Jam & Spoon

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Jam & Spoon
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Country	Germany
Years active	1991 – 2005
Genres	Techno Trance House Ambient Techno Electronica
Labels	Logic Records, R & S Records, Epic, Sony DancePool, JAM!, Polydor/Island/Universal
Members	Rolf Ellmer Markus Löffel Plavka Lonich

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.

Jam & Spoon had their first hit with the 1992 song "Stella," considered to be a trance classic. It was widely played, remixed and bootlegged in the dance club community for many years after its release. The pair had the remixed singles "Age Of the Love" and "Go - Moby". 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. Their first album, BreaksUnit1, was released in 1991. The albums Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 and Tripomatic Fairytales 2002 were released in 1994, followed by Kaleidoscope (1997) and 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.