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DragonetteFixin' To ThrillI Get Around
Dragonette released a self-titled EP before being signed to Mercury Records and
relocating to London, where they recorded and released their debut
album Galore to moderate critical appreciation. Sorbara and Kurtz met at a music festival[4] and formed a duo named The Fuzz,[5] making music together in their basement recording studio for fun. The duo formed Dragonette after these initial recordings, and supported New Order on only their second live performance. In 2005, the band released the Dragonette EP, prior to signing a record deal with Mercury Records of Universal Music UK. Dragonette relocated to London to record debut album Galore, and toured the UK supporting local acts, including Basement Jaxx (with whom Sorbara also recorded the track Take Me Back To Your House) and Sugababes and played headline gigs in small venues across the UK and Canada. British musician Will Stapleton replaced Simon Craig on guitar following the relocation. Dragonette filmed two music videos, one Jesus Doesn't Love Me and another for I Get Around. The former video leaked onto the internet, while the other served as promotion for their first single release. Despite the promotion from the band, I Get Around entered the UK Singles Chart at number ninety-two, disappointing the band members. A further single release, Take It Like a Man fared no better, not even reaching the top 100 on the UK Singles Chart. Dragonette did however receive some airplay with a cover of Calvin Harris' hit single The Girls, which was retitled The Boys. I Get Around was released in the band's home country of Canada where it outperformed the UK release, peaking at number fifty-seven on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100. In 2008, Dragonette received a Juno Award nomination for Best New Group, while Kurtz and Sorbara wrote and produced the song Grab a Hold with Cyndi Lauper for her 2008 album Bring Ya to the Brink. Will James Stapleton left the band, to be replaced by Chris Hugget. Dragonette recorded a second studio album Fixin to Thrill, which was released in late 2009. Dragonette have collaborated with several house DJs for releases, to varying degrees of success. Although Take Me Back To Your House with Basement Jaxx only featured Martina Sorbara as vocalist, it has since been promoted by the band as a Dragonette collaborative. The band have since recorded several tracks with French DJ Martin Solveig, including; Boys & Girls in 2009, Hello in 2010 and Can't Stop & Big In Japan in 2011. All of these tracks feature on Solveig's 2011 album "Smash". 2010 also saw Fire In Your New Shoes with Kaskade and Animale with Don Diablo. On 27 July 2010, Dragonette released Our Summer, a single made available digitally together with Volcano. Dragonette released the Mixin to Thrill EP digitally and a limited edition CD will be sold via the band's online store on 3 August 2010. The New EP also contains three new songs, including Volcano, Our Summer and several remixes from the past year. On 14 July 2011, The Dragonettes along with Martin Solveig, released a single called Hello. A music video came out later that month. The band have toured the world in promotion of their albums and also performed at Lollapalooza in 2010.[6] In 2010 South Africa's Land line operator Telkom launched its Mobile arm 8ta(Heita), which uses Hello as the theme song for its adverts. In 2011, Dragonette worked with Girls Aloud member Nicola Roberts, co-writing and producing the single Lucky Day for her debut solo album Cinderella's Eyes.[7] The band have also informed fans via their official
mailing list that they are currently recording their third studio
album. Kurtz reported on the band's official forum that Dragonette's
third studio album will be released in 2011. Released: September 25, 2007 80 Released: September 29, 2009 63 Dragonette EP (2005) [edit] Singles
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