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Jam El Mar is an alias of German DJ and producer Rolf Ellmer. Rolf is active as a musician for a very long time already. He is one half of Jam & Spoon, a project which had a pioneering influence on the trance and techno music that dominated the clubs in the early 90s. But Rolf also produced music under well known aliases such as Storm, Tokyo Ghetto Pussy and Dance 2 Trance to name a few.
Because Rolf is responsible for so many great classics, I did a total of 3 interviews with him about some of his biggest tracks. Soon you can expect interviews about “Power Of American Natives” by Dance 2 Trance and the Storm classic “Storm”.
For this week’s vlog I sat down with Rolf in his beautiful studio, to ask him about the story behind “Stella” by Jam & Spoon. A track he did together with the late Mark Spoon, back in the year 1992.
You will hear how he and Mark Spoon got to meet each other, how “Stella” was made and which equipment they used, where the name “Stella” comes from, we spoke a bit about their legendary remix of “Age Of Love” as well and of course you will get to see more of the beautiful studio of Jam El Mar as well!
Enjoy and thanks for watching!
Don't forget to check out all my interviews with Jam El Mar;
• Jam & Spoon - Stella : • The story behind "Jam ...
• Jam & Spoon - Odyssey To Anyoona: • The story behind "Jam ...
• Jam & Spoon - Follow Me: • The story behind Jam &...
• Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka - Right In The Night: • The story behind "Jam ...
• Dance 2 Trance - Power Of American Natives : • The story behind "Danc...
• Storm - Storm : • The story behind "Stor...
• Storm - Time To Burn: • The story behind "Stor...
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What is your favorite Jam & Spoon track?
BTW this month you can win the Jam & Spoon album "Tripomatic Fairytales 2002" on CD, signed by Jam El Mar! Check out www.patreon.com/muzikxpress and sign up as "Muzikxpress Super VIP". I have more signed items from Jam El Mar, Kai Tracid, Cygnus X, Ferry Corsten, Jaydee, Sander van Doorn etc which I will give away in the next few months!
My 2 favourites are Odyssey To Anyoona & Follow Me.
My favourite vocal productions are Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka - Right In The Night + Jam & Spoon feat. Rea Garvey - Set Me Free :)
@@AndrewHudak the same!
Right in the Night ( remember hearing in it on MTV )
Stayed and watched MTV and waiting for this one to play , I was 14 hehehe
Thank you for the hard work on recording these interviews
Follow Me
It's a remix but I think it still counts: 'The age of love'. And indeed 'Right in the night' and 'Power of american natives' takes me back to being a fresh faced teenager 😁
I first heard Stella on Pete tongs “essential selection “ on a Friday night in the UK , 30 years ago and it blew me away and still does, it is a timeless masterpiece 🌍
It's so heartbreaking to listen to him talking about Mark Spoon. The fact that he still appears in Rolf's dreams tells everything. Thanks Twan, great work, as always.
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Stella is one of the greatest Electronic Music Tracks Alltime. This is a Milestone. I remember of 1992 i was 17. What a Great Time
I bought (just) the Maxi CD, when it came out !
Twan you really nailed it here mate! Not so be morbid at all but surprisingly these guys are advancing in age now and there will be a day when they are no longer with us and interviews like this will be impossible. You are surely aware that you are capturing music history for posterity and it’s value cannot be understated. Sincere thanks dude!
Thank you very much! More to come soon! :)
The drums from Stella were sampled by Go (Woodtick Mix) and Moby in return remixed Stella and then again return remixed Go. Geniuses remixing geniuses!
Pretty cool right???
muzikxpress yep!
Where did Moby get them though? Its clearly samples
I probably say this almost every time you post up a new vlog mate, but that was honestly one of your best yet!
I laughed in some parts (that slip of the tongue where he nearly said "fully erect"), was almost in tears in others (Mark Spoon part was pretty emotional), and the full 30+ mins just flew by as I was latched onto Rolf's every word. What an absolute legend, and such an important figure for the Trance (and Dance music as a whole) scene in general.
Thanks so much, and can't wait for the other two interviews! ~Daz
Edit: Almost forgot to say...an outstanding track too
Thanks so much for the kind words Daz! I've been waiting for ages to make this interview with Rolf happen. We obviously don't live close to each other, so it took a while before I could make this all happen. Super happy with the result, Rolf is such a great guy! And indeed, everybody make sure to like his FB page!!!!
True, Daz!
@@rocko44444444 during the interview I can feel this spirit of Mark and Jam El Mar, gosebumps, i almost started cyring ...love this project so much! Thx Daz! Greetz from Bulgaria!
