Chart entered : 2 May 1992
Chart peak : 49
Number of hits : 11 ( 6 as Jam and Spoon, 3 as Storm, 2 as Tokyo Ghetto Pussy )
We get our first taste of trance music from this German production duo. Rolf "Jam" Ellmer and Markus "Spoon" Lofter were based in Frankfurt. They released their first album "BreaksUnit1" in Germany in 1991. The 35 minute album is basically a collection of 15 drum tracks ready-made for samplers with the odd vocal sample as window-dressing.
This 3-track EP was their first single. The title of course is a reference to Yes's notorious concept album Tales from Topographic Oceans , a sign of the ongoing rehabilitation of progressive rock that was taking place with the likes of The Orb citing Pink Floyd as a major influence. The main track "Stella" is typical of the trance genre using rave breakbeats but shaving off any abrasive bleeps and whistles in favour of warm synth chords, the odd acoustic riff and breathy female vocals whispering sweet nothings. It's pleasantly vague in the same vein as Enigma but inessential. "Keep On Movin" and "My First Fantastic F.F." are harder-edged dance tunes although still with spacey interludes.
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