Mark Spoon is one of the busiest and most striking
personalities of the European Dance Business
today !. He is one of those people everyone has a story
about...

A man like a fairy tale figure - described in Germany's '98
"Mayday" booklet.

Mark Spoon is in a league which in Germany only Sven Vath and
Westbam could claim to belong to. He does not operate within
a category, Spoon is one !. That has a lot to do with the way he looks
and his provocative appearance. He is, as it were, the personified
state of emergency. Spoon's reputation as a party monster and backstage
Casanova is known throughout the globe. Mark Spoon is one of those guys
who seem to be living manifestation of a Bukowski character, the gossip
surrounding his famous quotes and bizarre excesses may have even
inspired the grand master of street literature to a story, if he were
still alive. And even if this attitude has not been well received by
         all and sundry, one thing is sure: without Spoon, Techno
         music would have been a lot more boring.

         At the beginning of the nineties, Spoon celebrated his first
         success as an Techno DJ at the Sound Factory in Frankfurt
         (warehouse parties organized by Alexander Azary using
England's club concept as a role model and at the same time forerunners
of rave scene in Frankfurt). As well as the first "Logic Records" A&R
Manager, during the "Snap" era, Spoon played a decisive role in penning
the success story of Germany's former premier dance label, discovering
artists such as "Dr. Alban" and providing his first remixes for Alban
and other Logic acts.

At the end of 1991, Mark left his A&R position to pursue a further
calling. In co-operation with Sound Factory partner Azary, Spoon opened
XS Club, which, with innovative concepts and international DJ bookings,
set new standards in style in Frankfurt's clublife until its closure at
the end of 1994.

Jam El Mar and Mark Spoon released their first work as Jam & Spoon in
1992, titled "Tales from a Danceographic Ocean". The track "Stella" was
         also on this EP. It made the charts in England and was a huge

         club anthem throughout Europe. Shortly after, they succeeded
         with the remix of the classic track
         "Age of Love", one of the anthems of the the year
         1992 and one of the top-selling remixes in Techno
         history. This was followed by the double album
"Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 & 2002". It's first single,
"Right in the Night", stormed the charts throughout the
world.

Jam & Spoon were not only reowned for their own production, they were
also hired by an increasing number of international pop icons for remix
work. In 19, after they had already tried their hands on work by acts
such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys, Quincy Jones, Queen,
Enigma, Stereo MC, to name but a few, their work in this field was
awarded as "Remixer of the Year" by England's premier music magazines.

From 1993 until 1997, Mark Spoon hosted the last great era of the now
legendary Sunday morning shift at the "Dorian Gray", thus securing a
frontrow place in Frankfurt's DJ Hall of Fame. During this period, Mark
and his partners used the venue of the airport club for a whole series
of successful events such as Euphoria and Holy-X-Mas raves, which often
last several days.

         In 1997, Jam & Spoon released another of their own albums
         "Kaleidoskope". It's now most famous single,"Kaleidoscope
         Skies" was a smash hit for many months all over Europe.

         In order to investigate dance music styles which were more
         compatible to the clubs, Jam & Spoon usually used the
         B-sides of their 12", or just created new pseudonyms to
express their musical alter egos. "Tokyo Ghetto Pussy" is the most
important project with which the due achieved world-wide chart success
in the years 1995 and '96. With their current project Storm, whose
first single made the German top 20, the pair appear to be moving on
directly from this success.

1999 is looking to become a very important and varied year in the
production work of Mark Spoon. After a studio phaseof almost two years,
not only Jam & Spoon will return with a new long player,
rather it is also high time to get on vinyl the energetic
sound of Storm.

And - as if it weren't enough already - the first Mark
Spoon LP under his own name will be released, on which he
will feed his fans with the DJ styles he prefers himself.

Around the globe, Spoon has gazed out from behind his
record decks over almost every club or event worth anything. The
highlights of his career certainly include his gigs at "Tribal
Gathering" in the UK, his numerous "Mayday" appearances and his three
sets at the final "Love Parade" demonstration, where he performed in
front of 200,000 people gathered at the Grosser Stern and millions in
front of their TV sets.

         As a resident DJ, Mark Spoon currently appears on a regular
         basis at the following renowned clubs in Germany: Kraftwerk
         KW - Munich, Pleasure Dome - Augsburg, Mach 1 - Nuernberg,
         Airport - Wuerzburg, Tribehouse - Neuss, U60311 - Frankfurt,
         Kalkscheune - Berlin.