Stella and Odyssey To Anyoona are my both favorites
@@muzikxpress Why you not ask them how they made age of Love first trance track Before This song trance music not born ‼️😒
One of the most inspiring and unique producers of the nineties. Had completely their own sound with their trademark flamenco guitars, spacey vocals, beautiful pads and in your face synth riffs!
What a tune and what a great story and the perfect name for any Daughter.
First time i heard it was from some DJ’s doing the Ibiza thing early 90’s the DJ’s were Parks and Wilson, they went all chilled out and trance, from what they were before. Anyway i was blown away and still have that recording on an old Tape.
What a god damn legend. I'm full of tears.....
Hope you enjoyed the interview! There’s a few more interviews I did with him on my channel BTW! And 2 new ones to come!
What an amazing human being he is....beautiful person.
For sure, such a great guy, love listening to his stories!
@@muzikxpress as did I!
Jam n Spoon were my raver upbringing... I worshiped your tracks Rolf! Now an old man no more parties and indoor raves which I used to throw around LA... RIP Mark
Amazing interview, such a humble guy. RIP Mark Spoon
DANCE 2 TRANCE tracks 'We came in Peace', 'Hello San Francisco', 'Take a Free Fall' are still huge in my books, and then the Jam & Spoon 'Stella', 'Oddyssey to Anyoona', 'Follow Me', 'The Future is in Small Hands' tracks! Outstanding legendary tunes! These guys are are beyond legends, they are gods in the Trance and Techno scenes.
Thankyou for the interview…. The haunting twisted riff on stalla with the driving beat makes my hair on the back of my next every time. Tripomatic Fairytales is a brilliant piece of history that everyone should own.
Thankyou Jam and spoon for the memories ❤❤❤
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the interview!
Mark & Rolf , True Artists and the leading force of house, techno and trance music.💯💥♥️ " I saw the Future"
Exactly, such legends! BTW, there's 3 more interviews with Rolf on my channel already and 2 more to come in the next weeks! :) Hope you enjoyed them all!
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I like this guy, talks openly and passionately about his music and with some humour. Looks like a easy interview from your side when he's so willing to open up, nice job
Seriously though, this man is an Icon in Dance music, especially for us Tranceheads and the Techno scene. And yet he is so humble. Twan, well done on this one!
That´s one of the best interview I love most! I love Jam´s philosofy! At 10:05 Jam says how supose should be a dj like in the 90´s, no matter what style you play, people enjoy, today I still strugle with that! I think that´s the pure dj essence, be original, play what you want, not what the market, labels, managers want! I talk by experience, because I´m a House, Trance and big room dj , but also I have another artist profile for techno! I don´t belive that all djs feel complete good to play/producing only a style during their careers, that´s my opnion !
Lovely guy and amazing music. Brings back many happy life changing memories
We used to wait for the DJ to play this track back in '92. I remember(ish) being right up front, inside the smoke machine/strobe haze when the DJ (forget who) dropped the track and somehow performed an amazing 20-30 minute (vinyl) mash up of every one of the Stella mixes that were out at the time.
Favorite Jam & Spoon track is Follow Me and STILL gives goosebumps today even the remixes of today. Great job as always 👍🏼
I will never forget being completely dumbfounded by "Jam & Spoon - Follow Me"
Ok under the influence of cannabis, but I remember seriously thinking something was walking behind me even though I was sitting..the track completely done something I can't explain. That's why I love Jam & Spoon & a trance of course 😊
Yess. I listened to it last night high af for the first time and all i could think about was a little flame dancing to the song.
@@MegaAvids There's something really captivating about it when you're high. Not that I do weed anymore, just sometimes. I was basically hallucinating 😅
The Age Of Love is my fav, classic track!
I legit had a smile from ear to ear the whole interview and even some really heavy wet eyes at some points. Fantastic job Twan
What a nice guy. Yet another interview that makes me feel warm about my youth.
jam & spoon are in my top 75 favorite bands ever.
Very interesting and informative interview, as it usual is the case with JAM. Now, dear Twan and Rolf, please consider doing a "The story behind 'Jam & Spoon - Follow Me' by Jam El Mar". You would see me falling on my knees with that. :)
Thank you Christian! I still have 2 more Jam El Mar interviews to edit and post which I recorded earlier this year. I hope to visit Rolf / Jam again in the future and hopefully he's up for an interview about "Follow Me" then. Fingers crossed!
Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 is one of my most favorite albums of all times. Thank you Jam and Mark!
