The story behind "Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka - Right In The Night" by Jam El Mar | Muzikxpress 178

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In 1991 German duo Jam El Mar and Mark Spoon started a project which they called Jam & Spoon. During the years they released tracks such as “Stella”, “Find Me”, “Angel”, “Kaleidoscope Skies”, “Follow Me”, “Be Angeled” and many others. But their biggest commercial succes came in the year 1993 when they released the track “Right In The Night”, which features the beautiful vocals from Plavka.
For this interview I sat down with Rolf Ellmer a.k.a. Jam El Mar to ask him about the story behind “Right In The Night” and more!
Enjoy and thanks for watching!
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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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[@PLAVKAmusic]

Wonderful experience 😍😍😍recording Right in the Night and many, many others songs we co-wrote. Thank you!

[@DWINC]

Wonderful voice. Please do more songs. ❤

[@davewebster689]

I fell in love with your voice as a child, long before I ever hit puberty 😂 Thank you ❤️

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you Plavka! I hope to meet you one day and hopefully we can record 1 or 2 interviews as well then. Big fan! Your voice is amazing! And I hope that you and Jam will make new music in the future, how cool would that be! ;-)

[@fdproject1974]

Plavka beautiful voice and charming woman 🙂

[@martinschwarzer9416]

Your voice made a lasting difference to the Eurodance scene

[@AWAKENTHOUTHATSLEEPETH]

Certain trance songs are literally the sound of love itself straight from our Father in heaven ❤

[@Danielka80]

RIP Herr Löffel. Nice music.

[@2point7182818284590]

You gotta love this guy. I was 13 in 1993 and electronic dance music was all I was interested in.

[@howhithefi2197]

I was 18 in 1993. I couldn't emagine one Day in my Life without that Song. All that songs on Trip to Enyona are amazing. Thank you all very much.

[@BlackLemmy]

It's 1999, I'm 17 and living for my two last years of Bac (Abitur) in Berlin. I'm in an internet cafe, and I hear that sound. I ask the tenant what music it is, but it was on the radio and he didn't know. Fastforward like 10 years, and despite my best efforts, and growing knowledge of electronic music, I still can't find that sound I loved at the time. Then I talk about that experience with an older collegue, who knows his stuff in early electronic music. I start singing the melody, and instantly he tells me it's Right In The Night by Jam & Spoon. And I'm like "what, but I know that band, how did I missed this...". I love how your channel is bringing back so much memories, thanx a lot :)

[@dr86688]

i have a similar story with cartouche touch the sky ..wonderful story cheers!

[@BlackLemmy]

@@dr86688 I just listened to it and I bet when you tried to sing it many people told you it was think about the way, by Ice Mc, the two songs are sooo similar :)

[@BlackLemmy]

@@dr86688 I didn't know that song by cartouche but you made me rediscover their other single, "feel the groove", that I know from that period :)

[@LadislavBrezovnik]

This is an all-time classic and one of my favourite tracks from the early 90s. Thanks for the wonderful interview.

[@muzikxpress]

And thank you too!!

[@Dawwwg]

I totally agree; 'Right in the night' is timeless & perfect as it is, no need for new remixes or covers. Power of American Natives is also like that ...

[@colmmullins]

Wishing Rolf all the best in the future! He is special and should be cherished for his contributions to dance music!

[@orgonsolo6291]

It's still an absolutely beautiful tune to this day.

[@electrikblue1008]

I only discovered this song about 2 years ago during quarantine, and was instantly hooked. Absolutely love this song and still listen to it regularly. What shocked me the most was the fact that it was released in 1993! The sound quality is amazing, and I would have guessed it was from 1998/99. Excellent track.

[@QFXmusic]

An amazing song by a great artist :)

[@muzikxpress]

🙌🏻

[@ClassicGamerB]

Rolf Ellmer a.k.a. Jam El mar is a techno/trance legend. Thank you @muzikxpress for posting this! I remember hearing Jam & Spoon's music for the first time in the early/mid 90s on the radio and clubs while I lived in Germany. Great times, great memories!

[@muzikxpress]

And thank you too! Did you see my other interviews with him as well? I'm a big fan of his stuff as you can see hehe

[@ClassicGamerB]

@@muzikxpress not yet, but I definitely will look into watching them

[@muzikxpress]

@@ClassicGamerB awesome! I hope you enjoy them!

