Disclosure

With electronic music moving beyond the boundaries of its own genre and joining forces with others, it can be difficult to stand out. However that clearly doesn’t seem to be the case for Surrey brotherly duo Disclosure.
Guy and Howard Lawrence first got noticed when they released ‘Offline Dexterity’ in 2010 followed by ‘Carnival’/’I Love...That You Know’ in the next year. However things didn’t really pick up till the release of ‘Latch,’ featuring Sam Smith, who at that point was also just starting his career as well. Since then, it’s been like a whirlwind for these two brothers who have gotten themselves collaborations with London Grammar, AlunaGeorge and Mary J. Blige. Disclosure finally released their debut album, ‘Settle’ in 2013 and started flying all over their world with their pop vocal driven electronic repertoire -- landing them prime sets at Lollapalooza, Coachella and Sasquatch Music Festival.
With all the vocalists they’ve worked with, it would be rather difficult to have them perform at every single one of Disclosure’s sets. However when the duo performed at Governors Ball this year on Randall’s Island in New York, they didn’t seem too bothered by the fact that much of their vocals would all be recorded. Each standing at his station, Guy and Howard took turns in amping the crowd up for the dance party that they clearly started on that part of the island. And by the massive turnout, they were one of the festival’s favorites. Although considerably new to American soil, their sheer presence on stage drove everyone wild as they were ready to dance. Showing that they also knew how to play instruments aside from working the DJ front gave them even more street cred on the live end.
Perhaps the one thing that really did damper on this writer was just how strong the bass was through the speakers. Putting it on all high cylinders, the bass thumped so hard that you could feel your bones shake. Now that’s something no one wants to feel.

By far one of the most visually interesting concerts I have ever been to, and one of the most creative live performances by DJs I have seen! This concert was a visual masterpiece, as the lights, moving parts of the stage, and graphics on the screen created a spectacularly designed show. Howard and Guy Lawrence played many instruments with ease live - including bass, guitar, and multiple electornic percussion instruments. Their live performance was so much more dynamic than their already well crafted tracks, and I was overwhelmingly impressed by their live music. For a lot of electronic shows, DJs are kind of forced to stay stationary, but the production of the show was so extraordinary and beautiful that it created movement on the stage that apmplified the vibe. They also took a live video feed of the duo, and laid it in with moving graphics, which not only magnified their presence but blew standard live feeds out of the water. The lights played really well to the venue, with the stage lights illuminating the trees and the fog sillhouetting their shape. For their last song, they had Brandon Reilly, who is featured on the track "Moving Mountains", sing his part of the song - but he went above and beyond the original vocals for the track doing falsetto runs and improvisations that were mindblowing given the setting (as it is usually hard to sing so accurately at a loud electronic concert).

I couldn't even dance and had to dstay towards the back of the amphitheater a few minutes in because of a sports injury, and I still just as much fun as the people standing right in the very front. I think the equity in experience for all event-goers is a sign of a truly great show!

DISCLOSURE was AMAZING! It can be hard to find dates for this dynamic duo in the US, but i went to see them at the Governors Ball Music Festival in NYC and it was fantastic! This was one of the shows that my friends and i were determined to catch and have good spots for so we got there over an hour early to wait and ended having amazing spots maybe only 10 or so rows back from the front and right in the middle. When they came onto the stage they were so charmingly British and adorable, I love them now even more than I did before, which is really saying something! They played all of the big hits including "Help Me Lose My Mind" (and great live vocals from the brothers by the way.) "When a Fire Starts to Burn," and then for "White Noise" they brought out ALUNA GEORGE, who was fantastic as well, and all three have great stage presence. They closed with "Latch" and everybody was singing and or screaming along and the brothers were so into it and talked to the crowd, they were so fun and even before playing "Latch" teased us by saying "hmm do we have time for another song?!" and smiling and laughing at each other. There were also three diamond shaped jumbo-trons behind the two DJ sets they had on stage that had amazing graphics including flames, faces, and more that was all timed to the music--very well produced and planned! Love the accents, love their creativity, down-to-earthness, and overall attitude! Would totally recommend to see them and SNATCH up the tickets before they are gone!

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.

Disclosure was excellent, per usual, Pier 94 was terrible though. Basically no effort put in to contain this NYE party, drunk people everywhere throwing up and overall just a very sloppy experience. Once the drunk crowd cleared out at 1am the show was great. Need to work on the speakers in the back though if they plan on over-selling like they did for NYE.

The production values were top-notch, as was the setlist, which equally covered the gamut of both "Settle" and "Caracal" capably, with a few sprinkles of other non-album tracks mixed in.

Glad I saw them as the headliners, rather than as part of a music fest, where I doubt they'd have been able to have spread their wings as much!

It was great!... Sadly "help me lose my mind" was missing. Anyway, the great performance was awesome, the crowd was ecstatic, the lights screen at the back was hypnotic, and the guest appearance of Brendan Reilly was a huge boost (the live version of "moving mountains" was much better than the studio one, which, is already great)!

Gostei muito do show, mas achei que o bis poderia ter durado mais tempo. Achei horrível o local do show , que não tinha nada a ver com os fãs. Muito longe de tudo ! Imagine chegar para um show super dançante e moderno e você entra por um shopping !!! Quebra o clima de animação !

The music was very good. Lighting and soundsystem is really cool. Too bad that the crowd is terrible. Too many aggressive people screaming and pushing other people. I went to all disclosure concerts in Berlin. This one is definitely the worst. The one in Berghain is still the best.

My mate and I went to see Disclosure in Manchester on the 28th Nov 2016. By far the best night of each of our lives. There's nothing quite like singing in unison with thousands of other people to the absolute bangers that Disclosure have produced. 10/10 Can't wait to go again