Best track hands-down "the age of love"
The Jam & Spoon Remix is the best!
Madonna & pet shop boys often used the same remixers. I wish Madonna invited jam & spoon to remix a song of hers. the remix of yesterday when I was mad, is so chillingly amazing. the psb said in an interview, one of their favorite remixes was jam & spoon remix of young offender.
"Frozen" would be an epic Mix, made by Jam!
I heard Stella on the radio and fell in love with this track. I got this album and I bought quality headphones and played it. I turned up the volume just right, closed my eyes and let it take me to an unexplainable place and vibe that is so infectious, I have this track on heavy rotation always!
Great interview. And I'm drooling over that massive Roland System 700 🤤
Thanks Jonas! Kai Tracid has the Roland System 700 as well, you will be able to see that in one of the upcoming interviews as well ;-)
@@muzikxpress It seems that the whole internet is trying to tempt to get into modular synths
The kind of interview you want to come back to watch again and again.
I'm so happy with this one, no joke! Big fan of Rolf's work since the 90s, so it was great to sit down with him in his studio and listen to his stories. I hope to have my interview with him about "Power Of American Natives" by Dance 2 Trance up ASAP as well!
Such a down to earth guy and nice too.
Rolf is such a humble and talented guy, I agree!!!
@@muzikxpress I just turned 45 last week and the music of that era, in particular Stella, were some of the best dance tracks from the early to mid 90s. I have to say that the Timewriter and Terry Lee Brown Juniors output from the mid to late 90s onwards is hard to beat too.
Nice 👍 interview Mark is always around in good spirit . Rolf ... is still there to carry on great respect for Jam & Spoon🥳 Top producer
Agreed! Hope to do one or 2 (or more hehe) interviews with Rolf again in the future! 🤞🏻
'follow me' is one of my favourite's.
I did an interview about that one with Jam El Mar too, check out episode 202 😉
Stella IS the sound of ecstacy. Great interview :)
Jam is probably the interviewee I have enjoyed the most so far Twan! Such an incredible talent and such down to earth guy!
He is amazing! It was so great to sit down with him in his studio and listen to all his stories! Very happy with all 3 interviews I did with him!
These are such important interviews. Jam El Mar's music has touched millions, if not billions, of people. Producers like him and Mark Spoon were pioneers of dance music at a time where very little was done to record the movement apart from the odd TV programme or magazine interview here and there. In one way it's what made that time so special (no phones, no social media, no internet) but looking back it's sad that all there is is memories. Your interviews are a much-needed archive and record. The producers you interview are often humble and seem uncomfortable talking about themselves and their work. Hopefully as you do more of these that will change and they'll become more at ease with how much their music impacted clubbers and the world and more relaxed talking about it.
Thank you so much Joss :) I'm very happy with this interview, big fan of Jam & Spoon etc, so it was great to visit Rolf in his studio. Can't wait to post the other interviews with him (and the others I did in / around Frankfurt) as well. BTW, I don't really agree with the fact that you say that most of the producers - not all are DJs ;-) - are uncomfortable talking about themselves. I think humble is a better word, they're just not bragging (which I think is good!). Super happy with all the interviews I got to do so far, more in the works for later this year. Glad you enjoy them, thank you for your comment! :)
@@muzikxpress - yes, that's more what I meant (not an insult). They're so humble!
@@pricejoss Yes, agreed! :)
I miss their music so much!
So beautiful story. I remember talking to Rolf during the MySpace era, early 2000s, when he told me about Stella. It's such a timeless Trance piece. The impact it had on the underground scene worldwide back in the days (92-93) was unbelievable. I'm really happy that Rolf is doing well and still doing his music. He's a wonderful guy. Congratulations for the channel.
Excellent interview , I love it a lot..
It's good to know our music heroes deeply
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
One of earths finest humans, I don't know where we'd be without Jam & Marks music.
una y otra vez no me canso de escuchar jam & spoon , stella en particular. esta chido que jam el mar diga que no hubo nada especial al momento de componer la canción. me gusta que ¨ las cosas increíbles¨no siempre van de un proceso asombroso o fuera de serie .
saludos desde tepoztlan méxico
What an amazing man
A legend. A bit sad that you didn’t ask him about Right in the night, the track most people remember from Jam & Spoon.
