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Brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence formed Disclosure in 2010, and quickly made the leap from club-rocking house music heroes to international pop superstars. Working with an all-star lineup of guest vocalists, the duo revived the soulful grooves of deep house for the EDM generation, but this collection of Disclosure's floor-filling anthems also includes smooth R&B jams, U.K. garage bangers, offbeat synth-pop gems, and much more. - Disclosure's videos are as innovative as their future-forward spin on UK garage: “Holding On,” “Omen,” and “Jaded” form a cryptic, narrative-driven trilogy where dancing is the last defense against dystopia. Their more straightforward videos, like “Latch” and “Magnets,” are just as evocative, going to the heart of the desire that makes the brothers' music so irresistible.
- In the early '10s, Disclosure made their mark mixing up ‘90s house and garage with seductive R&B vocals. Maybe it's fitting that the duo's influence has been strongest on R&B itself, as acts across the globe—MNEK in London, Anderson .Paak in L.A.—have translated the duo's supple synths and slinky grooves into soulful pop. Back on the dance floor, their revivalist instincts have kept resonating in latter-day 2-steppers like Shift K3Y.
- Disclosure’s recent contribution to the DJ-Kicks mix series throws back to the sorts of moody chords and silky disco samples that you’d hear in ’90s and 2000s house. But the listening habits of the brotherly duo, Guy and Howard Lawrence, tend toward the modern. Their edition of Selects—a new biweekly playlist in which DJs and producers showcase their favorite tracks, new and old, with no format restrictions—“is based around music we’re just enjoying at the moment, with an emphasis on ‘danceability,’” Guy tells Apple Music. There are club cuts aplenty—everything from their own “Observer Effect,” the lead single from their DJ-Kicks release, through “The Distance,” by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, who had an early impact on Disclosure: “This exemplifies why he’s such a special and forward-thinking artist,” says Guy. But there are plenty of unexpected turns here as well, such as Ginger Root’s warped soul-pop cut “Loretta” (“a wicked release that’s perfect for the closing of summer”), yacht rock from Ambrosia, and Duran Duran's New Wave classic "Save a Prayer.” “We’ve both loved them since we were kids,” he says. “A big parent influence here that we’ve been reconnecting with recently.” Hear all of Disclosure's Selects and add anything you like to your library.
- “We've always gone for longevity—that’s what we've always prided ourselves on and what we always wanted,” Disclosure’s Guy Lawrence says about working together with his brother Howard for over 10 years. “The part of the music that is most interesting to us is the fact that you can sit down in the studio one day with nothing that exists, and you leave with a song that then can potentially exist forever, beyond our lifetimes.” In their career-spanning conversation with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the electronic duo discuss remaining authentic, how they’ve evolved since their debut album Settle, and giving fans a window into their creative process via Twitch livestreams. Fresh off the release of their third studio LP, ENERGY, Guy and Howard curate a selection of tracks that are lifting their hearts up during lockdown on this exclusive Apple Music playlist. Check out their picks below. DJ Streaks, “House Head” Guy: “It’s got a very jazzy sensibility, ambiance almost. But the best thing about him is he's 17 as well, and that excites me because he's making such matured-sounding house music already. Like, god knows where he'll be in a few years. So yeah, we're very excited about him and pushing his music a lot.” Odyssey, “Hang Together” Guy: “Odyssey's on there because I actually made an edit of that during lockdown for one of our sets and it's lyrically so on point. We've got to hang together. It was right at the beginning of lockdown, maybe a month in. I was listening to a lot of music going for my daily walk, daily exercise, whatever. That's not necessarily one of my favorites and it's the title track. But when I really listened to the lyrics, I was like, 'Oh yeah, that's so on point for our time.'” Jessie Ware, “Remember Where You Are” Howard: “I'm obsessed with this song. It is so beautiful. The last tune on the album and it's just got full Minnie Riperton vibes all over. No one's doing Minnie Riperton nowadays, and that just makes me so happy. Even the recording of it.”
- Though just 16 and 19 when they released their debut single in 2010, the Disclosure brothers have deep roots. Slinky UK garage like Zed Bias' 1999 smash “Neighbourhood” provides their rhythmic blueprint, while Detroit techno like Model 500's 1985 classic “No UFO's” guides their lush synths. R&B, meanwhile—like D'Angelo's dreamy “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”—inspires their irresistible vocal hooks.