Kaylan

Kaylan's Dowlut brothers were born five years and many miles apart, older brother Dennis born in the UK and Darren in Mauritius. What they share is their Mauritian family background and a love of American r&b fostered by years spent travelling the world before the family settled in Melbourne.

In around 1995, while their parents returned to Mauritius the brothers stayed in Australia and became the singing pop duo, Kaylan, taking their name from a young cousin. In 1996 they were signed to Warner Bros, and put into the studios with hit-group- turned- production team the Rockmelons. During the sessions for their first album they were approached by Baz Luhrmann to perform a dance routine in his latest film, 'Moulin Rouge'.

As songwriters they contributed a couple of songs for Warners' other high profile pop act, Bardot which let to Bardot member Katie Underwood contributing vocals to the brothers' post-Kaylan recording venture, Disco Montego.

Darren Dowlut died aged 26, on August 5,2005 after a month-long battle with chest cancer. He passed away at the Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne. He was diagnosed on the eve of his relocating, with his brother Dennis and partner in Disco Montego, to Los Angeles. Having remixed Mariah Carey's track "Boy", they had been offered remix work with Carey, Elton John and Blue. Carey was among those who sent flowers to the family in Australia.