featured vocals by the singer,
Plavka Lonich, following the first of which, she was welcomed as the third member, frequently co-writing and performing live. 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
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track. Credited to 'Giorgio Moroder vs. Jam & Spoon', the song reached
number 1 on the
US ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Dance Music/Club Play
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. In June 2002, "Be.Angeled" peaked at #4 on that 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 featured an exclusive track "Be.Angeled – Tribute to Mark Spoon", performed live at the 2006
Love Parade in Berlin.
As Tokyo Ghetto Pussy
Tokyo Ghetto Pussy was a project by Ellmer and Löffel, also under the pseudonym Trancy Spacer and Spacy Trancer. Their most popular
singles as Tokyo Ghetto Pussy were "
I Kiss Your Lips", "
Everybody on the Floor (Pump It)" and "Fly Me to the Moon".
As Storm
Storm was the
trance production
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duo of Ellmer and Löffel, who achieved most of their success in the 1990s.
In 2000, they released the album ''Stormjunkie'', which spawned the No. 3
UK hit
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, "Time to Burn". Their other
chart
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hits in the
UK were "Storm" (No. 32 in both 1998 and 2001) and "Storm Animal" (No. 21, 2000).
Discography
Studio albums
As Jam & Spoon
* ''Breaks Unit 1'' (1991)
* ''
Tripomatic Fairytales 2001'' (1993) –
GER #52,
#71,
#57
[
* ''Tripomatic Fairytales 2002'' (1993)
* ''Kaleidoscope'' (1997) – GER #40][
* ''Tripomatic Fairytales 3003'' (2004) – GER #23][
]
Compilation albums
* ''Remixes & Club Classics'' (2006)
* ''Best Of'' (2015)
As Tokyo Ghetto Pussy
* ''Disco 2001'' (1995) – AUS #43,[Australian (]ARIA Chart
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) peaks:
*Top 50 peaks:
*Top 100 peaks:
*"To Another Galaxy": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. NED #86[
As Storm
* ''Stormjunkie'' (2000)
]
Singles
As Jam & Spoon
* The single was released as "The Complete Stella" in certain territories.
* "Right in the Night" reached No. 31 in the UK in its first release in 1994, but a re-release the following year peaked higher at No. 10.
As Tokyo Ghetto Pussy
As Storm
See also
* List of number-one dance hits (United States)
This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by ''Billboard'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart – a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action'' chart. It is c ...
* List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
External links
Jam & Spoon discography
at Discogs
Jam & Spoon unofficial discography
Tokyo Ghetto Pussy discography
at Discogs
Storm discography
at Discogs
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German house music groups
German Eurodance groups
German electronic music groups
German musical duos
Electronic dance music duos
Musical groups from Frankfurt
Musical groups established in 1991
Musical groups disestablished in 2005
1991 establishments in Germany
Rhythm King artists