[@didier6665]

Si seulement il y avait un jour une collaboration avec Plavka❤

[@muzikxpress]

Hopefully it will happen again one day! Fingers crossed!

[@DjStinger]

A very spontaneous down to earth guy.. What an awesome interview, as always. Thank you ❤️

[@muzikxpress]

Yeah, I love talking to him and listening to his stories, such a great guy! Glad you enjoyed it, thank you too!

[@fezmania5078]

One of my favorite J & S tunes of all-time. I first heard it in 1995 or 1996 at a store in the U.S. where I worked when a sales guy who also worked there in the Electronics department played a cassette recording of the tune to show the quality of the stereos to the customers. I have had the pleasure to meet Plavka in the U.S. and hear her perform this classic, live. Great interview. It's always fun to hear Rolf's stories and experiences. Thank you, Twaan for this interview.

[@sebastiencrusener4968]

What set J&S apart from others is that you didn't have to be into trance to like them. The production, the groove, the depth etc were so well crafted that the genre didn't matter. A lot of their tracks are huge classics and it's well deserved.

[@TopBuzzMitch]

I remember being the Clapper/Loader on the video for this. Shot in a Church in Teddington, London over 2 days. Great times.

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

Very likable guy. Down to earth, honest answers. Somebody who is a star but doesn't try to be one. He should work as a teacher for music producers.

[@volksfestchecker838]

Great interview! The story about creating the song and the singer Plavka was very interesting! 😘😘

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@baracoons.4848]

Ich bin mit diesem Song groß geworden.

[@LemonPuf]

Look at that set up 😍

[@thinkinglikeadesigner7942]

Happy vinyl owner of this masterpiece! He is such a nice guy, too. Happy anniversary 🎉

[@rp6760]

Best 90's song ever👌

[@muzikxpress]

🙌🏻

[@larskruger3589]

One of the best!

[@robbertg4466]

I learned for the first time about Jam & Spoon when Angel was released, so when I bought their amazing album I got to know the other great vocal tracks as well. Find Me, Angel and Right in the Night are amazing dance tracks with strong lyrics and are still one of my most favorite (euro)dance songs ever!

[@anderssjoholm1713]

This by far my favourite episode so far, as much as i loved The KLF, Jam & Spoon really sort of cemented my love for electronic music, I still to this day never have heard anything like Jam & Spoon, and finding out about Jams musical background comes as no surprise at all, he is beyond skilled!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you Anders, glad you enjoyed this one! It is one of my favorite interviews as well since I'm a huge Jam & Spoon fan! :)

[@mickeyaugusto]

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 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 . Genres :Trance, Eurodance, house, trip hop

[@muzikxpress]

Wikipedia ;-)

[@MyMpc1]

The image of Jam & Spoon, Plavka and Nosie Katzmann all together in the studio recording the vocals. What an era!

[@muzikxpress]

🙌🏻

[@rocko44444444]

No matter what is he talking about, Jam El Mar is a heartwarming person. Always a pleasure to listen him.

[@muzikxpress]

Such a legend right??

[@rocko44444444]

@@muzikxpress Yeah, his friends must be happy about him. :)

[@Adam-ui3ot]

These videos are brilliant.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much!!!

[@doobyboy21]

Amazing song !!!

[@bernyboss]

Piece of muzik history! TNX 🍾🍾🍾

[@user-by6qg9gx8z]

This song brought real magic and a great feeling when you listen to it.

[@Tekzoned]

Magic tune 🔥

[@saravillar8406]

For me that song was so special because I am Spanish and the flamenco guitar was amazing mixed with trance sounds

[@captainbontekoe6752]

Great interview, as always :) I completely agree with last thoughts of Jam El Mar, this is our music, if we are getting older, it doesn't mean that we have to stop enjoying in making and listening to this music, we just have to adapt a little bit and go a little bit easier, but I hope I'll be enjoying this music until the day I die (not soon hopefully)

[@frank_mm]

One of the best Jam & Spoon songs, nice video.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much!

[@davewebster689]

Yay, the day is finally here! Thanks

[@muzikxpress]

Hope you enjoyed it Dave!

[@alexreinhard9182]

I bought the Maxi Single as the song is one of my favourites (and is still today!). Playing it again and again and again... Then came the day I "accidently" played the B-side.... and listening and..... You cannot compare those both songs - both are unique but "Follow Me" was also one of my favourites from now... I still remember Markus' words to that track

[@muzikxpress]

I hope to do an interview with Jam El Mar about “Follow Me” one day as well 😉🤞🏻

[@brawnbenson552]

Wonderful memories of this track! Thank you ❤

[@muzikxpress]

Glad you enjoy it! Thank you!

