This week I was looking for an old trance track at Discogs named Sub-Stance – Urban Sea (1993).
As I was very surprised to see that they also were behind one of my favorite tracks: Circuit – Transport Of Love (1994).
I searched a little more and found another single release as Daytona (below).

Although Transport Of Love was pretty successful The House Is Mine appears to be pretty rare.
It only was released on vinyl and just one compilation contained the full version (not mixed).
Luckily I found it at some to me unreliable online mp3 store and using the $0.30 you get for the free trail I could download the track for free, well $0.10

I like this track a lot, shame I just found it now after 19 years. I was even wondering if this could have inspired Ruff Driverz Presents Arrola - Dreaming (1998). Perfect for mixing into I think.





But what also surprised me, is that I'm not able to find anything besides some names behind these guys.

Markus Mohr and Michael Mohr appear to be the members of Sub-Stance, Circuit, Daytona, Scoop Team and Groovecult.

Markus Mohr has aliases: DJ Biz, Marc Archer
Michael Mohr has aliases: Don Lite , Michele Moretti

They were also member of this very early and trancy sounding Avionique - Die Schallmauer (Mach II) (1992)

Groovecult also did remixes at releases of Jam&Spoon and Tokyo Getto Pussy (which also is Jam&Spoon), so I was wondering if it could be a close relation to Jam&Spoon. One vinyl of Find Me even contained three remixes of them.
Mark Spoon's real name was Markus Löffel, so also a Markus and Groovecult made 38 remixes, which is not just a few I would say.

Does anyone have some information about Markus Mohr and Michael Mohr or their aliases?

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I don't know anything about the names but that's a nice track. Thanks for posting it.

The only thing I did believe is that they are German. Chance Avionique - Die Schallmauer (Mach II) (1992) wasn't is small IMO.

I think the intro of The House Is Mine is fantastic especially when the bass kicks in @45s. This could have become a classic for sure.

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They still are ghosts, or maybe not

I just found this site, Jam El Mar made the single mix of Groovecult feat Safiye - Bang To The Beat, which might indicate the Jam & Spoon connection:

http://www.tursa.franken.de/JamAndSpoon_discog.html

Groovecult feat Safiye: Bang To The Beat (Jam El Mar)

Music and lyrics by DJ BIZ, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Raffaele Riefoli and Steve Piccolo. Prodzuced by DJ BIZ at Longlane-Studios for Allstar Music Productions.


CDS: 2000 DE (West E.P. Music / BMG Ariola; 74321 78084 2) ^

03:31 Bang To The Beat (Jam El Mar Single Mix)
03:51 Bang To The Beat (Sophisticators 2 Step Edit)
05:32 Bang To The Beat (X-Tended-Mix)
05:10 Bang To The Beat (U-Mix)
06:33 Bang To The Beat (Chris Kain Mix)










and even from 2001:


The Jam & Spoon connection I thought of as it sounds totally different (sounds like Jam & Spoon I would say):

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I don't know anything about them, but my friend actually sent me a link to this track last week, saying how he supposedly danced to this at some rave back in his senior year of High School:

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred I don't know anything about them, but my friend actually sent me a link to this track last week, saying how he supposedly danced to this at some rave back in his senior year of High School:

It really shows how producers were in into multiple genres at the same time back then.

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I wonder why artists have multiple alias in the past unlike now its always just one or a few acts, not forgetting that they always credit the person behind it as "presenting"

Markus Schulz Presents Dakota

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Originally posted by Icesotope I wonder why artists have multiple alias in the past unlike now

Licensing issues, mostly. If you released material as an alias on one label, you could release something else on another under a different alias. I guess this had the benefit of maximizing their label deals, instead of getting tied to just one or two under your own name. So if you wanted to make some house, but you were known as a techno guy, make an alias and the house heads will pick that up without making the association they're buying from a techno guy too. Yeah, scenes could be just as cliquey back then too.

Or it was a studio guy filling out dodgy compilations with track lists that conned purchasers into believing they were getting wicked variety.

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