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martina of friends sorbara of dragonette performing at the 2013 festival dragonette martina sorbara
 solo_singer 13 november 1978 vocals electropop martina sorbara at festival of friends 2013.jpg ontario , canada martina sorbara singer-songwriter
martina sorbara

martina sorbara -lrb- born november 13 , 1978 -rrb- is a canadian singer-songwriter and frontwoman of the band dragonette .
she is also the daughter of greg sorbara , a former member of provincial parliament and minister of finance in ontario .
martina is a graduate of the toronto waldorf school in thornhill .
her debut album , `` unplaceables '' , was released independently in 1998 and is no longer in print .
sorbara 's second album , `` the cure for bad deeds '' , was released independently in 2000 .
an expanded version of the album appeared on maplemusic recordings in 2002 .
both versions of the album were produced by jian ghomeshi .
martina 's only single from the album was `` bonnie & clyde ii '' , which also had a music video that got airplay on muchmoremusic , as well as making an appearance on the `` women & songs '' compilations .
the song also appeared in the film , `` all i want '' , starring elijah wood and franka potente .
sorbara recorded a version of the christmas song , `` it 's the most wonderful time of the year '' , for the 2003 nettwerk compilation album , `` maybe this christmas too ? '' .
that same year , she was featured on the soundtrack to `` uptown girls '' singing the song `` spinning around the sun '' .
she can also be heard on the `` from the girls '' compilations issued by nettwerk that contained a new recording of a song called `` withered on the vine '' .
since 2005 she has served as the frontwoman of the canadian new wave/electropop band , dragonette .
sorbara co-wrote and sang on the 2006 basement jaxx single , `` take me back to your house '' .
she also appeared in the video for the song .
she was credited as martina bang .
in 2009 , sorbara was featured on the henrys album `` is this tomorrow '' singing on the track `` chair by the window '' .
she is also featured in kaskade 's song `` fire in your new shoes '' .
in 2010 , sorbara performed the vocals in martin solveig 's songs `` hello '' , `` boys & girls '' and `` big in japan '' .
she is also featured in kaskade 's song `` fire in your new shoes '' which was released digitally on april 13 , 2010 .
in november 2010 she was featured in the song `` animale '' , which was the result of a collaboration between dutch dj and producer don diablo and sorbara 's band dragonette .
