Plavka Coleridge (néeLonich) 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.
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 music club in Frankfurt and was part of the Frankfurt techno scene in the 1990's.
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.[1][2]Jam & Spoon continued working with Plavka and produced songs including Find Me, Butterfly Sign, and Angel. For the 1997 album Kaleidoscope Plavka wrote the songs Guiding Light, Flame, Moment Gone, Garden of Eden and the single Kaleidoscope Skies.
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]
