Jam & Spoon were a German electronic music duo formed in 1991 in

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. The group consisted of composers and

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Rolf Ellmer Rolf Johannes Ellmer (born 3 December 1960) is a classically trained musician and composer (concert-guitarist) and has become one of Germany's most well known producers in the techno and trance scene. Together with Markus Löffel (alias Mark Spo ...

(a.k.a. Jam El Mar, classically trained composer) and

Markus Löffel Mark Spoon (27 November 1966 – 11 January 2006) was a disc jockey, musician and record producer from Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Together with Rolf Ellmer (Jam El Mar) he recorded under several monikers, including Jam & Spoon, Tokyo Ghetto Puss ...

(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

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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

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with the 1992 song "Stella", which was widely played,

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ed and bootlegged in the dance club community for years after its release. The pair also remixed the

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" 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 progressi ...

", 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) "Angel (Ladadi O-Heyo)" is a song by German electronic music duo Jam & Spoon featuring American singer Plavka, released in 1995 by Epic, JAM! and Dance Pool as the fourth and last single from the duo's second album, ''Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 ...

". 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 ''Tripomatic Fairytales 2001'' is an album by German electronic music duo 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, ...

'' and ''Tripomatic Fairytales 2002'' were released in 1994, followed by ''Disco 2001'' (1995) as

Tokyo Ghetto Pussy 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 worked ...

, ''Kaleidoscope'' (1997), ''Stormjunkie'' (2000) as

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, and finally ''Tripomatic Fairytales 3003'' (2005). In 2000, they remixed "The Chase," a 1979

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track. Credited to 'Giorgio Moroder vs. Jam & Spoon', the song reached number 1 on the US ''

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. In June 2002, "Be.Angeled" peaked at #4 on that chart. Markus Löffel died of a

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in his Berlin flat, on 11 January 2006 at the age of 39. In September 2006, a two

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set entitled ''Remixes & Club Classics'' was released to celebrate Mark Spoon. It is the first

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of the duo's collected works, and featured an exclusive track "Be.Angeled – Tribute to Mark Spoon", performed live at the 2006

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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

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

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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

, "Time to Burn". Their other

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) * ''

'' (1993) – GER #52, UK #71, AUS #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 (

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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 *"Storm" (1998) - UK #32 *"Huri-Khan" (1998) *"Love Is Here to Stay" (1999) *"Time to Burn" (2000) - UK #3 *"Storm Animal" (2000) - UK #21 *"Storm" (reissue) (2001) - UK #32

References

External links

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