Disclosure is an English
electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
duo consisting of brothers Howard (born 11 May 1994) and Guy Lawrence (born 25 May 1991). They grew up in
Reigate
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,
Surrey
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. Their debut studio album, ''
Settle'', released on 3 June 2013, by
PMR Records
PMR Records is an independent record label founded by Ben and Daniel Parmar in 2011. Initially building recognition as a quintessentially British outlet plugged in to local dance/electronic music culture, with a keen awareness of the trajectory ...
, was nominated for
Best Dance/Electronica Album at the
2014 Grammy Awards. They released a second studio album, ''
Caracal
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'', on 25 September 2015 which was also nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the
2016 Grammy Awards. Their third studio album, ''
Energy
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'', was released on 28 August 2020, and was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the
2021 Grammy Awards, alongside the fourth single from the album, "
My High", which was nominated for
Best Dance Recording.
Early life
Disclosure were born to professional musician parents. Their father played in rock bands, including 'No Angry Man' and 'The Look Book' alongside his brother and Guy's godfather, and is now a professional auctioneer,
[ whilst their mother, a ]session musician
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, fronted bands, toured on cruises, sang advert jingles, and was one of the first performers to entertain the British Army
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after their recapture of the Falkland Islands
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.[ Guy started playing the drums at the age of three, and Howard started playing the bass at the age of eight. Both also learned to play the guitar and the piano and Howard to sing.
They both attended ]Reigate College
Reigate College is a state sixth form college, college in Reigate, Surrey, England, for students aged 16–19. The college occupies part of the town centre between the High Street and Reigate railway station, railway station.
Reigate College wa ...
. During this period, the boys studied music and music technology. By the age of 15, Howard listened mainly to funk, soul and maudlin singers, whilst Guy listened predominantly to hip hop, dubstep and was the drummer in an indie-style guitar band with school friends.
Career
Whilst Guy was attending Reigate College, he enjoyed studying classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be #Relationship to other music traditions, distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical mu ...
, especially the likes of Bach and Claude Debussy
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.[ A teenage interest in the music and production techniques of ]Detroit
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-based rapper and record producer J Dilla
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,[ led him through ]hip hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
to attending dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken ...
gigs as a student; but he enjoyed house music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground ...
more as a creation, and began studying it and introducing his brother to it.[ Primarily influenced by artists including Joy Orbison, James Blake, ]Burial
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and Mount Kimbie
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, the brothers were led back in time to Chicago house
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History and origins D ...
, Detroit techno
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, UK garage
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and 2-step garage
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.
2010–2011: Debut
The brothers started de-constructing and copying the music that Guy had heard at gigs in a room above their father's auction house,[ and then making music in the same room in a style they refer to as "electronic house music with a pop structure",][ uploading it to ]Myspace
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. This got them an early record deal, and a UK tour, mixing live music gigs with occasional DJ sets, where in Manchester
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, they played a set before Todd Edwards
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, and gained after gig all-night conversation.[
The duo's first single, "Offline Dexterity" was released on 29 August 2010. They signed to the new PMR record label on its formation in January 2011, and released their second single, "Carnival"/"I Love...That You Know" on 13 June 2011. This got them a management deal with Sam Evitt and Jack Street's Method Management whom they are still managed by.][
]
2012–2014: Commercial success and ''Settle''
Disclosure picked up their first significant national radio support upon the release of the "Tenderly" / "Flow" single in January 2012. The single led to significant interest in the subsequent June 2012 EP, '' The Face'', released on Greco-Roman. The EP included the popular remix of "Running
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" by Jessie Ware a fellow PMR artist which charted in both the Netherlands
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and Belgium
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, as well as becoming a fixture of the 2012 Festival Circuit and featuring on the annual edition of Annie Mac
Annie Macmanus (born 18 July 1978), known professionally as Annie Mac, is an Irish DJ, broadcaster and writer. She hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1, including BBC Switch and ''Future Sounds''. She also DJed in various locations, includ ...
presents.
Through collaboration with other artists signed to Method Management,[ the group had their first UK hit in October 2012 with "]Latch
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", co-written with Jimmy Napes
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and featuring the vocals from Sam Smith, which peaked at number 11 in the UK Singles Chart.
The group maintained their momentum into 2013 – they were voted into the BBC Radio 1xtra 'Hot Ten For 2013' and scored two consecutive top 10 hit singles in "White Noise
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" (number two) (with AlunaGeorge) and " You & Me" (number 10) (with Eliza Doolittle
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Eliza (from Lisson Grove, London) is a Cockney flower seller, who comes to Prof ...
). These three singles were collected on an EP, ''The Singles''. They released their debut studio album, '' Settle'', by PMR Records
PMR Records is an independent record label founded by Ben and Daniel Parmar in 2011. Initially building recognition as a quintessentially British outlet plugged in to local dance/electronic music culture, with a keen awareness of the trajectory ...
on 3 June 2013 and was met with commercial and critical success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the O ...
, charting in many countries across Europe and Australia, and receiving four stars from ''The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...
'' and a 9.1 score on ''Pitchfork
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The term is also applie ...
''. They performed twice at Glastonbury Festival 2013 and appeared on '' Later... with Jools Holland''. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...
for Best Dance Album.
In 2013, Disclosure embarked on a worldwide tour of more than 40 European, American, and Canadian cities, including high-profile music festivals such as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Coachella (officially called the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and sometimes known as Coachella Festival) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley in the Colora ...
, Lollapalooza
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Music Festival in Chicago, and Sasquatch! Music Festival
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In 2018, it was announced that the festival was c ...
in Washington State. The same year, they established the record label Method Records; its roster includes Friend Within, Karen Harding
Karen Harding (born 18 November 1991) is an English singer and songwriter from Consett, County Durham. Her first single, " Say Something", released in February 2015, entered the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart.
