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Nepo-baby DJ poses behind the decks – but can you guess his Britpop legend dad?

The DJ's dad hosts an annual music festival on his Cotswolds estate every year- how's that for a captive audience?

BOTH are slightly gawky, with dark hair and an infectious grin.

The family resemblance between rising star DJ Geronimo James and his famous father is uncanny, but just whose son is he anyway?

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DJ Geronimo James poses behind the decks after a Halloween gig this yearCredit: Instagram
The youngster clearly shares his dad's famous bon homie and wicked sense of humourCredit: Instagram

One clue is that his dad is a Britpop superstar-turned-cheesemaker and no doubt Geronimo is keen to make a memorable mark on the music business and not one that goes by in a... blur.

You’ve guessed it: He’s the son of rockstar Blur bass guitarist, Alex James.

The eldest of the rockstar’s five children, Geronimo is fast becoming a successful DJ in his own right, playing the festival circuit and regularly mixing beats that he airs through his social media platform.

The DJ has also accompanied his dad to numerous red carpet events and has no doubt picked up many of the tricks of the trade along the way.

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Sharing images on his social media, Geronimo including as series of pictures of him in the last few months.

The round up included included images of him playing a set at a Halloween disco night and hanging out with Woody Cook, the son of Zoe Ball and DJ Norman Cook, who is himself a successful DJ.

The son of Alex James and video producer Claire Neate, Geronimo has four other siblings- two brothers, twins, Artemas and Galileo and two sisters, Sable, 16 and Beatrix, 14.

The family live on a sprawling country estate in the Cotswolds, after Alex swapped his champagne soaked lifestyle as a member of London's Groucho club, for a rural goof life of making cheese and mucking out farm animals.

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Each year the family welcome around 25,000 people to their land for the Big Festival, now in its 13th year,  which is an annual food and drink event.

Speaking about the occasion, Alex, who has also created a brand of award-winning cheese, says: "It's no small undertaking, running a festival, but it sits completely within my preoccupations."

Although the musician has no regrets about abandoning his rockstar life in London for the country, Alex did dust off his guitar last year, when Blur hit the road for the reunion tour.

The Britpop legends performed two sell out nights at Wembley Stadium and festival performance's across Europe Japan and South America as well as the Coachella festival in California.

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The band also recorded a ninth studio album: The Ballad of Darren.

Speaking about the experience, Alex, who once said that 'in the 90s, everyone who was anyone was in the Groucho club," said that the reunion was “the best we’ve ever done.”

No doubt maybe he’ll be mixing some music with his son Geronimo in the future.

Alex james with his three sons at the Brits earlier this year, Geronimo and twins Artemas and GalileoCredit: Getty
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Alex played the bass guitar in one of the most successful bands of all time: BlurCredit: AP:Associated Press
The band got together for a series of concerts in 2023 that were well received by the publicCredit: Getty
Alex James is always one to provide fascinating insight in the pop and celebrity culture of the 90sCredit: Getty
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