Disclosure

It’s been quite the year or so for Disclosure; the Surrey-born brothers, Guy and Howard Lawrence, have enjoyed major critical and commercial success with their debut record, Settle, an intriguing blend of garage and deep house that had enough of a pop sensibility to make them a firm fixture on UK radio. I’d say it’s hard to believe they’re so young - twenty-three and twenty, respectively - although that’d probably be disingenuous of me, given that they both look about twelve. Among their many live highlights of the past year or so - and there’s been plenty of them, given that they’ve toured prodigiously and played high-profile sets at the likes of Glastonbury and Coachella - came at the Parklife Weekender in Manchester, where they curated and headlined a huge outdoor stage on the Sunday. Despite the fact that they were effectively topping the bill on the second stage, the crowd voted with their feet, and the verdict was clear; Foals played what was ostensibly the festival’s headline set to a sparse main stage audience, whilst Disclosure played to vast valley of people, with many amongst them trying, and failing, to take up the high ground on the hill as the trough below swarmed with fans. To put it bluntly, they’ve got the world at their feet; their followers will be hoping that whatever they do next can be translated to the stage with as much energy as Settle.

It was a very nice show amazing songs and really goods lights and sounds
Place is friendly and cozy
I m waiting for their next concert
Thanks for this amazing night

The talented multi-instrumentalist Moullinex has produced some incredible tracks on the synth, keyboard, guitar, and many other instruments, and I was incredibly excited to see what he was going to pull out of the bag in his live show. The lights went us, and there was a great selection of instruments both acoustic and electronic dotted around the stage. He was sat behind the grand piano, and invited Iwona Skwarek out on stage to sing Déjà vu whilst he accompanied her on piano. It was a great way to open the show, and they worked incredibly well together.
He then went on to plat a couple of tracks at the piano, before moving on to his guitar with his loop pedal. He layered and layered the music, and created an awesome sound. He played Take my Pain Away, and had everyone singing along with him. The band that he had playing alongside him were also incredibly talented, and were rocking every chord they played.
He was great at interacting with the audience, and encouraged us to sing along from start to finish. Everyone had their arms in the air and was dancing around, and it was a great atmosphere. He improvised a couple of tracks and was jamming with his band so tightly, it was evident they had played together time and time again. It was an incredibly display of talent, and although the studio recordings are great, there was just an extra level that I’ve only ever experienced at the live show.