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as they have individual experience of
doing tracks with other artists that
complement their existing repertoire.
For example, Jammel is recording a
new house track, Breakaway, with
Katie Pearl, and Denero is set to
release a track with Tinie Tempah.
Castro also wrote the funky house
anthem Go sung by Meleka featuring
Crazy Cousinz.
Album number two
Their first single, Whatever You Want,
released in 2007 was received well
and so was follow-up single My Baby.
This summer their album Starz Da
Limit was released, boasting a
staggering 18 tracks and featuring
producers such as Hyper Time, Mr
Shabz and Matt Burrell with a sound
D-Fam describe as ‘eclectic’. The last
album did not feature many artists but
this is something they hope to rectify
on their next album.
‘We didn’t really have many
feature on the last album, apart from
Mega (So Solid),’ says Castro, ‘so
we’re looking to getting more on the
forthcoming offering Setting the
Standards. So far we’ve lined up a few
and we are speaking to Ghetts. We
would love to do a track with Dappy
from N-Dubz.’
D-Fam entitled their album Starz
D-Fam
Da Limit as they believe the stars
really are the limit and Starz Up is a
positive movement, ‘Starz Up means
The British urban collective that’s
anything is achievable as long as you
are willing to work hard in order to
reaching for the Starz
achieve it,’ Castro says.
Girl crazy
With many UK urban artists hitting ‘At that time there were not D-Fam’s appeal to teenagers took
the number one spot there hasn’t many groups made up of rappers them by surprise. ‘We’ve had girls
been a better time for emerging and singers trying to break into the knocking down barriers trying to get to
talent to make an assault on the industry, so quite often we were us, and trying to pull Taj off stage,’
charts. D-Fam has brought their compared to what was already laughs Castro, ‘it’s crazy.’ Of course
offering to the altar in a jewel case there,’ explains Castro. However, their boyish good looks help too. With
entitled Starz Da Limit. Flavour as time has gone on, D-Fam is so many of their fans in their teens, the
caught up one of the members of the now aiming to be the force behind reception they often get when they go
collective, Castro, to talk about how a whole new movement, along on stage is overwhelming.
their star is rising. the lines of Roc-A-Fella (Jay-Z’s D-Fam are yet to be recognised
music and fashion empire) with for the moves they are making in the
The next big thing ‘various artists under one camp ever-changing face of the British
D-Fam may not be well known by doing different types of music,’ music scene. Castro describes their
those in the mainstream but they are he adds. album Starz Da Limit as ‘a mere taster
on their way to setting the standards for the fans’ and with a new album in
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has met the group soon understands With so many members it’s easy style of RnB.
why. Since forming in 2004, D-Fam to get confused over who does what.
have performed around the UK and D-Fam consists of three singers; Starz Da Limit is available to
written and recorded their recently Skie (the only female in the group), purchase from Play.com, HMV,
released album Starz Da Limit. After Jammel and Denero and four online and other high-street outlets.
hearing their album it’s easy to rappers; Taj, Castro, Yung C and You can get in touch with the
understand why, in their early days, Junks. Each member makes a group at www.d-fam.co.uk or
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