Thread of Disclosure

could it be that they're all in their 20s and disclosure are teenagers? no, that can't be it. still working on it.

Oh, that. But honestly, aren't those three artists all doing something newer and more adventuresome as well? I would think Disclosure's sound would be a lot more familiar to an American audience than the approach of those other three acts.

Would most of Disclosure's U.S. audience be that comfortable with funky and with the mix of genres DJ Q plays with?

(But maybe we aren't just talking about crossover outside the U.S.? Is Disclosure bigger in the UK as well? I honestly don't know. Sorry, talking about stuff I don't know about, but it's fun at the moment.)

tbf to the 12-year-old twins their music is pretty pop compared to the others in that list

talking about the times those others have collabed with vocalists

Let's not pretend that the infrastructure behind Disclosure is in any way comparable to any of those artists though. I mean the very idea of Funkystepz releasing a single on Moshi Moshi Records is absurd but still labels like that get traction.

(BRB off to track down that limited edition Champion tune on Fierce Panda).

It's not just about infrastructure. Or race. Though both come into play.

Disclosure are pitching to a much broader audience than Ill Blu, Funkystepz or DJ Q. Also they keep their targets simple and singular.

To use an analogy I may regret later, what characterises/ed all three of the latter acts at their most "pop" is/was a kind of thai cuisine sensibility, a balancing of sweetness / sourness / bounciness / menace / universality / for-the-heads.

While stuff with that feel can cross over in the right circumstances, from a strict commercial return on investment standpoint Disclosure's aesthetic of reproducing-familiar-vibes-with-precision is a much more attractive proposition.

White Noise is the only tune that's felt squarely pitched at a pop audience to me*, although it may turn out to be their Red Alert in that regard. But yeah they're clearly playing a game that the other acts aren't interested in playing.

*It's also simultaneously getting play on Radio 1, 1xtra and 6music and there aren't many records that manage that.

in disclosure's defense I am just now learning they are teenagers in this thread and it may be blowing my mind a little

Disclosure's music is pretty different to Ill Blue or DJ Q. They cross over into your Tensnake house type sets.

i like disclosure but really don't like the alunegeorge song ugh

and i'm someone who adores "latch"

I like Disclosure but I can't help worry what would happen if they lost whatever it is they use to make those pitch-bending sine wave melodies.

i like "white noise", "latch" and an early single called "carnival" but for me the crowning moment for them is still that jessie ware remix

Joe Goddard's mix of "Control" and Dixon's mix of "Boiling" from the Face EP are both really good.

I'm not so keen on the original Control, it feels kind of half-formed, but that Joe Goddard remix is an absolute monster and possibly the best thing he's been involved with.

"You & Me" is insanely good:

https://soundcloud.com/disclosuremusic/you-me-soundcloud-edit

That's pretty great, as usual.

2nd Matt DC on that Goddard remix

01 Intro
02 When a Fire Starts to Burn
03 Latch [ft. Sam Smith]
04 F for You
05 White Noise [ft. AlunaGeorge]
06 Defeated No More [ft. Ed Mac]
07 Stimulation
08 Voices [ft. Sasha Keable]
09 Second Chance
10 Grab Her
11 You & Me [ft. Eliza Doolittle]
12 January [ft. Jamie Woon]
13 Confess to Me [ft. Jessie Ware]
14 Help Me Lose My Mind [ft. London Grammar]

my coffee table aches with anticipation

Bless them for wheeling out poor little Jamie Woon again.

lol ikr

strangely disappointed that london grammar arent the naff uk raphop group i'd instinctively assumed they'd be

Huh, no Control?

this "ed mac" character sounds ominous

I was high on "You & Me" for a couple days.

^would make a good jessie ware lyric

haha

wot, no emeli sandé?

feeling this album a lot more than i expected to - the trackier stuff really works as a counterbalance

weepy version of "latch" that i am surprisingly into

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUK6HlzNWEg

so this is out there and HOLY SHIT

This is a bit too samey for my liking and a lot of it hinges on how strong the guest vocalists are, so it doesn't really pick up until nearer the end and there isn't anything as strong as "Control" or "Boiling". Having a track called "Grab Her" is a bit uncomfortable when it doesn't have any lyrics that expand on those two words.

is there a version out there with all the tracks yet?

Having a track called "Grab Her" is a bit uncomfortable when it doesn't have any lyrics that expand on those two words.

― boxedjoy, Monday, 27 May 2013 10:38 (24 minutes ago) Bookmark

seek therapy

rest of your post otm though i reckon. 'control' and 'boiling' definitely a notch above

lex's "the trackier stuff really works as a counterbalance" is absolutely correct in general, only on first blush this album features the weakest yet examples of this - not just in terms of wider ukg mixes and stuff but of their own bits too, 'lividup', 'whats in your head', 'intention is war', 'tenderly' (wiley and j2k version on this is a good look missed) all previously having had a lot more oomph and contextual vivacity

although i suppose a charitable man could always construe leaning back too far on your full length album as the ne plus ultra of garage homage

it does have the unfortunate and possibly fatal vibe of some forgotten 99-02 promo cd given a spin out of the bargain bin

"Defeated No More" is lovely, like a housier version of the early Vikter Duplaix singles. But nothing else of the new material really jumped out at me on first listen.

