Disclosure – London 2014 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth

– Disclosure – Live at Alexandria Palace, London – March 8, 2014 –

Disclose this morning to end of the week – time to dance and forget about it, and Disclosure are just the ones to do it. As a colleague pointed out to me – I don’t usually run Electronic/House Music – well . . .not entirely true. But if given the choice between a live performance of anything and a studio-derived Electronic/House Music album, I will always go with the live stuff. That said, Disclosure in a concert setting is a lot different than hearing their albums. One thing – they have a live drummer and that makes all the difference in the world – and the other; they are several notches above run-of-the-mill EDM endeavors because (IMO) a lot of EDM is sterile and, well . . .boring.

Disclosure isn’t. Consisting of the brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence, Disclosure got started in 2010. Neither brother particularly liked Electronic music – Howard played bass and Guy was a drummer who played in Indie-influenced guitar bands and also studied Classical music. But from meeting Detroit-based Rapper/DJ and Producer J Dilla, Guy became interested in the creative aspect of Electronic Music and began experimenting. He eventually got Howard interested and Disclosure was formed.

It’s been a very good ride so far. Their debut album, Settle, came out in 2013 and was nominated for a Best Dance/Electonica Grammy in 2014. The subsequent tour and surprise hit appearances at Coachella and SXSW have given further evidence Disclosure were no passing fancy. Their new album, Caracal, which was released in September of 2015 got enthusiastic reviews and widespread positive reaction, further adding to the notion that Disclosure are a group destined to be around for a while.

In February 2017, the duo announced they were to take a year’s hiatus with the exception of “a few special things”, including performances with BBC Radio 1 in Ibiza and the return of their festival Wildlife that summer.

In January 2018, the duo confirmed that they were in the process of recording their third studio album set for release in early 2020, with a single due in between late 2019 and early 2020. After a hiatus, Disclosure released a song in May 2018 called “Ultimatum” featuring Fatoumata Diawara. In August 2018, five new songs were released over a daily basis: “Moonlight”, “Where Angels Fear to Tread”, “Love Can Be So Hard”, “Funky Sensation” and “Where You Come From”. In October 2019 Disclosure performed at the Trafalgar Square leg of Extinction Rebellion’s “International Rebellion” protest. The singles, furthermore, announced their comeback into the studio and revealed that they had started to write and produce new material, which would eventually form their third studio album. On February 24, 2020, they released a new track titled “Ecstasy”, followed by four tracks released on a daily basis: “Tondo”, “Expressing What Matters”, “Etran” and “Get Close”. An EP titled Ecstasy, which contained the five tracks, was released on February 28. On the album’s release date, Disclosure will have a special Minecraft server for The Energy Minecraft Experience. The music video ”My High” featuring Aminé and Slowthai was nominated for Best Editor at the Berlin Music Video Awards 2021. The editor of this music videos is Yorgos Lamprinos.

On 12 July 2023, the duo announced their fourth studio album, Alchemy, which was released on 14 July.

In case you’re just getting acquainted with Electronica/House/Dance Music, and are on the lookout for some of the earlier practitioners of the genre, here is a great place to start – Disclose, recorded live at Alexandria Palace, London, March 8th 2014.

Crank it up and get ready for the weekend.