Plavka Coleridge
Birth namePlavka Lonich
Born (1968-03-25) March 25, 1968[1]
San Jose, California, U.S.
GenresDance-pop, trance, electronic, trip hop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, performer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1989–present

Plavka Coleridge (née Lonich;[2][3] born March 25, 1968) is an American singer. She is best known for being the singer of the German trance act 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

Plavka is the daughter of a Peruvian mother and Croatian father (originally from the island of Ugljan), who left Croatia as a teenager. Plavka started her vocal training in 1985, and in 1989 sang as a soprano with Santa Monica Opera. Next year she moved from Los Angeles to London, where she joined the British band the Shamen as a vocalist. With the Shamen she toured European and Asian centers, including those in Moscow and Siberia.[1][3]

In 1990s, Plavka also worked with Caspar Pound, a producer, composer and owner of Rising High Records. They formed Rising High Collective with producer Peter Smith.[4] Around mid-1990s she also joined Jam & Spoon.[1][3]

Personal life

Plavka married Christopher Coleridge in 2006, they have a daughter.[2][1][3] Her younger brother is guitarist Yogi Lonich, who was a member of Buckcherry, Fuel, and Chris Cornell's live band.[5]

Discography

Albums

  • En-Tact (1990)
  • Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 (1993)
  • Kaleidoscope (1997)[3]
  • Tripomatic Fairytales 3003 (2004)[3]
  • Remixes & Club Classics (2006)
  • Plavkalicious (2009)[1][3]

Singles

  • "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[3]
  • "Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka (1994) JAM! Sony Dance Pool[3]
  • "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[3]
  • "Kaleidoscope Skies" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka (1997) JAM! Sony Dance Pool[3]
  • "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][3]
  • "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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PLAVKA BIOGRAPHY. eurokdj.com
  2. 1 2 Christopher Coleridge and his fiance Plavka Lonich. dafjones.com
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Plavka. in Who We Are? jamandspoon.de
  4. ↑ "Rising High Collective". Discogs.
  5. ↑ "You are being redirected..." www.thatsmygig.com.
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