Early life
Born to an English fat ...
, Lxury, and Tourist. A sub label was introduced in February 2015, called Method White, releasing more underground tracks through it. The first release was "Wolfsbane" by Jonas Rathsman. Since then, M. J. Cole and Eats Everything have released tracks through the label. Disclosure's song "When a Fire Starts to Burn" was used in the sixth episode of the first season of '' The 100''.
2015–2018: ''Caracal'' and hiatus
Following the worldwide success of their debut studio album, ''Settle'' and a worldwide tour, the duo began working on their second studio album, ''Caracal
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'', featuring vocals from Sam Smith, Lorde
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), known professionally as Lorde ( ), is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She is known for her unconventional style of pop music and introspective songwriting, and has been referred to ...
, Gregory Porter, Lion Babe, Kwabs, The Weeknd
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, Nao, Miguel, Jordan Rakei and Brendan Reilly. The week of its release, ''Caracal'' earned the group their second consecutive number one album in the UK Albums Chart.
The music videos for official singles from the album published on YouTube
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are interconnected and follow a story line, each newly released video furthering the plot. The videos follow a young woman in a sci-fi, dystopian world who is, for some unknown reason, being chased by the police.
Three singles were released prior to the album: "Omen
An omen (also called ''portent'') is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed in ancient history, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages ...
", " Holding On" and " Jaded". Two promotional singles were also released: " Willing and Able" and "Hourglass
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". The album was released on 25 September 2015, by PMR Records and Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in Jamaica by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in 1959, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, another ...
. The album was also nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards.
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
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and Contemporary hit radio, current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including ...
in Ibiza
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and the return of their festival Wildlife that summer.
2018–present: ''Energy and Alchemy''
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
Trafalgar Square ( ) is a public square in the City of Westminster in Central London. It was established in the early-19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. Its name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy, ...
leg of Extinction Rebellion
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'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
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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
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'', which was released on 14 July.
The duo headlined Primavera Sound
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in Barcelona
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on 31 May 2024, where they performed their first live set since 2016.
Discography
*'' Settle'' (2013)
*''Caracal
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'' (2015)
*''Energy
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'' (2020)
*''Alchemy
Alchemy (from the Arabic word , ) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alchemy is first ...
'' (2023)
Awards and nominations
Berlin Music Video Awards
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, 2014
, Most Performed Work
, "Latch
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" (featuring Sam Smith)
,
,
Libera Awards
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, 2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
, Best Dance Record
, ''DJ-Kicks: Disclosure''
,
,
, -
MOBO Awards
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, rowspan=3, 2013
, Best Male Act
, Disclosure
,
, -
, Best Album
, '' Settle''
,
, -
, Best Song
, "White Noise
In signal processing, white noise is a random signal having equal intensity at different frequencies, giving it a constant power spectral density. The term is used with this or similar meanings in many scientific and technical disciplines, i ...
" (featuring AlunaGeorge)
,
MTV Video Music Awards Japan
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, 2014
, rowspan="2" , Best Dance Video
, " F for You" (featuring Mary J. Blige
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)
,
, -
, 2016
, "Magnets
A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, steel, nickel, ...
" (featuring Lorde
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)
,
MTVU Woodie Awards
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, 2014
, Best Video Woodie
, "Grab Her"
,
,
NME Awards
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, rowspan="2" , 2015
, Best British Band
, Themselves
,
, rowspan="2",
, -
, Best Track
, "White Noise
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" (featuring AlunaGeorge)
,
Popjustice £20 Music Prize
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, 2013
, Best British Pop Single
, "White Noise
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" (featuring AlunaGeorge)
,
,
Rober Awards Music Poll
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, rowspan=2, 2013
, Breakthrough Artist
, Themselves
,
, -
, Best Dance Anthem
, " When a Fire Starts to Burn"
,
UK Festival Awards
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, 2013
, Anthem of the Summer
, "White Noise
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" (featuring AlunaGeorge)
,
UK Music Video Awards
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, 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
, Best Dance Video – Budget
, "Control" (featuring Ria Ritchie)
,
,
, -
, rowspan="3" , 2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, Best Visual Effects
, rowspan="2" , "Grab Her"
,
, rowspan="3",
, -
, Best Dance Video – UK
,
, -
, Best Music AD
, '' Settle''
,
, -
, 2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, Best Dance Video – UK
, "Magnets
A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, steel, nickel, ...
" (featuring Lorde
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), known professionally as Lorde ( ), is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She is known for her unconventional style of pop music and introspective songwriting, and has been referred to ...
)
,
,
, -
, rowspan=3, 2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
, Best Editing in a Video
, rowspan=2, " My High" (with Aminé and Slowthai)
,
, rowspan="3",
, -
, rowspan=2, Best Dance/Electronic Video – UK
,
, -
, "Energy
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"
,
, -
, rowspan=2, 2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
, Best R&B/Soul Video – UK
, rowspan=2, "Birthday
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Many religion ...
"
,
, rowspan="2",
, -
, Best Production Design in a Video
,
World Music Awards
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, rowspan=4, 2014
, World's Best Live Act
, Themselves
,
, -
, rowspan=2, World's Best Song
, "White Noise
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" (featuring AlunaGeorge)
,
, -
, rowspan=2, " You & Me"
,
, -
, World's Best Video
,
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Disclosure
People from Reigate
Musical groups from Surrey
Sibling musical duos
Musical groups established in 2010
Future garage musicians
UK garage duos
English electronic dance music duos
English male musical duos
English DJ duos
English house music duos
Island Records artists
Interscope Records artists
NME Awards winners
Moshi Moshi Records artists
Deep house musicians
2010 establishments in England