Mark Spoon (27 November 1966 – 11 January 2006) was a disc jockey, musician and record producer from

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, Germany. Together with Rolf Ellmer (Jam El Mar) he recorded under several monikers, including

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, classically trained composer) and Markus Löffel (a.k.a. Mark Spoon, DJ). They also work ...

, Tokyo Ghetto Pussy and Storm. He also produced and

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ed many other artists as well as becoming a veteran performer many times at Berlin's

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. Spoon, born as Markus Löffel, began his professional career as a cook before changing direction and working as a DJ in the late 1980s. He adopted the stage name Mark Spoon, a direct translation of his birth name: ''Löffel'' is the German word for ''spoon''. In the early 1990s he teamed up with Jam El Mar (a classically trained guitarist) as

. Their greatest

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(in Germany) were " Right in the Night" (1994) and "Kaleidoscope skies" (1997). Spoon was a pioneer in

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and remixed seminal tracks, including

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's ''Go (In Dub Mix)'' (1992), in addition to his work under other names. In 2001 he performed in the German film ''Be Angeled'', for which he also contributed the title song. In January 2006, he was found dead in his

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apartment after suffering a

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. The 2006

contained a live performance of "Be Angeled" in tribute of Spoon.

External links

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Official website

Mark Spoon discography
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Jam and Spoon unofficial fan page
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Housepool.de: "In memoriam: Mark Spoon"
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