Plavka

Plavka is the daughter of a Peruvian mother and Croatian father. At age 21 she moved to London, where she was lead singer for the seminal British acid house band the Shamen. She sang on the group's first hit, "Hyperreal". They toured the UK and Europe with their traveling show, "Synergy", and recorded a John Peel session in the UK. In 1991, the Shamen with Plavka were covered by UK's Face magazine to take rave to Russia, touring as far as Siberia.

Plavka was then poached by the management of Jam & Spoon to be their singer. Their first single, "Right in the Night", went top 10 in the UK and they performed on the UK music chart show Top of the Pops. She sang on Jam & Spoon's hits "Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)" and "Angel" and on their album Kaleidoscope Skies. The single, "Kaleidoscope Skies", was the first single off the album and made the top 20 in several European territories. She performed Jam & Spoon's final single "Butterfly Sign" at the New Pop Festival in Germany. Her interest in jazz singing later led her to acquiring a jazz residency at Annabel's, the private London members club. Plavka was nominated for Best Dance Act with Jam & Spoon at the first ever MTV European Music Awards held in Berlin.

In the early to mid-1990s, Plavka worked with, and dated, Caspar Pound, producer, composer and owner of Rising High Records. They formed Rising High Collective with producer Peter Smith.[1] They were known for some very well regarded trance, ambient and house tracks in the underground electronic music scene. Their first single, "Fever Called Love", was a revolutionary track as it was the first techno dance production to have a vocal song. This underground hit garnered Rising High Collective live engagements across Europe and critical acclaim.

Plavka has been featured as guest vocalist with DJ Ils (Razorblade), Nu Frequency (Love Sick) and J. Nitti (Surrender). She also penned the song "Never Ever" for the English band James Taylor Quartet (Acid Jazz Records). In May 2013, Jam & Spoon featuring Plavka re-released "Right in the Night 2013" with a mix by David May and Amfree. The video was shot in Salton Sea, California. The song was released by Sony Columbia and reached No. 1 in the European Dance Charts.

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

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