Plavka Coleridge (

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Lonich) is a musician, vocalist, songwriter, producer and DJ. She is best known for being the singer of the German techno group

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, whose classically infused trance sound dominated the international charts in the mid-1990s, as well as for her previous stint with

the Shamen The Shamen ( ) were a Scottish psychedelic band, formed in 1985 in Aberdeen, who became a chart-topping electronic dance music act on the UK Singles Chart by the early 1990s. The founding members were Colin Angus, Derek McKenzie and Keith Mc ...

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

as a vocalist. With the Shamen she toured European and Asian, Moscow and Siberia.PLAVKA BIOGRAPHY
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in Who We Are? jamandspoon.de 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

which became an international hit and earned a Gold disc in Germany and a Platinum disc in Australia.

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''.

Personal life

Plavka married Christopher Coleridge in 2006; they have a daughter.Christopher Coleridge and his fiance Plavka Lonich
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's live band.

Discography

Albums

* ''En-Tact'' (1990) *''Tripomatic Fairytales 2001'' (1993) *''Kaleidoscope'' (1997) *''Tripomatic Fairytales 3003'' (2004) *''Remixes & Club Classics'' (2006) *''Plavkalicious'' (2009)

Singles

*"Chance Me" Plavka, (1988) Mainline Records *"Hyperreal"

The Shamen The Shamen ( ) were a Scottish psychedelic band, formed in 1985 in Aberdeen, who became a chart-topping electronic dance music act on the UK Singles Chart by the early 1990s. The founding members were Colin Angus, Derek McKenzie and Keith Mc ...

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 "Right in the Night (Fall in Love with Music)" is a song by German electronic music duo Jam & Spoon, released by labels JAM! and Dance Pool as the second single from the duo's second album, '' Tripomatic Fairytales 2001'' (1993). It is a Eurodan ...

(Fall in Love with Music)"

feat. Plavka (1993) JAM! Sony Dance Pool *" Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)"

feat. Plavka (1994) JAM! Sony Dance Pool *"Liquid Thoughts" (EP feat Tangled in My Thoughts) Rising High Collective (1994) Rising High Records *"Feel the Fire" RHC feat. Plavka (1995) Ascension Records *"Angel (Ladadi O-Heyo)"

feat. Plavka (1995) JAM! Sony Dance Pool *" Kaleidoscope Skies" Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka (1997) JAM! Sony Dance Pool *"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 *"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

External links

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