The album form isn't really optimal for them, given their primary appeal normally is how much more sparkly and pearly-pert their productions sound than anything else around; running so many together makes it sound too easy and a bit boring.

i agree that's been the case but not to the extent where i've thought the album format was something anywhere near out of their reach either. this was misconceived is all

'defeated no more' is a standout ya. also thought mmjw distinguished himself on 'january'

can't seem to decide on the ware cut, kinda dope kinda cluttery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MacVlup80mc

srsly though this isnt even some big classic or anything but it would've vibesed this album up a treat singlehandedly

gruesome cover art not doing this any favours either it must be said

is there a version out there with all the tracks yet?

― monotony, Monday, 27 May 2013 10:44 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

this is a point though tbf. perhaps 'intro' will be a track so wholly, devastatingly satisfying in every possibly way that the rest of the record will take on a new clarity in lambent post-coital bliss

or just the unadorned vocal sample from the following track

i'll still need to hear it just to be sure

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
15. "Boiling" (featuring Sinéad Harnett)
16. "What's In Your Head"
17. "Tenderly"
18. "Running (Disclosure Remix)"

yeah see this record is p much the gold standard for the "what is album in the modern age" pickle

Intro was one of the best tracks on The xx album so it wasn't beyond the bounds of possibility

Leaning toward cluttery on the ware cut.

Would have preferred her to guest on "my intention is ware"

or just the unadorned vocal sample from the following track

― Number None, Monday, May 27, 2013 4:26 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I listened to Zane Lowe debut "When A Fire Starts To Burn" on his show and I can confirm the above to be true, unless he played an exclusive intro to the aforementioned track or something.

lol at them mentioning the piece i wrote for vice that mentioned them in their interview with Dummy this week

Another new track, I like this one a lot as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wc3RtxGftA

The best so far (and Latch-ier than the Sam Smith one). Can't stop playing it.

all the new stuff feels super stale. zeitgeist done changed, not strikingly so but as prior paragon princes it's enough to scuttle them

bashmore's mix of 'holding on' is dope tho - m/l shows the path not taken, splitting the difference between 'bang that' outlier venting and the dead ballad template

i'd suggest to investors that it could be a good time to wheel it back to 06/07 and buy up stocks in karizma as ppl get bored of regular ouse rhythms and kaytranda/soulection type herbdom grows on the low

Writing sell side broker analyst reports about dance music trends is basically my fantasy career.

I haven't been feeling any of the new tracks tbh. "Omen" sounded like a good idea, but possibly I'm just so tired of hearing Sam Smith's voice at this point that I can't even take it in a Disclosure context anymore. I dunno, hoping it all ends up sounding better to me when I hear the full album.

I'm not very zeitgeisty but I am also finding it difficult to get excited about any of these new Disclosure songs, though I do like the latest a bit more than the previous two.

Writing sell side broker analyst reports about dance music trends is basically my fantasy career.

― Tim F, Friday, 14 August 2015 15:58 Bookmark

hehe funnily enough iirc what first ever gave me the impetus was actually martin clark on dissens once saying it's certainly not what music appreciation should be like and me thinking yep love it keeping that

That just makes me endorse it all the more.

It, like, ALL sounds like "Latch."

So "Bang That" isn't on the album? That's the only new track I like!

http://gawker.com/is-disclosure-a-victim-of-its-own-good-taste-1733745303

I liked the new album a lot better when I realized they were fans of Kerri Chandler tbh.

Weird that this is one of only two references to soulection on ilx

seems target played a henry wu track on his 1xtra show this week, remarkably ('midtour' him at his most nu-bruk)

meanwhile annie mac's two hottest records of the week in a row recently were black coffee 'we dance again' and champion x four tet 'flipside' (vintage funky relick, see also the ace new katy b). that mele 'ambience' has probably got something to do with it too

i'm gonna make you rich bud fox

the first half of the new record is really good, early 00s basement jaxx vibes

It's pretty banging. "Ecstasy" probably better than anything on the album proper though.

i was just thinking about these guys yesterday, randomly. i still get annoyed when i remember how they slagged off shanks & bigfoot.

Not really feeling this :(

definitely a few jams on this

someone should have told me about "My High", this is my shit

btw “Ecstasy” is on the deluxe version of the album

posted this in another thread but the mj cole remix of "birthday" is so sublime

very good album. growing on me for sure. i wish more EDM in 2020 sounded like this.

"My High" rules pretty hard

Ces n'est pas for me. That song rips and exhibits production and arrangement perfection.

i really like this as a whole for sure. it'll probably place in my 10 or 15 for the year. idk why but a lot of if reminds me of post-blackout britney spears.

i feel like if any random "pop artist with stans" had released this exact album it would probably have its own thread by now.

it's pretty good and they have good instincts on how to pair their guests and beats. Birthday is prob my fave track.

love this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1zN-sEUc68