Plavka Coleridge (née Lonich) is a musician, vocalist, songwriter, producer and DJ. She is best known for being the singer of the German electronic music 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

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 Europe and Asia, Moscow and Siberia.

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. RHC performed at Omen music club in Frankfurt and was part of the Frankfurt techno scene in the 1990s.

In 1993, she recorded the song Right in the Night with Jam & Spoon which became an international hit and earned a Gold disc in Germany and a Platinum disc in Australia.

Discography

Albums

  • En-Tact (1990)
  • Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 (1993)
  • Kaleidoscope (1997)

References

  • Rising High Collective, Discogs.com; accessed June 16, 2018.
  • Interview with Plavka, SoundCloud.com; accessed June 16, 2018.