If I ever have the chance to interview Rolf again, "Right In The Night" is definitely one I would love to talk with him about. I'm a big Jam & Spoon fan myself and "Right In The Night" is one of my favorites as well. I did pick "Stella" since it was the breakthrough track for the guys; the track that started it all for Rolf and Markus and their Jam & Spoon project. Plus Rolf named his daughter after the track, how cool is that? And now I could ask a bit about the Age Of Love remix as well ;-) Anyway, I'm super happy that Rolf took the time to do 3 interviews for my channel. So I did pick 1 track from each of his 3 most well known projects which would be (in my opinion) the most interesting one to talk about. The "problem" with people that have so many amazing tracks, is that I have to make choices. For example, I want to know the story behind "Follow Me" as well and also the Storm track "It's Time To Burn". So I hope I will ever have the chance to visit Rolf again and talk with him about those as well. So.... don't be sad and stay tuned ;-)
He very much still feels the emotion of losing his dear friend. His spiritual connectivity is strong.
An absolute anthem from the 1990's. I lived for this music. RIP Mark.
Legend
Such a good track
Great music Jam and Spoon! Nice interview too ! Thx
Thank you so much! And I agree, big fan of Jam & Spoon myself since the early days, so an interview with Jam El Mar was on my wish list for a long time!
What a nice guy. Clearly saddened by the passing of his musical partner.I have such great memories of their music. Thanks Twan for bring us these great interviews
Thanks to R&S Records they pave the way
Can’t wait Twan, one of my favourite producers, Stella and the whole Tripomatic album, so many memories
I loved jam and spoon as a kid. I only found out mark was dead recently. Very sad. It is good to see that Rolf thinks about him everyday and understands the impact of their music on us. I also dreamed of explanations like this video to the tunes when I was a kid. Said it before but amazing videos and amazing channel. Thanks
Loved this interview. Thanks again Twan. So many great classics from Jam and Spoon I cant pick a favorite. ❣️✨
i just love all J&S oeuvre...
i chat with rolf from time to time; for me it's like talking to god...
A really great interview Twan!! And Jam El Mar is such a nice guy. I also always loved my first fantastic F.F.
I miss those days of DJ' playing everything. It's nuts not only just hearing techno for hours on end, but the same TYPE of techno !
Once again an excellent interview! Thank you for this. Very emotional at some points. RIP Marc ❤💙💚💛💜🧡
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the interview!
Best interview yet! Well done. I always thought (assumed) Age Of Love was a Jam & Spoon alias! I don't know anyone (in the industry) who thought otherwise.... and its 28+ years later!
Thank you very much! Still 2 more interviews with Jam El Mar will be posted in the next few weeks. Glad you enjoyed this one!
Pure quality!! Congratulations twan we are 10.000 subs!!! And up. Jam el mar what BIG name in the story of trance... Dance to trance -- Freaks ...a true visionary track of 1991. We NEED a remaster of that!!!!
Sound of Frankfurt!
Stella and the age of love remix are absolute mega classics. I was pushing the Stella track to everyone I knew back in the days 🤩
All of this gems is my favorites. RIP Mark Spoon, respect to Jam El Mar!! Love you guys, warm congratulation from Bulgaria. I love 'Stella' since 1999 version. Great Story as well \ / peace!
Thank you so much! Love, love this track, so I was super happy Rolf took the time to sit down with me to talk about this one.
Namaste Rolf!!
Great interview mate. Thank you
Thank you! I’m a huge fan of Jam & Spoon, so this interview was on my wish list for a long time already. Such a great track!
I'm listening with so much interest to your interviews Twan. Rolf is a great guy and a legend.
Thank you so much Dohan! And Rolf is awesome, such a humble guy, very talented and amazing stories! More to come soon!
Amazing interview, loved the story and the emotion talking about Mark Spoon and how they worked together so well!
Nice interview. Definitely a piece of dance music historical value. Proper interviews are hard to come by..... let alone, locating any decent footage of shit from the 80's & 90's. All the best....cheers.
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!! :)
wow awesome job Twan ! Follow Me & Right In The Night are still burned to my memory, such classics ! thank you for this
Thanks for this! I didn't know how they met and how they worked together.
Thanks Sami, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you Jam El Mar sir(I'll call Jam & Spoon😄🙌🏻)🤩♥️🙌🏻still love all your tracks😄👍🕺🕺🕺🕺 and Muzikxpress for this classic interview 🤩♥️🙌🏻
One of my daughters has Stella as her middle name.
Good choice 😉
Great interview , very interesting to get details about the electronic music I loved and grew up with in the 90s!
Thanks so much David!
Just found this channel its amazing to see the people behind the music I'm a 62 year old Trance HEAD
Thank you! Glad you enjoy the interviews! More to come soon ;-)
Amazing interview, he's a true legend and pioneer of dance music. I got a bit emotional when talking about Mark Spoon. Thank you for the great music and thank you for this amazing interview!! (was hoping stella 99 would be mentioned)?
