Dragonette

Dragonette
Dragonette (2009)
General information
Genre (s)	Electropop
founding	2005
Website	http://dragonetteonline.com/
Current occupation
singing	Martina Sorbara
bass	Dan Kurtz
guitar	Chris Hugget
Drums	Joel Stouffer
former members
guitar	Simon Craig

Dragonette is an electro-pop band from Canada . It was founded in 2005 and consists of front woman Martina Sorbara, producer and bassist Dan Kurtz, guitarist Chris Hugget and drummer Joel Stouffer.

Career

Sorbara and Kurtz met at a music festival and founded the duo The Fuzz, whose music they recorded in their own basement. After these recordings, they formed Dragonette and performed with New Order on their second live performance . In 2005, Dragonette EP was released , after which they signed a record deal with Mercury / Universal.

They decided to move from Canada to London, recorded their debut album Galore and opened up for artists such as Basement Jaxx , The Sounds and the Sugababes . They also appeared as headliners at smaller concerts. With the relocation to London, guitarist Simon Craig was replaced by Will Stapleton. The first music videos appeared on the Internet shortly afterwards, including the video for the first single I Get Around , which reached number 92 on the British charts. The following single, Take It Like A Man , was also not a major mainstream success.

The release of I Get Around in Canada ranked 57th and earned the band a nomination for the Juno Award for Best Newcomer Band . Their cover version The Girls ( The Boys ), originally by Calvin Harris , also had some airplay successes. In addition, Sobara and Kurtz wrote the title Grab a Hold for Cyndi Lauper , which appeared on Lauper's 2008 album Bring Ya to the Brink .

The early summer of 2009 saw the release of a new download single, Fixin to Thrill , from the album of the same name, which was released in Canada in September 2009, and a collaboration with French house musician Martin Solveig , Boys & Girls . The song was used as the theme song for the television show The Bachelor in 2012 .

The band achieved greater fame in German-speaking countries with the single Hello , also a collaboration with Martin Solveig. This reached the top 10 of the single charts in Germany as well as in Austria and Switzerland. In Austria it became a number one hit. In Canada it was the group's most successful single.

Discography

Singer Martina Sorbara (2013)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

I get around   UK 92 05/12/2007 (1 week)   CA 57 11/10/2007 (19 weeks) Pick up the phone   CA 28 11/28/2009 (20 weeks) Fire In Your New Shoes ( Kaskade feat.Dragonette)   CA 69  gold 07/03/2010 (13 weeks) Hello ( Martin Solveig & Dragonette)   DE 5  platinum 11/12/2010 (51 weeks)   AT 1 11/12/2010 (37 weeks)   CH 10  platinum October 24, 2010 (46 weeks)   UK 13  gold 01/08/2011 (31 weeks)   US 46  platinum 04/23/2011 (20 weeks)   CA 8th  × 2 Double platinum 01/01/2011 (44 weeks) Big in Japan ( Martin Solveig feat.Dragonette & Idoling !!!)   CA 36 December 17, 2011 (20 weeks) Let it go   CA 23 04/21/2012 (20 weeks) Live in This City   CA 65 October 13, 2012 (11 weeks) Outlines ( Mike Mago feat. Dragonette)   UK 8th 02/14/2015 (7 weeks)

Albums

• 2007: Galore
• 2009: Fixin to Thrill
• 2012: Bodyparts
• 2016: Royal Blues

Singles and EPs

• 2005: Dragonette EP
• 2007: I Get Around
• 2007: Take It Like a Man
• 2007: Jesus Doesn't Love Me Anymore
• 2008: Competition
• 2009: Fixin 'to Thrill
• 2009: Pick Up the Phone
• 2009: Boys & Girls ( Martin Solveig feat.Dragonette)
• 2010: Easy
• 2010: Our Summer
• 2010: Fire In Your New Shoes ( Kaskade feat.Dragonette)
• 2010: Hello ( Martin Solveig & Dragonette)
• 2010: Animale ( Don Diablo feat.Dragonette)
• 2010: Big in Japan ( Martin Solveig feat.Dragonette & Idoling !!! )
• 2010: Mixin to Thrill EP
• 2012: Let It Go
• 2012: Live in This City
• 2012: Merry X-Mas (Says Your Text Message)
• 2014: Outlines ( Mike Mago & Dragonette)

Web links

• Dragonette at Allmusic (English)
• Dragonette at Discogs (English)
• Awards for music sales: DE , CH , UK , US , CA

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1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US / CA
4. ↑ http://exclaim.ca/News/dragonette_announce_bodyparts_album