Plavka
Plavka Coleridge | |
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Birth name | Plavka Lonich |
Born | San Jose, California, U.S. |
Genres | Dance-pop, trance, electronic, trip hop |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, performer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1989–present |
Formerly of | Jam & Spoon, The Shamen, Rising High Collective |
Plavka Coleridge (née Lonich) is a musician; vocalist, songwriter, producer and dj. She is best known for being the singer of the German techno group Jam & Spoon, whose classically infused trance sound dominated the international charts in the mid-1990s, as well as for her previous stint with the Shamen.
Biography[edit]
Plavka is the daughter of a Peruvian mother and Croatian father. Plavka started her vocal training throughout her childhood. She moved from Los Angeles to London, where she joined the Scottish band the Shamen as a vocalist. With the Shamen she toured European and Asian, Moscow and Siberia.[1][2]
In the 1990s, Plavka met Caspar Pound, a producer, composer and owner of Rising High Records. They formed Rising High Collective with producer Peter Smith.[3] RHC performed at Omen in Frankfurt and was part of the Frankfurt techno scene in the 1990's. Around mid-1990s she recorded "Right in the Night" song with Jam & Spoon which went on to become a global hit and earned her a Gold disc in Germany and a Platinum disc in Australia. .[1][2] Jam & Spoon continued working with Plavka and they went on to have many more hits including, Find Me, Butterfly Sign & Kaleidoscope Skies. For the album, Kaleidoscope, Plavka wrote the songs, Guiding Light, Flame, Moment Gone, Garden of Eden and the single Kaleidoscope Skies.
Personal life[edit]
Plavka married Christopher Coleridge in 2006, they have a daughter.[4][1][2] Her younger brother is guitarist Yogi Lonich, who was a member of Buckcherry, Fuel, and Chris Cornell's live band.[5]
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- En-Tact (1990)
- Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 (1993)
- Kaleidoscope (1997)[2]
- Tripomatic Fairytales 3003 (2004)[2]
- Remixes & Club Classics (2006)
- Plavkalicious (2009)[1][2]
Singles[edit]
- "Chance Me" Plavka, (1988) Mainline Records
- "Hyperreal" The Shamen feat. Plavka (1990) One Little Indian
- "Fever Called Love" Rising High Collective (1991) R&S Records
- "Reach" Rising High Collective (1992) Rising High Records
- "Maximum Motion" Plavka (1993) Ascension Records
- "Right in the Night (Fall in Love with Music)" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka (1993) JAM! Sony Dance Pool[2]
- "Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka (1994) JAM! Sony Dance Pool[2]
- "Liquid Thoughts" (EP feat Tangled in My Thoughts) Rising High Collective (1994) Rising High Records[1]
- "Feel the Fire" RHC feat. Plavka (1995) Ascension Records
- "Angel (Ladadi O-Heyo)" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka (1995) JAM! Sony Dance Pool[2]
- "Kaleidoscope Skies" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka (1997) JAM! Sony Dance Pool[2]
- "Don't Call It Love" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka (1998) JAM! Sony Dance Pool
- "Your Everything" Mistral feat. Plavka (2002) Black Hole
- "Butterfly Sign" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka (2004) Universal Music
- "Razorblade" Ils feat. Plavka (2007) Distinctive Records
- "Love Sick" NUfrequency feat. Plavka (2007) Rebirth
- "Love Story" Rudenko feat. Plavka (2009) Be Yourself Music
- "Surrender" J Nitti feat. Plavka (2010) Armada Records[1][2]
- "Redlight Town" Swagger feat. Plavka (2012) Housepital Records
- "Right in the Night 2013" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka Mixed by David May & Amfree (2013) Sony Columbia
- "Uh Oh" Plavka 2020 (2021) Plavka Music
- "Modern Tragedy" written & performed by Plavka. Produced by Zootrop (2021)
- "Underneath the Hollywood Sign" EP Plavka (2021) Plavka Music
- "On a High Frequency" Plavka (2022) Plavka Music
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Rising High Collective, Discogs.com; accessed June 16, 2018.
- Interview with Plavka, SoundCloud.com; accessed June 16, 2018.
- Living people
- American dance musicians
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom
- American women singers
- American people of Croatian descent
- American people of Peruvian descent
- Peruvian people of Croatian descent
- Singers from London
- Musicians from Los Angeles
- Singers from California
- The Shamen members
- 1968 births