[@ubserrano8180]

Nice to have interviews like this and hear it straight from the artist. It was a huge record! Is not rare to hear it when going out even today.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! There’s some more interviews I did with him on my channel btw in case you missed them 😃

[@ady2416]

Most people didn't know jam & spoon here in the UK I remember back in about 1991 -1992 coming back from HMV with a few R&S CDs one was Stella they were like who's this whats that was really annoying for me when I wanted people to hear it! She also sang on R.H.C fever called love I recorded most of it all on to a TDK sa-x and we played it all night. Dance 2 Trance were the same I was so much into it all back then i was only 19 even today a lot of music good tracks etc never get known go under the radar lost in the saturated market of among none dance music etc etc

[@MrBreeth]

Im happy to have first release still in my collection together with find me.

[@LeonHc1]

Best Track Of All Time

[@bertvennemann189]

22:52 "Not many people have a dad .... who is rocking crowds !"

[@mangaas]

I remember my older brother had their CD, Jam & Spoon - Tripomatic FairyTales, it didn't have a regular CD jewelcase, but this really cool, fold out cardboard case. It had a few tracks on there that are ingrained into my memory as a teen, including this.

[@realzneo]

I love this track so much!! And I also like the Dance 2 Trance tune!! Great interview!! Thank you both!! Twan, these interviews you're do are amazing!!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks so much! Did you see the Dance 2 Trance interview (epsiode #122) as well? That one is from a while ago ;-)

[@realzneo]

@@muzikxpress Hey Twan!! No I did not!! I gotta catch up!! Thank you again!!

[@muzikxpress]

@@realzneo you’re welcome! Enjoy! 😊

[@realzneo]

@@muzikxpress Thank you!! I'm sure I will!!

[@musictomotion]

Great interview!!!!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much!

[@jyrilehtinen_aka_grimreaper]

Great interview, always good to hear more info about classic J&S productions.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much! Big fan of Jam & Spoon here, I think people can tell hehe ;-)

[@jyrilehtinen_aka_grimreaper]

@@muzikxpress Indeed, there's so much love for Rolf & Markus' works.

[@muzikxpress]

What is your all time favorite Jam & Spoon track?

[@rocko44444444]

Stella, defo. The music video just makes it more perfect.

[@SparkAttack86]

Can't wait to hear more about this one, probably one of the better dance tracks of the 90s.

[@AndrewHudak]

Odyssey To Anyoona no doubt. This and "Love Stimulation (Paul van Dyk's Love Club Mix)" are like a trance couple :D

[@madgermadger330]

Loops of infinity kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaTNinp_pZqoqsU

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

Stella.

[@KeirMurphy]

Thanks Twan! One of my all time favourites & always love listening to Jam El Mar remember the background. A true legend

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much! Very happy with this interview as well myself.

[@fredericksirucka1071]

Nice story about jam el mar 😮 fred(e)rick

[@darbomusic]

Incredible song. Thank you so much for your amazing video interviews. This is a golden oldie. I know this song word for word. Beat for beat. Brilliant once again. You do all my favourites ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@martinschwarzer9416]

Mr Elmer is a great musician! Amazing what a tongue-in-cheek the Tokyo Ghetto Pussy project was too. Amazing creator of timeless work-out music, thanks for the interview once again!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the interview!

[@martinschwarzer9416]

@@muzikxpress You made it happen! Now I know the piece to practice next, Asturias by Isaac Albanez. Thanks for spreading the music 👋

[@jonpeley]

This track was HUGE in Spain. No wonder as the main riff is from a spanish guitar. There were even some local covers with lesser qualities.

[@sinwithsebastian]

I had the pleasure of meeting Nosie Katzmann last year in my hometown because he lives nearby. He performed some of the hits acoustic. Hey how could he brush over Nosie so fast? He was instrumental in this and many hits. I had the single back in the days.

[@mackash]

Great track. I remember very clearly watching it on the top 40 TV show when it first came out. But lets not forget the Bside. The 12min beast called "Follow Me!". Follow me doesn't get the recognition its deserves. It pathed the way for JamX Tomorrow. Excellent release. Both 'Ride in night' and 'Follow Me'. The instrumental is a bomber too.

