Jam El Mar of Jam & Spoon on the Birth of Techno
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I sat down with Jam El Mar — one half of Jam & Spoon, the duo behind The Age of Love remix, Stella and Right in the Night — and what started as a chat about melodic techno turned into one of my favourite conversations ever on this channel. 🎧
We talk about growing up as the Berlin Wall came down, why he hates putting music in boxes, the 909 he bought from a wedding musician for 500 Marks, and why the 303 still sounds like rebellion. Then we get into the craft of DJing — reading a room, carrying a crowd through the night at the KitKatClub, and why everything, even your mistakes, has to happen IN THE GROOVE. 🔥
🎬 In this video:
🏷️ Why genre labels limit artists — and why Jam never wanted to be "the inventor of trance"
🧱 The Berlin Wall, disco's backlash and the freedom that gave birth to techno
🇩🇪 Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre and Krautrock
🥁 Jam's three favourite instruments: TR-909, TB-303 and Juno-106
👻 The ghost in the machine — from the 303 and drum machines to AI
🎚️ Why a real 909 still beats even the best 909 samples
💡 "If you want to be innovative, don't try to be innovative"
🎧 Playing the hits, reading the crowd and the DJ as a selector
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:44 Genres, labels and Robert Miles' "Children"
3:37 Rotterdam, distorted kicks and Mark Spoon
5:26 The Berlin Wall, freedom and the disco backlash
8:05 Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and Jean-Michel Jarre
11:41 Jam's 3 favourite instruments: 909, 303, Juno-106
13:55 The ghost in the machine: from the 303 to AI
17:26 Buying a 909 for 500 Marks
19:35 Real 909 vs 909 samples
23:04 The 303: rebellious and unruly
24:13 London, Krautrock and German pop
27:51 If you want to be innovative, don't try
29:51 Modern EDM and getting pigeonholed
33:15 Playing the hits: The Age of Love
37:39 Reading the crowd at the KitKatClub
43:25 The DJ as selector: keys, flow and transitions
47:53 Do it in the groove
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