current_members years_active alias article_title past_members background genre origin name
dennis dowlut 1995 -- 2005 , 2010 kaylan , studio 347 disco montego
 darren dowlut group_or_band r & b , dance melbourne , victoria , australia disco montego
disco montego

disco montego -lrb- earlier known as kaylan -rrb- are an australian r&b and dance music performance , song writing and production duo .
the dowlut brothers dennis and darren , formed kaylan in melbourne in 1995 .
they released an r&b album `` no commandments '' in 2000 , which reached no. 23 in australia and spawned three top 50 singles .
in may 2001 , they became the studio based group , disco montego , and released further singles followed by `` disco montego '' in september 2002 .
their production work included remixing mariah carey 's `` boy -lrb- i need you -rrb- '' in 2004 .
the duo 's music career was cut short when darren died of cancer on 5 august 2005 , six weeks after being diagnosed with a chest tumour .
in 2010 , dennis revived the disco montego name with michael abdul and released `` hearts on fire '' to celebrate the fifa world cup .
2010 dennis released his new band , electric empire 's album independently .
electric empire have sold over 30,000 copies of their debut album world wide independently .
with releases in the uk , japan and france and touring the world with shows at glastonbury festival and royal albert hall supporting beverly knight .