[@mareksvideos]

Enjoyed the interview! Awesome!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevejones1825]

Love it. What an album that is

[@Freqhog]

Please more from 90s Eurodance ❤

[@muzikxpress]

Last week I did record 2 interviews with Nathalie Aarts from The Soundlovers, first interview will be online later this month! I'm working on some other names too, but right now I have 0 travel budget for trips. Sod onations are always welcome, this is not a cheap hobby unfortunately ;-)

[@Freqhog]

@@muzikxpress I donated. Thank you 🙏

[@muzikxpress]

@@Freqhog you’re a legend! Thank you so much! ❤️ I have a lot of plans for later this year BTW! I hope it all works out 🤞🏻

[@Freqhog]

Keep it up. Love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@giannasaccomano2600]

This interview's great! thanks! I liked the song very much. It would be nice if you could do an interview to Michele Comis from the u.s.u.r.a.: he's classical pianist :)

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And for now I’m not really doing requests, sorry, just being honest. Unfortunately I don’t have a travel budget for these interviews so I can only do interviews with people who live nearby or people that visit for gigs etc. Thanks for your understanding.

[@TheHorseValse]

Nice one, thanks! 😀

[@muzikxpress]

And thank you too!

[@dazzvr]

The B-side of 'Right in the Night' is my fav B-side ever

[@MichaelOglesby]

Great internview!

[@djfredleo]

Outstanding and lovely interview! Many many thanks!

[@E.F.]

Thank you so much!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot, hope you enjoyed the interview!

[@Jameselcome_303]

Interesting! Love that track ! Cool guy !

[@muzikxpress]

What a track right? Glad you found the interview interesting! :)

[@DavidPasajero]

❤❤❤

[@Lyraxhaze]

I still have original, remix and flamengomatic cd singles from 1993.. 😁

[@wowerman]

If someone asks where is the Plavka's beauty from?Half Peruan half Croatian.Great sweet vocal.

[@lorrainebranley6050]

Seen Jam El Mar Dj in Glasgow Sept 2023 at one of Mallorca Lees 1994 nights. Amazing night 💃🎵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Alright in the night ❤. Whats the meaning of the artwork on the album ?

[@NikKershaw1984]

Thank you for the video! Would be interesting to hear always from the producers of the song (like in this case) which instruments, had been used to make the song.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And he’s telling what he did use for the guitar actually in this one. Plus in my previous interviews with Jam El Mar you will hear what kind of equipment he did use. I’m not a producer myself so I don’t have a lot of knowledge about the more technical part of the production, so that’s why I never ask too much in depth questions about the producing part, simply because I don’t think I should ask about things I don’t have the knowledge about 😉 I started this series because I’m interested in hearing the stories behind the tracks. So that’s why ☺️

[@wowerman]

Great track.Can we have some more tech details what synths and presets were used in productions of artists interviewed?

[@muzikxpress]

Well, I'm not a producer myself so my technical knowledge about equipment etc etc is very, very limited. There's other channels that really go in-depth about the actual production and all the technical details. However, I always try to ask which equipment was used and sometimes producers share a bit more as well. But I don't really feel like going more in-depth about it, simply because I don't have enough knowledge about it. Plus I started Muzikxpress, because I'm trying to find out about the stories behind the tracks I grew up with. I think 80 or 90% of the viewers aren't producers, so I don't want to make it all too technical either. I'll leave that up to the channels who focus on the actual production of tracks, with my very basic knowledge I just don't really think I should ask questions about things I don't know anything about. I'm not comfortable with that ;-) Hope you understand! :)

[@vince8664]

Hey Twan, maybe you can start asking different questions in your interviews. Keep up the good work.

[@muzikxpress]

Well, there's always like 5 or 6 questions that are (almost) the same..... I mean, we want to know the story behind the track right? ;-) But the answers are always different. And not sure if you noticed it, but there are always specific questions that are focussed on the track I'm talking about or about the artist itself. I do spend a lot of time on research and preparing these interviews. But feel free to send me a bunch of suggestions for questions I can ask for future interviews. Keep in mind the focus is to find out about the story behind the track ;-) Looking forward to your answer and suggestions! :)

[@DWINC]

Op deze zat ik echt te wachten ❤ Nu nog een keer Power Of American Natives van Dance to Trance? Of Fierce Ruling Diva - rubb it in? Die gast zit in Amsterdam.

