Performance · Production
Jam El Mar
real name Rolf Johannes Ellmer
Karlsruhe, Germany
Jam El Mar is credited on 988 releases across 320 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1989–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
988
Credits
320
Albums
5
Decades active
31
In collections
Biography
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Rolf Ellmer (born 3 December 1960), also known by the names Jam El Mar, Jam, and Trancy Spacer, is a classically trained musician (concert-guitarist), producer and DJ. He has become one of Germany's most known techno and trance producers.
Together with Markus Löffel (alias Mark Spoon), also a big name in the German dance scene, he has recorded under several monikers such as Jam & Spoon, Tokyo Ghetto Pussy and Storm. He was also a member of the group Dance 2 Trance, along with Dag Lerner (alias DJ Dag), which had great success all over the world and is said to be among the pioneers of trance music.
He also works as a producer and remixer for other artists.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
988 releases · 320 albums · active 1989–2025
- Performance · 1,036
- Production · 494
- Other credits · 251
- Engineering · 73
Studios: Allstar Warehouse · Highlights Studio, Berlin · Eichstädt Studios · Allstar Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Rhythm Is A Dancer
1992

Right In The Night (Fall In Love With Music)
1993

The Age Of Love
1990
Mirrorsystem
2005

Gatecrasher: National Anthems
2000

Vorsprung Dyk Technik (Remixes 92-98)
1998

N°1 Techno
1996

Cream Live Two
1996

I'll Find A Way
1995

Top Of The Pops 1
1995

Dance Mission Volume 7
1995

Turn Up The Bass Presents: The Ultimate Dream Mix - Volume 2
1994

Heaven's Tears
1993

Tripomatic Fairytales 2001
1993

Serious Beats Vol. 10
1993

Pure Techno
1993

P→ower Of A★merican N▪atives
1992

In Order To Dance 4
1992

Serious Beats Vol. 5
1992

Got To Get Away
1991

No Coke
1990

Everlasting
2012

The Time Is Now
1994

45 RPM
1994
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Jam & Spoon
- B.G. The Prince Of Rap
- Dance 2 Trance
- Peyote
- Dr. Alban
- Paradise Programme
- Paris Red
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