Disco Montego

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Disco Montego were an Australian dance music duo, consisting of brothers Darren and Dennis Dowlut. The brothers started as an Melbourne r&b duo Kaylan before becoming a production duo in 2001. Darren died of cancer in 2005.

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[edit] History

Disco Montego released their debut album on WEA We Got Love in 2001 with several tracks featuring Katie Underwood formerly of girl group Bardot including the first single "Beautiful". It spawned three top 40 singles in 2002 in the Australian charts. "Beautiful" reached the top 10 in the Australian charts and was eventually certified as gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association(ARIA).[1] It was also number 10 on the ARIA Dance Singles chart for 2002.[2] The couple joined with Underwood to perform on the Rumba festival which toured Australia and New Zealand in the southern hemisphere spring of 2002 headlined by Bon Jovi.[3]

"Magic", the second single from the album, also made the top 40 charts in Australia as did the third single "U Talkin to Me". "Beautiful" was nominated as pop single of the year for 2002.[4] "U Talkin' to Me" won an Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Award for most performed Australian dance work during 2003.[5] The track "Autumn Breeze" achieved some popularity in Europe.

The Dowlut brothers ran Bomb Music with partner George Said and were developing the career of Jeremy Gregory who was signed to Warner Music in the US.[6] The group remixed a Mariah Carey track "Boy (I Need You)" from her 2002 album Charmbracelet after Carey was aware of their Australian success.

Disco Montego were planning to relocate in 2005 to Los Angeles to take advantage of their higher profile. They had performed a remix of "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" by Elton John and Blue in 2003.[7] However, their relocation plans had to be shelved when Darren Dowlut was diagnosed with cancer. Darren Dowlut died of chest cancer aged 26. Mariah Carey was among the performers who sent condolences.

[edit] Membership

  • Darren Dowlut (vocalist and songwriter); and
  • Dennis Dowlut.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles/EPs

From We Got Love:

  • "Magic" (2002) - #22 Australia
  • "Beautiful" (featuring Katie Underwood) - #9 Australia
  • "U Talkin' To Me" (2002) - #17 Australia
  • "Good Times" (2002) Charity single produced to celebrate the 2002 Rumba tour in Australia, featuring artists from the "Rumba" tour. Artist included Disco Montego, Selwyn, Jeremy, Abs, Katie Underwood and Peta Morris.

[edit] References

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Chart listing according to top40-charts.com. Accreditations according to ARIA 2002 singles accreditations [1]
  2. ^ ARIA End of Year 2002 Dance Charts [2]
  3. ^ Australian Associated Press (AAP) report on Rumba festival 9 September 2002
  4. ^ AAP Report "This Year's ARIA Award Nominees" 13 October 2002
  5. ^ AAP Report "Winners of 2004 APRA Awards" 24 May 2004
  6. ^ Undercover.com.au Disco Montego's Darren Dowlut dies of cancer 8 August 2005 [3]
  7. ^ Undercover.com.au "Disco Montego remix Mariah Carey" 14 March 2003 [4]

[edit] References

  • "Star-maker dies at 27" Melbourne Herald Sun August 9 2005 page 15
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