[@muzikxpress]

Dank je! En ik heb in 2020 al een interview met hem gedaan over "Power Of American Natives", aflevering 122 ;-) Of check even de links in de video beschrijving, daar kun je alle interviews die ik met hem gedaan heb terugvinden. En ik heb in het verleden (pre-COVID) al eens contact gehad met Jeroen over een eventueel interview over "Rubb It In", maar mijn schema zit momenteel echt supervol. De komende maanden heb ik zoveel in de planning staan (ook met werk), dus voorlopig kom ik er simpelweg niet aan toe. Hopelijk ergens na de zomer, dikke plaat, dus staat zeker op mijn wish list (staan inmiddels ruim 100 platen op, dus genoeg ideeën haha).

[@DWINC]

@@muzikxpress daar kijk ik dan naar uit! Ik heb niet alles gezien op je kanaal want veel platen ken ik niet bij naam maar ga het zeker checken. Ik vond die met Felix heel gaaf.

[@muzikxpress]

@@DWINC super! Hopelijk is het wat 😉

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

Rubb it in! :D Geweldig nummer ja. Vooral als die drums ratelen.

[@thomasz.8011]

Great interview. Demonstrated with his Dogzilla Remix of dark side of the moon that 3/4 work in the floor 😅

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And I'm not familiar with his remix of "Dark Side On The Moon", can't find it anywhere. Do you have a link?

[@djhenry502gtliveradiolemus7]

You guys need interview dj dero..... rave the stomp.aurora.extasis.and more....

[@muzikxpress]

Unfortunately I have 0 travel budget at the moment…. So I can only do interviews with people who live nearby (I’m based in the south of The Netherlands) or with people who do visit for gigs etc. Unfortunately I have never seen DJ Dero on a line up here….

[@AcidApplejack]

Can you do also the story of the song i kiss your lips which is by them as well?

[@muzikxpress]

Hopefully one day! I have 0 travel budget right now for new interviews though, but maybe one day (if he’s up for it of course!)

[@AcidApplejack]

@@muzikxpress oh take your time. Good content needs time so don't worry

[@djfredleo]

12:03 Previously it was a truck, now it is an Ambulance...(Or Police...) 😀

[@emphatic001]

The bassline sounds like the PVD mix of Love Stimulation. Coincidence?

[@MarcS4R]

sorry to ask again , but can you do one about "Follow me " ?

[@muzikxpress]

Not anytime soon, but for sure on my wish list. I don’t have time or a travel budget at the moment for trips abroad. My schedule is completely full for the next 4 - 5 months. Hopefully one day, but I first need to save for new trips.

[@EuroDJ]

I thought it was JV/JD's guitar

[@SparkAttack86]

I thought JV1080, but glad i now know it was Akai S1000

[@EuroDJ]

@@SparkAttack86 AKAI with samples from JV? )) The Akai have almost no high-quality branded libraries of their own. Almost everything is resampled from other synthesizers and romplers.

[@SparkAttack86]

@@EuroDJ Very likey. As with the percussion the castanet sample in the track waz sampled

[@GCRoofi1996]

You mentioned Groove Coverage here. How about an interview with them with the story behind "God Is a Girl" for example?

[@muzikxpress]

Maybe one day, but I have such a long waiting list for now that I don't add new people to it. There's a lot of interviews lined up for 2023 already, plus right now I simply don't have any travel budget left for trips abroad. So for now I can only do interviews with people who live nearby or with artists that visit The Netherlands. I don't think I've ever seen Groove Coverage performing in The Netherlands though..... Maybe one day, but for now I don't see it happen any time soon. My main focus (there's always exceptions of course) I focus more on tracks from the 80s / 90s. Just being honest! This is just a hobby for me and my time and travel budget are limited.

[@GCRoofi1996]

@@muzikxpress they performed once in Holland a couple years ago

[@muzikxpress]

@@GCRoofi1996 so chances for an interview are very slim as you can see…

[@GCRoofi1996]

@@muzikxpress maybe because Hands Up/Dancecore was never very popular type of music in Holland. The only Dutch Hands Up producer I know is Danceboy(Silver Nikan)

[@user-dm2qh6sf7x]

It sounds like a HARPSICORD

[@bertvennemann189]

20:30 ".... someone else .... do that much much better ...." A good choice would be to let "Estas Tonne" play the guitar(s) !

[@BernhardsSpaWellnessMana-fo5jb]

we all get older.

[@Janique2100]

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