The trio'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 Dowlut revived the Disco Montego name with Michael Abdul and released "Hearts on Fire" to celebrate the FIFA World Cup.
Electric Empire have sold over 30,000 copies of their debut album worldwide, with releases in the UK, Japan and France.
Studio 347 remixed tracks, "These Days" and "ASAP" for Bardot and "When We Were Young" for pop vocal group Human Nature.
Two songs feature Katie Underwood (ex-Bardot) on vocals, including the single "Beautiful" released in May.
[6] The duo joined with Underwood to perform on the Rumba festival which toured Australia and New Zealand in September, headlined by Bon Jovi.
[9] The track "Autumn Breeze", written by the Dowluts, was recorded by German pop group No Angels for their second album Now...
[13] They wrote "What Will They Say" for Jimmy Barnes' album Double Happiness (2005) (a duet with his brother John Swan) and also produced the track.
However, Darren Dowlut was diagnosed with a chest tumour and died six weeks later on 5 August of the cancer, aged 27.
[16] In June, Dowlut revived the Disco Montego name with the help of friend and fellow music producer Michael Abdul.
They released "Hearts on Fire", a celebration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in association with Nando's to raise awareness for the 'United Against Malaria' campaign, which was distributed through Varrasso PR.