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the interview! And I had 3 interviews with Rolf that day, I could have asked him a lot more, but this one is over 30 minutes already haha ;-)
@@muzikxpress thanks twan for all your hard work, it's really appreciated.
An awesome interview. A great job once again, Twan. Thanks for bringing this to yes. It's truly great to hear this interview from a legend that is Rolf Elmer. I have been fond of his productions from the early days starting with Jam & Spoon and Dance 2 Trance. I have got to meet him a few times and its always a pleasure to chat with him. He is such a humble person and a great producer. His DJ sets are on point as well. They create a perfect atmosphere for dancing. I look forward to the two other interviews.
"Lost In The Moment" was a seriously underrated tune last decade!
And remix of Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells III that i love it
Superb interview and what a lovely man Jam/Rolf is who made such iconic tunes of my 20s, dont know if i would of gone into the world trance without his inputs on many of these early classic tunes :)
Thank you so much! And yes, Rolf is an amazing person and great producer!!!
i miss this long intros and long breakdowns :'( hate these short tracks too ...
Totaal agree!
I do not like German HipHop
As expected, another amazing interview. Well done Twan, well done Rolf! Thank you!
Thank you very much for this amazing interviev,I told my friend Rolf, he should form a group with kai tracid Jam&Tracid I think only he can "replace" the legendary Mark Spoon
Such a kind guy, with good stories! Half of an interview depends on a good subject, and he is definitely an excellent partner!
I'm gonna name my daughter after this song, if course, that's a thing.
But being a person whom this song was dedicated, that's huge! Or his daughter can say: "Do you know this song? I'm a part of it.". This is kind a special thing, it touched me.
Thank you Rolf and Twan! Twan, your channel makes the YoTube and the world as a better place.
The best remixes of Jam and Spoon’s are the Moby mixes of Stella.
This is a great interview, thank you. I used to play Stella a lot back in the 90's in my dj sets and it still remains as one of my all time fav tracks.
Thank you so much, doing this interview was on my wish list for a very long time already. Super happy I had to change to sit down with Jam El Mar in his beautiful studio and listen to his stories. What a legend!
Very nice interview. One mystery remains for me and that is that glitch that can be heard when the System 700 loop starts (2:14 in te song). For a long time I thought there was something wrong with my vinyl. Beautiful and unique song. The history of dance music is one of copying good ideas, but Stella has remained unique.
Do you mean the ‘laser beam’ sound? It’s on the beat, so I think it was planned 🙃
Amazing interview! Stella is such a classic track and one of my favorites from that time! Congratulations for the great interview! Can you do one about FSOL's Papua New Guinea?
Thank you! Big fan of Jam & Spoon myself, so I’m super happy about this one. And since this is just a hobby for me I don’t have a travel budget for these vlogs / interviews. That means I can only do interviews with people that live close to me (I’m in the south of The Netherlands). The producers I spoke to from abroad were mostly here for gigs or for example the Amsterdam Dance Event etc. So I am dependent on people that do gigs / tour. But as you know there aren’t really any gigs / shows right now unfortunately.... However, I still have a big wish list of people that live in The Netherlands or right across the Belgian / German border, so lots of plans still. But people that live further away or people who don’t tour at all is gonna be difficult obviously (like FSOL for example).
Great interview, Jam & Spoon has always been one of my most loved projects. Find Me is a true hymn for me!
Twann you are amazing! Thanks so much!Its one of my favourite dance tracks of all time! I have the vinyl. Its a masterpiece!
nice one
Thanks a lot Robert! Glad you enjoyed this one!! :)
@@muzikxpress its a great history lesson, i will share this with my students
@@Robert_Babicz oh wow, thank you so much! I hope they like it as well! Thank you Robert!!
great interview!
Thank you so much!!
You can hear he still gets emotional when talking about the loss of Mark Spoon. That is sad. :/
Great interview - Love Jam and Spoon! (RIP Mark)
Thanks Simon! I'm a big fan of their work as well, so it was great to hear the stories from Rolf, such a humble and talented guy!
i do miss the days, they were simple
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Unreal tune. That, and Odyssey to Anyoona. Different gravy
Thank you for this interview! Rolf is a legend! My favorite tune is a "You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess"
Woohoo thank you Muzikxpress 🤩♥️🙌🏻🙂🕺🕺🕺🕺 Jam & Spoon ...my favr8 🤩♥️🙌🏻🙌🏻